...Maryam Bayat; Alireza Hassanzadeh; Ali Shayan; Bakhtiar Ostadi Purpose Agile digital transformation ( ADT ) is essential for small- and medium-sized enterprise ( SME ) competitiveness, particularly in emerging economies facing institutional fragility. In Iran, sanctions, limited access to advanced...

...Noura Mahfoud; Mohammed El-Adly Purposes This study aims to investigate how artificial intelligence ( AI ) adoption contributes to sustainable competitive advantage ( SCA ) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), focusing particularly on the mediating roles of marketing analytics...

...Halit Sağlam; Murat Çokgezen Purpose This study aims to examine the influence of firm-specific characteristics and regional and industry-level factors on the survival of newly established small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Turkey. It also investigates whether these effects vary according...

...Jerome Michel Lambert; Anastasiia Laskovaia; Olga Garanina; Karina Bogatyreva Purpose This study aims to identify configurations of artificial intelligence ( AI )-related organisational capabilities that lead to superior performance in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating...

... enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach A conceptual framework is developed through integrating organizational readiness theory ( ORT ) with the dynamic capabilities view ( DCV ). The hypotheses are tested using survey data collected from 284 SMEs in Oman. The dataset is analyzed using partial...

... work quality: recruit employees with first preferences for restaurant jobs, introduce flexible work arrangements, formalise work, improve market research and tackle acute staff shortages. Originality/value The study contributes novel insights into the small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs...

...Polina Artamoshina; Galina Shirokova; Virginia Bodolica Purpose The current business environment is characterized by high levels of uncertainty that affect the global economic system and have the greatest impact on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). With an elevated degree of perceived...

...Pedro Baena-Luna; Juan A. Martínez-Román; José E. Romero-García; Francisco Liñán Purpose This paper aims to propose and test a corporate entrepreneurship strategy (CES) model in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with international activity located in Andalusia (Spain) – a peripheral...

... in this study to collect data from 225 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) respondents who were on the registered list of the Ghana Enterprise Agency in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Structural equation modeling – path analysis was used to estimate the impact of AIM on the performance of SMEs. Findings...

... is a key to survival and prosperity. However, there is little direct evidence of the effect of such combined usage of both approaches on firm performance in times of crisis, especially within small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The purpose of this paper is to reveal the role of balanced...

...Samuel Foli; Susanne Durst; Serdal Temel Purpose Acknowledging, on the one hand, the increasing fragility of supply chains and the number of risks involved in supply chain operations and, on the other hand, the role of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in supply chains and the high...

...Fabian Hänle; Stefanie Weil; Bart Cambré Purpose Nested within institutional theory and the political economy perspective, this study aims to examine Chinese outward foreign direct investments (OFDI)-supporting organizations and fostering mechanisms for its SMEs in Europe’s largest economy...

... or owners from 289 manufacturing SMEs located in two regions in Yemen (i.e. Sana’a and Taiz). Hierarchical regression analysis using PROCESS Macro V. 3.5 in SPSS was performed to analyze the data collected. Findings The obtained results reveal that ME in fact positively moderates the CO–FP relationship...

... (SMEs) in the low-tech manufacturing sector of an emerging Latin American country. Data analysis was performed using structural equations. Findings The results confirm that the relationship between EO and OP is not significant. Likewise, the roles of individual and sequential mediation of MO and MC...

... platforms and IP, as well as moderating role of frugal innovation between IC and IP is also tested. Design/methodology/approach Data is collected from 387 top management officials from the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) working in emerging economies, in the current study Pakistan. Quantitative...

...Saad Zighan; Salomée Ruel Purpose The business environment is increasingly volatile, complex, uncertain and ambiguous. Today, COVID-19 represents a super-disruption situation. This paper aims to explore small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs’) resilience from continuous improvement lenses...

... of 2,574 firms from a survey of small and medium-scale manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam, a developing and transitioning economy where SMEs constitute an integral part of the economy. The estimation results based on the structural equation model was applied to analyze the data. Findings...

...Boyke Rudy Purnomo; Rocky Adiguna; Widodo Widodo; Hempri Suyatna; Bangun Prajanto Nusantoro Purpose This study aims to explore how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia display resilience in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative research...

...Khaldoon Nusair; Hamed Ibrahim Al-Azri; Usamah F. Alfarhan; Saeed Al-Muharrami; S.R. Nikhashemi Purpose This paper aims to examine small- and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) strategic capabilities in terms of their marketing and management capabilities, their sources of environmental uncertainty...

... a decline of scholarship in this particular area (McGrath et al., 2019). This study used the Miles and Snow (1978) typology to understand the strategic behaviour and the green skills that the SMEs deployed when addressing problems associated with the COVID-19 crisis. Challenges...