... processes (Lutbatkin et al., 2006; Chang et al., 2011 ; Lee and Huang, 2012 ). The purpose of this paper is to assess small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)’ ambidexterity strategies during economic recession periods in comparison with those of large firms and identify the managerial...

.... Innovation Export Age Internationalization Small- to medium-sized enterprises Domain ambidexterity International sales play a crucial role in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) engaged in research and development (R&D) programs, especially when these firms operate on small domestic markets...

... A. Cancino can be contacted at: cancino@fen.uchile.cl © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Entrepreneurship Economic development Small- to medium-sized Enterprises The economic justification for government intervention focussed on entrepreneurial development is based, on one hand...

... (R&D) spending in a transition economy. Design/methodology/approach – The authors first build the arguments that, among small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), business owners’ perceived importance of R&D-related activities, their education, related experiences, and social...

...Marco Cucculelli; Cristina Bettinelli; Angelo Renoldi Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on how investments in research and development (R&D) and advertising affect the performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) during recessions. Design/methodology/approach...

...George Stonehouse; Jonathan Pemberton Strategic frameworks and tools of analysis have been the subject of much academic debate over the last 20 years. This paper reviews the main approaches to strategic management and, by presenting the results of a survey of 159 small and medium sized enterprises...

... they are implemented and often result in changed or unrealised content (Mintzberg, 1987). © MCB UP Limited 2002 Strategic planning Small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises Parent companies Noble (1999) contends that the ineffective deployment of strategic planning in many firms is the main reason...

...W. Soontiëns Although South African small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) are supported by various initiatives from the government, only a limited number (3 per cent) of firms enter the international export arena. The paper briefly sketches the role of SMEs in South Africa and their involvement...

... of such a failure can be grouped into three main classes: Decision‐support system Fuzzy sets Investment Quality Small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises Over the last years, the introduction of effective quality systems and the achievement of high quality products represented fundamental competitive...

.... Specific performance measures used were new product success, sales growth and return on investment (ROI). Based on constructs of these measures, a research scale was developed for the study and data were collected via a self‐administered mail survey among a UK samples of small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises...

...Phil Eyre; Clive Smallman Having noted the importance of small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe, this paper describes the derivation of a competence list for the development of Euromanagement in SMEs. The potential of the model is illustrated with reference to two small scale surveys...