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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 ...
SME international business models: The role of context and experience
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2017 , Article)
This paper addresses two questions through a study of 180 SMEs located in contrasting industry and home country contexts. First, which business models for international markets prevail among SMEs and do they configure into ...
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 ...
Sustainable development in Asian manufacturing SMEs: Progress and directions
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
This article identifies the factors that influence the environmental, social and financial performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector in Asia. Asian SMEs play an important role 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 ...
Identifying the key performance challenges to achieve improved export performance for Qatari SMEs
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Small and medium enterprises in Qatar, similar to their counterparts in other emerging countries, face many challenges by entering international markets. This study aims to identify and analyze the key performance challenges ...
The impact of social media adoption on competitive advantage in the small and medium enterprises
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2017 , Article)
Internet-based social media delivers huge benefits to SMEs. There is, however, little research into whether SMEs in Gulf Cooperation Council states use it to gain competitive advantage. This study investigated the relationships ...