...Nathanael Ojong; Amon Simba Purpose This study presents a systematic literature review (SLR) of research on small to medium enterprises (SME) resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic, synthesizing entrepreneurial responses through the lens of ambidexterity, crisis adaptation and relational support...

...Martin Leipziger; Justin Siljeur; Jerome L. Antonio; Dominik K. Kanbach; Sascha Kraus Purpose Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Africa face significant challenges in achieving simultaneous digital and sustainable transformation (twin transformation or TT) due to resource constraints...

...Kağan Sırdar; Timothy Kiessling; Marina Dabic; Nüfer Yasin Ateş Purpose Past research is mixed on family small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) use of external advisors and the limited empirical evidence is confined to developed markets. Drawing on the knowledge-based view of the firm...

...Oleksiy Osiyevskyy; Galina Shirokova; Mehrsa Ehsani Purpose Economy-wide crises create major challenges for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Existing studies emphasize the crucial role of contrasting behavioral strategies, effectuation and causation in SMEs' adaptation to crisis conditions...

...José Antonio Clemente-Almendros; Inés González-González; Luis Manuel Cerdá-Suárez; Luis Alberto Seguí-Amortegui Purpose In this paper, the authors present an empirical framework that incorporates different factors of the impact of COVID-19 on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in La Rioja...

..., effectuation theory is applied. Design/methodology/approach To explore how LS is applied in non-digital settings, this study analyses the LS approach of 15 Dutch brick-and-mortar and click-and-mortar Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and startups. Findings This study provides empirical evidence...

... from lower to higher levels of digitalization. The findings are discussed within a framework that links ecosystem’s actors at different layers with different levels of business digitalization. This research brings implications to SMEs in high-tech industries that are aiming to transform...

... research to refine understanding of entrepreneurial resilience and to empirically examine and inductively theorize the multi-level relationships between entrepreneurial resilience and SME resilience. SME Entrepreneurship Organizational resilience Entrepreneurial resilience © Emerald...

... Limited 2015 China SME Family business Entrepreneurship Trust Social capital What is social capital and how does it influence business operations are two questions that attract growing research interest. In the lack of a consensus on its definition, there is a general agreement...

...Richard Choueke; Roger Armstrong This paper is a consequence of several years of research and management learning activity with small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), which focused on the development of the organisations and the concomitant development of managers within those organisations...