...Bastien Bezzon; Geoffroy Labrouche; Rachel Levy Purpose This study analyzes the role of regional cooperative banks in identifying and financing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from a proximity perspective. Access to finance is a major challenge for SMEs. Regional cooperative banks can...

...Joao J. Ferreira; Ana Joana Candeias Fernandes; Stephan Gerschewski Purpose This paper reviews the literature on the business models of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It seeks to examine the profile, conceptual and intellectual structure of the literature whilst leveraging the findings...

... works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode SME Entrepreneurial learning Imprinting Entry mode...

.... Design/methodology/approach Based on a sample of 1,369 Cameroonian and Senegalese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the International Development Research Center (IDRC), the Crepon Duguet et Maraise (CDM) technique was used to reduce the endogeneity bias inherent in this type of analysis...

...-driven SMEs. Findings The results highlight that ExtDT and BDAC positively affect BMI. The findings also indicate that ExtDT is an antecedent of BMI that is less disruptive than BDAC. The authors also obtain that ExtDT solely does not lead to BDAC. Interestingly, the effect of BDAC on BMI increases...

...Galina Shirokova; Nailya Galieva; Diana Doktorova; Joshua V. White; Louis Marino Purpose This study examines the relationship between strategic entrepreneurial behaviors (SEBs) and the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in an emerging market context. The authors expand upon...

...Alessandra Cozzolino; Mario Calabrese; Gerardo Bosco; Paola Signori; Enrico Massaroni Purpose The present paper aims at understanding how horizontal network collaborations between small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can be designed and implemented to take advantage of a supply chain finance (SCF...

...Emmanuel Quansah; Dale E. Hartz; Paul Salipante Purpose A global pandemic, broken supply chains, workforce constraints, technological advancements in artificial intelligence, etc. illustrate the continual threats that SMEs face. Extending the dynamic capability concepts of sensing, seizing...

... and medium enterprise (SME) management informs organizational leaders about HR problems and solutions they may encounter as they grow and require formalized HR systems. The proposed solutions can help safeguard organizational survival. Originality/value This research bridges HR theory with HR practices...

...Nazik Fadil; Josée St-Pierre Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify business practices that may promote internal financing of growing SMEs. The authors expand the literature on entrepreneurial finance that reduces business practices to either financial management or bootstrapping...

...Paolo Roffia; Stefania Moracchiato; Eric Liguori; Sascha Kraus Purpose In this study, we investigated the dilemma of devising an operational family business definition in the SME context. The existing family business literature mostly agrees with the validity of a theoretical model called F-PEC...

...Nitcha Chokpitakkul; Saravudh Anantachart Purpose This study aimed to develop a generalisable small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) brand equity scale and examine its relationship with consumer response factors. Design/methodology/approach The study which was done in Thailand included three...

...Alexios Makropoulos; Charlie Weir; Xin Zhang Purpose This paper has two purposes. First, it evaluates the extent to which different failure processes are present in failed UK SMEs, by considering non-financial metrics including director characteristics, in addition to the financial ones. Second...

..., as it lacks rigor and generalization. The paper has important implications for practitioners and decision-makers alike as it presents real-life example about Cloud ERP implementation. It thus enhances decision-makers' ability to make a relevant reporting process in the small and medium enterprises (SMEs...

...Marikka Heikkilä; Harry Bouwman; Jukka Heikkilä Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse how different strategic goals of (micro-, small- and medium-sized firms=SMEs) relate to the business model innovation (BMI) paths that SMEs take when improving their business. Design/methodology...

...-assess current “one-size-fits-all” small and medium enterprise (SME) friendly policy as it is not sensitive to intra-SME differences. Originality/value This study introduces an important qualification into understanding of public sector suppliers by demonstrating that SME disadvantage is less black...

... and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by investigating the links between export motivators and decision bias (i.e. predictable behavior). Design/methodology/approach Based on the Uppsala and resource-based view perspectives (using a sample of the UK’s independent manufacturing SMEs and utilizing a survey...

... at: anneleen.michiels@uhasselt.be 25 01 2017 25 04 2017 11 05 2017 06 06 2017 15 06 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only SME Family firm Dividend Professionalization The three remaining dimensions of family...

...Robert Zacca; Mumin Dayan; Said Elbanna Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of conflict and intuition on explorative new products and performance in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach The study proposes a theoretical model...

... and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the European context. Design/methodology/approach The research methodology is based on the analysis of a panel sample consisting of 1,138 firms from 23 European Union countries for the period 2006-2015. To statistically test the two defined research hypotheses, a panel...