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The moderating role of business growth on the relationship between business development services provided by islamic microfinance institutions and customer satisfaction: A study on the SMEs in Yemen
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Canadian Center of Science and Education
, 2014 , Article)
This paper aims to investigate the moderating role of business growth on the relationship between Business Development Services (BDS) and SMEs owners' satisfaction on the Islamic Microfinance System in Yemen. Specifically, ...
Assessment of supply chain risks susceptibility in SMEs using digraph and matrix methods
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2016 , Article)
Risk management in a supply chain context has emerged as a big challenge for the organisations. Supply chain risks are so varied in nature that it is impossible to completely eliminate them. Further, these risks are ...
Building ambidextrous supply chains in SMEs: How to tackle the barriers?
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IGI Global
, 2017 , Article)
Ambidexterity involves developing competencies to excel simultaneously on the exploration and exploitation dimensions. Few studies in literature discuss ambidexterity in a supply chain context. The research presented in ...
How Do SMEs Decide on International Market Entry? An Empirical Examination in the Middle East
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2022 , Article)
This study contributes to the scant literature that scrutinises the decision-making process preceding foreign entries, particularly in the Middle Eastern context. While considerable research has examined the content and ...
A multidimensional perspective of SME internationalization speed: The influence of entrepreneurial characteristics
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
This paper contributes to a multidimensional perspective on the speed of SME internationalization. It examines the influence of entrepreneurial characteristics – experience, rationales and innovation strategies – on multiple ...
SMEs and artificial intelligence (AI): Antecedents and consequences of AI-based B2B practices
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is a key approach to achieving economic growth in the Middle East and successful adoption of technology is vital for SMEs' success and continuity. Artificial intelligence ...
Contextualizing Internationalization Decision-making Research in SMEs: Towards an Integration of Existing Studies
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European Academy of Management
, 2020 , Article)
This paper advances research on SME internationalization decision-making through considering the relevance of its context. It systematically reviews empirical studies, together with conceptual papers and other reviews in ...
A Grey-based approach for ERP vendor selection in small and medium enterprises in Qatar
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2015 , Article)
This paper aims to develop a multi-criteria decision model for the purpose of ERP vendor selection. To tackle the multi-criteria nature and the presence of both qualitative and quantitative factors, Grey-based model was ...
Sustainability metrics for a supply chain: The case of small and medium enterprises
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2012 , Article)
Using digraph and matrix method this research enunciates a simple method to quantify supply chain sustainability for small and medium enterprises. It proposes a numerical index which can be used to measure sustainability ...
Impact of skill on bi-dimensional trust within small-to-medium sized enterprises upstream relationships
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Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.
, 2021 , Article)
Purpose: This paper examined the deterministic and moderating impacts of skill on the behavioural (benevolence) and cognitive (credibility) dimensions of trust within small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) upstream (i.e. ...