...Antonia Mercedes García-Cabrera; María Gracia García-Soto Purpose To examine how institutions in immigrants' home countries and their social ties in the host country condition their adoption of the enclave strategy and how this strategy affects business performance in times of crises. Design...

... rights only Entrepreneurship Business performance Firm ownership Gender Equally male/Female-owned firms Family businesses The lack of gender parity in the entrepreneurial landscape is a well-established point. Numerous prior studies reveal that women remain underrepresented in most...

... Results show that financial, physical and social resources positively influence the EO of both farmers and traders, which, in turn, mediates the effects these resources have on their respective business performance. The moderation analyses reveal that these effects strengthen and weaken depending...

...Pattanapong Tiwasing; Sukanlaya Sawang Purpose Local Chambers of Commerce networks provide small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with an opportunity to access essential information and networking with other businesses, resulting in improved business performance. However, rural SMEs are less...

...’ literature review, SC is conceptualized as the sum of actual and potential assets, including structural, relational and cognitive capital, embedded within the networks of alliance partners. Alliance performance is regarded as a combination of technological performance and business performance, corresponding...

.... Business performance Social media Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) Technology adoption Innovation For businesses that are already internet connected, social media can be adopted without any additional resources. Social media can even be deployed by small and medium-sized enterprises...

... working Business performance Team composition is largely dependent on the main entrepreneur, and research could show that successful entrepreneurs are capable of building strong teams (Deakins and Freel, 1998). The entrepreneur has a strong impact on the development, the policies, and the management...

... and experiences were used as a basis for a reflective knowledge elicitation exercise. Small to medium‐sized enterprises Success Performance New conceptual framework Modelling Business performance There is a good deal of academic interest in measuring the performance of small and medium sized...

...M. Cristina Díaz‐García; Candida Brush Purpose To date, comparisons of performance in male and female businesses show contradictory results, although the majority of evidence is drawn from Anglo‐Saxon countries. This study aims to explore the effects of gender on business performance in a sample...

...; to explore impacts of risk taking on business performance. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative survey was conducted with the sampling frame outlined based on the FAME database. A total of 236 companies participated in this survey. Findings The results suggest that individual and familial...

..., whilst the proportion of non‐family companies considering flotation was 32.4 per cent. Family firms Finance Flotation of companies Business performance Small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), however they are defined, make a major contribution to economic activity and employment...

... 2004 Family firms Business performance Succession planning Family businesses are reckoned as one of the engines of the post‐industrial growth process since they are credited for nurturing across generations entrepreneurial talent, a sense of loyalty to business success, long‐term...

... in the profiles of SME owner‐managers that influence business performance and to contribute to the literature. The following are the findings. The respondents expressed general satisfaction with employees but, interestingly, there was only a mild degree of delegation. Two models were offered for consideration...