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Key determinants of SMEs’ export performance: a resource-based view and contingency theory approach using potential mediators
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Emerald Publishing Limited
, 2020 , Article)
Purpose: Various barriers discourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from entering or expanding their export activities in the international markets, especially SMEs in emerging markets. The purpose of this study ...
External resource provision and the international performance of SMEs – A contextual analysis
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2022 , Article)
This paper investigates whether different categories of links (core and discretionary) to external resource providers are associated with the international performance of SMEs, as well as the perceived importance of external ...
Breaking down the export barriers for small and medium-sized enterprises: Focus group study across Vietnam
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Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
, 2021 , Article)
This paper attempts to empirically analyse the motivations and barriers among Vietnamese businesses in undertaking export activities. The study applies thematic analysis method and categorisations developed from extant ...
Crowdfunding Conundrum: Western Ideas and their Chinese Copycats
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UC Regents
, 2021 , Other)
In the third quarter of 2021, global crowdfunding investment reached $160 billion. Crowdfunding is a relatively recently emerged phenomenon to raise funding from individuals for nascent business ideas. It is considered as ...
A tertiary review of corporate social responsibility (CSR) research: lessons for the Arab region
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Emerald Publishing Limited
, 2022 , Article)
Purpose
Although corporate social responsibility (CSR) literature has been under research since its advent in the 1950s, scholars have only recently begun to examine the overly neglected Arab region along with other ...
Tourism research for the GCC region: Current status and future research directions
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SAGE Publications
, 2021 , Article Review)
Tourism in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries has recently been considered by policymakers as a new avenue for economic diversification. Despite the considerable literature concerning the impact of tourism ...
Enhancing the export activities of small and medium-sized enterprises in emerging markets
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Emerald Publishing Limited
, 2022 , Article)
Purpose: This study aims to examine a conceptual integrated framework for small- and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) export performance that comprises all potential export determinants and inhibitors. This study also ...
Digital innovation in SMEs: a systematic review, synthesis and research agenda
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Taylor and Francis
, 2022 , Article)
This paper presents a systematic literature review on digital innovation in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). It aims to synthesize previous research and identify knowledge gaps and future research opportunities. ...
Editorial: Between antiquity and modernity in sustainability management research: reflections from MSAR board members
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Emerald Publishing Limited
, 2022 , Article)
Despite the seemingly diverse Arab countries, there are elements of commonality and homogeneity in culture and tradition and, hence, using deductive reasoning, we can objectively claim that there is what we can call an ...
Profiling exporting SMEs: The role of innovation-orientation
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2022 , Article)
Existing evidence suggest that SME exporting is affected by a combination of environmental, firm-level, and owner-level drivers. However, it is not yet clear what constitute the profile of exporting SMEs and whether ...