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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 ...
International entrepreneurial SMEs in the muslim world: The role of religion in the GCC countries
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Elsevier Ltd.
, 2022 , Article)
Recent studies examining the internationalisation of SMEs in emerging economies have observed that religion affects international market entry, which suggests that specific cultural aspects, such as religion, have not ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...