The effect of network relationship on the performance of SMEs

Lin, Feng‐Jyh; Lin, Yi‐Hsin

doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.10.055

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“…It also helps SMEs to address the issue of scarcity in technological competencies. Through business collaboration, firms could obtain scale merits in technology usage through networking but would be careful using alter or sharing technological recourses as its effects on their survival chances [33,87]. This is because choosing the wrong technologies or sharing technological resources with competitors will make a negative impact on the survival chances of the SMEs.…”

Section: Business Collaboration Through Networkingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability of SMEs in the Competition: A Systemic Review on Technological Challenges and SME Performance

Prasanna

Jayasundara

Gamage

et al. 2019

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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In the era of economic globalization, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are recognized as an engine of sustainable economic development in both the developed and developing world. In literature, three competitive challenges-the sustainability challenge, the global challenge and the technological challenge-faced by industrial entities in the current globalized economy, are categorized. Of them, this paper undertakes a systemic review of the literature covering the theme of SMEs and technology in order to identify how technological progress in the SMEs, correlates with SMEs survival improvement in the global competition. The review identified six driving forces-social capital, link with Multi-National Corporations (MNCs) and Transnational Corporations (TNCs), innovation, sharing and networking, information technology, and adoption of productivity-enhancing technology-influencing technological upgrade in the SMEs. The review also identified two conditions for successful technological adaptation in the SME sector-availability of technologically skillful workforce in the economy, and identification of opportunities of new technologies in the competition. These conditions could be viewed in the macro environment and emphasize the need for the economies' readiness towards SMEs' success.

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Section: Business Collaboration Through Networkingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability of SMEs in the Competition: A Systemic Review on Technological Challenges and SME Performance

Prasanna

Jayasundara

Gamage

et al. 2019

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

233

107

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“…In the U.K., researchers focus on the innovation policy, which has a great impact on service and manufacturing SMEs (Foreman-Peck, 2013). In Brazil, researchers report the impact of a cluster development policy on SMEs' performance (Figal Garone, Maffioli, de Negri, Rodriguez, & Vazquez-Bare, 2015), while Lin and Lin (2016), studying a sample of 77 Taiwanese SMEs, found that the level of organisational performance depended on the types of network relationships. In Taiwan, Chi, Wu, and Lin (2008) explore the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on SMEs and organisational performance, mediated by FDI related programmes of training.…”

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confidence: 99%

Determinants of SMEs’ performance: evidence from European countries

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Popa

Marinescu

et al. 2019

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja

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This article aims to examine how certain economic and social factors influence short-and long-term performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). SMEs' performance is defined by using the value added (VA) by SMEs, as a percent of the total VA by enterprises. The study targets European Union (EU) countries selected by the authors following a cluster analysis procedure. In order to obtain short-and long-term influences, an analysis that carries out three types of tests is conducted: testing stationarity, testing cointegration and testing causality between the indicators identified as influencing factors and the variable measuring the performance of SMEs. The novelty and originality of this research are defined in terms of addressing the performance of SMEs from a new perspective, using an econometric basis in a macroeconomic view. From an econometric perspective, the results are among the most varied, both in the long-and short-term, however they also have a correspondent economic explanation. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Si bien este tipo de organización es altamente vulnerable (Chatterjee et al, 2016), es más flexible y puede adaptarse con mayor facilidad a cambios que se puedan generar en su entorno (Lin y Lin, 2016). Las pymes son consideradas de importancia estratégica en la recuperación económica, ya que dinamizan el territorio, contribuyendo a la creación de empleo y al desarrollo social (Bourletidis y Triantafyllopoulos, 2014;Harvie y Lee, 2002).…”

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