... – Originality/value – Keywords: Business performance, Electronics industry, Green supply chain management, Republic of Korea, Small- and medium enterprises, Small to medium-sized enterprises, Supply chain management http://www.emeraldinsight.com/IMDS-02-2014-002 "Agent based decision support...

.... (2000), “ Breaking down the barriers: using focus groups to research small and medium‐sized enterprises ”, International Small Business Journal , Vol. 19 No. 1 , pp. 44 ‐ 67 . Bowersox , D.J. and Closs , D.C. (1996), Logistical Management: The Integrated Supply Chain Process...

... collected from small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) belonging to the sector of Spanish technology‐based firms (TBFs). This study employs the structural equation model (SEM) to examine the relationships between product and process innovation, knowledge combination capability, and organizational...

... in design processes or life‐cycle enhancement in inventory management systems (Brynjolfsson et al., 2002 ; Devaraj and Kohli, 2003 ; Melville et al., 2004). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Small to medium‐sized enterprises Manufacturing industries Spain...

...Ismail Sila; Dawn Dobni Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the B2B e‐commerce (B2BEC) usage patterns of North American small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in their supply chains, the contextual factors that influence usage patterns, and the subsequent effects of these patterns...

... benefit from trade liberalization by achieving higher levels of efficiency more rapidly and economies of scale which are limited in protected nations. Green supply chain management Electronics industry Small and medium enterprises Business performance Small to medium‐sized enterprises Supply...

... construct the H5: H5. The level of firms training programme will have a positive relationship with ERP use. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Portugal Spain Resource management Small to medium‐sized enterprises Enterprise resource planning Diffusion...

...Roman Kmieciak; Anna Michna; Anna Meczynska Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore two basic research questions: what are the effects of information technology (IT) capability and employee empowerment on the innovativeness of small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), and what...

...Levi Shaul; Doron Tauber Purpose The purpose of this paper is to construct a consensus from previous research and develop a comprehensive success model for enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation in small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) that incorporates additional empirical...

...Jan Devos; Hendrik Van Landeghem; Dirk Deschoolmeester Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically rethink the concepts and the theoretical foundations of IT governance in small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on multiple case studies...

...‐adoption of different EC applications within small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire‐based survey was conducted to collect data from 235 managers or owners of manufacturing SMEs in Iran. The data were analyzed by employing factorial analysis and relevant...

... at: mfgeorge@inet.polyu.edu.hk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Financial risk Research Business performance China Small to medium‐sized enterprises The US investment bank, Lehman Brothers, one of the most powerful players on Wall Street and the fourth‐largest securities firm...

... 2010 Manufacturing resource planning South Korea Small to medium‐sized enterprises Customer satisfaction The adoption of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems has been considered to be a key to gaining a competitive advantage in the fast changing global business environment. ERP...

... of 49 firms responded to the questionnaire (a return rate of 39.8 percent). Yu‐Lin Wang can be contacted at: ywang@mail.ncku.edu.tw © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Knowledge management Small to medium‐sized enterprises Innovation Learning Bicycles Taiwan Unlike large...

...Mahmoud Migdadi Purpose This paper attempts to accomplish the following aims: first, identify the preliminary knowledge management (KM) critical success factors (CSFs) or enablers that need to be concentrated by small‐and‐medium sized enterprises (SMEs) before launching a full‐scale KM initiative...

... traditionally shown little awareness of ICT projects (Balocco et al., 2006). Riccardo Mogre can be contacted at: riccardo.mogre@polimi.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Italy Small to medium‐sized enterprises Mobile communication systems Internet Employee communications...

... percent of them are locally‐owned, largely SMEs (MSC Malaysia web site, www.mscmalaysia.my). Internet Communication technologies Small to medium‐sized enterprises Malaysia The information and communication technologies (ICTs), particularly the use of internet to conduct online business...

... of entrepreneurial knowledge model. It gives valuable information, which hopefully will help SMEs to respect more the meaning of knowledge. Knowledge management Small to medium‐sized enterprises Business performance Knowledge is an important asset for small and medium‐size firms in the time of global...

...Maneesh Kumar; Jiju Antony Purpose The last two decades have witnessed an explosion of research into the area of quality initiatives (QI) such as ISO, total quality management, lean, Kaizen and its application within small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). However, very few empirical studies...

...Louis Raymond; François Bergeron Purpose The present study aims at a deeper understanding of the performance outcomes of the alignment between the e‐business capabilities of manufacturing small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) and their business strategy in terms of Miles and Snow's recognised...