Pub Date : 2020-02-28DOI: 10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10027241
R. Testa, A. Galati, G. Schifani, M. Crescimanno, A. Trapani, G. Migliore
The aim of this study was to understand how and how much alternative food networks (AFNs) contribute to increasing the profitability of the organic SMEs, compared to traditional organic sales channels. For this purpose, an economic analysis and an in-depth interview were carried out in a case study located in the Sicilian northern coast. Findings showed a clear convenience of the participation to alternative food networks compared to the case in which all farm production was conferred to traditional sales channels, highlighting an increase both of farm profit (+76.9%) and net income (+72.1%). However, the in-depth interview revealed that AFNs are a mean, not only to have economic benefits, but also to satisfy consumers' social and environmental needs. According to the findings of this study, alternative food networks could represent a strategy to increase the profitability of many small and medium-sized farms (organic and non-organic) managed by the farmer and his family, especially in an increasingly global and diversified market.
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Pub Date : 2020-02-28DOI: 10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10027222
P. Thampi, Amalendu Jyotishi, R. Bishu
Small businesses are entrepreneur driven initiatives and are usually influenced by the entrepreneur's cultural environment including their attitudes, and beliefs. This paper attempts to study the nature of cultural diversities of the entrepreneurs across two different regions in India. The six cultural dimensions enunciated by Geert Hofstede and the ethnic orientation dimension brought out by Thampi et al. (2015) are the core constructs for this study. Data collected from small business entrepreneurs across two sample Indian states were analysed. Significant variations were observed in the cultural attributes of small entrepreneurs across the two sample states, and within these states across locations (rural-urban), and business types (manufacturing and service). In all these contexts power distance, risk propensity, collectivism, masculinity, indulgence, and ethnic orientation significantly varied across different segment combinations. The finding of this study, therefore, could be useful pointers towards explicitly incorporating cultural factors in policy design.
小企业是企业家推动的举措，通常受到企业家的文化环境，包括他们的态度和信仰的影响。本文试图研究印度两个不同地区企业家文化多样性的本质。Geert Hofstede提出的六个文化维度和Thampi et al.(2015)提出的民族取向维度是本研究的核心构建。从印度两个样本邦的小企业企业家收集的数据进行了分析。在两个样本州中，以及在这些州内，不同地点(农村-城市)和商业类型(制造业和服务业)的小企业的文化属性都存在显著差异。在所有这些背景下，权力距离、风险倾向、集体主义、男子气概、放纵和种族倾向在不同的片段组合中存在显著差异。因此，这项研究的发现可能是明确地将文化因素纳入政策设计的有用指针。
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Pub Date : 2020-02-28DOI: 10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10027228
Peerayuth Charoensukmongkol
The objective of this research was to investigate the contributions of resources available for international expansion, product advantage, and government agency social capital to Thai firms' satisfaction with their export performance. The sampling frame used for this study included Thai firms listed in the directory of the Thai Exporter. Data were obtained using a self-administered questionnaire (total n = 124). The findings from partial least squares regression analysis showed that firms that have more resources available for international expansion, product advantage, and government agency social capital tended to demonstrate a higher level of satisfaction with their export performance. However, the moderating effect analysis found further that government agency social capital's positive contribution to satisfaction with export performance tended to be more crucial for firms that had few resources available for international expansion and for those that had less product advantage.
{"title":"The interplay between firm resources and government agency social capital on Thai firms' satisfaction with export performance","authors":"Peerayuth Charoensukmongkol","doi":"10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10027228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10027228","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this research was to investigate the contributions of resources available for international expansion, product advantage, and government agency social capital to Thai firms' satisfaction with their export performance. The sampling frame used for this study included Thai firms listed in the directory of the Thai Exporter. Data were obtained using a self-administered questionnaire (total n = 124). The findings from partial least squares regression analysis showed that firms that have more resources available for international expansion, product advantage, and government agency social capital tended to demonstrate a higher level of satisfaction with their export performance. However, the moderating effect analysis found further that government agency social capital's positive contribution to satisfaction with export performance tended to be more crucial for firms that had few resources available for international expansion and for those that had less product advantage.","PeriodicalId":35412,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43300750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-02-28DOI: 10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10027230
Caroline Philippi, V. Bobek, T. Horvat, A. Maček, Gorazd Justinek
Many Austrian small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector opt for expanding to further markets. Especially for the automotive industry, Mexico and the USA are attractive locations. The purpose of this paper is to identify a strategy for an Austrian SME in the automotive sector for its business expansion to Mexico and the USA. Therefore, factors influencing the expansion strategy, as well as operational measures increasing the success rate of the company are identified. Additionally, it is analysed if a combined market entry and strategy formulation for both countries is recommendable. The aim is to present solid results regarding how the company should tackle the upcoming challenges for its strategic direction of internationalisation. For this purpose, a literature review and an empirical qualitative study were chosen as a main method. Based on the results of the study the company is provided with recommendations on how to design its strategy and which factors are to be considered when opting for the two markets. Based on the research the company is advised to consider both markets as individual and parallel processes.
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Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10031686
Gorazd Justinek, T. Horvat, Romana Korez Vide, V. Bobek, I. Sittler
{"title":"Political consumerism in emerging markets: the case of Argentina","authors":"Gorazd Justinek, T. Horvat, Romana Korez Vide, V. Bobek, I. Sittler","doi":"10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10031686","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10031686","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35412,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66887326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10029809
Thoukis Georgiou, D. Vrontis, I. Papasolomou, A. Thrassou
{"title":"The process of succession and its impact on sustainability: An empirical study within family wineries in Cyprus","authors":"Thoukis Georgiou, D. Vrontis, I. Papasolomou, A. Thrassou","doi":"10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10029809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10029809","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35412,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66886745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10031238
Chiara Cannavale, Iman Zohoorian Nadali
{"title":"How cultures facilitate the entrepreneurial 'thinking-doing' link","authors":"Chiara Cannavale, Iman Zohoorian Nadali","doi":"10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10031238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10031238","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35412,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66886752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10031242
L. Benning, T. Flatten
{"title":"How do new technology ventures grow A theory of planned behaviour based assessment of inorganic growth","authors":"L. Benning, T. Flatten","doi":"10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10031242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10031242","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35412,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66887262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10031682
Annamaria Sabetta, M. Ferretti, A. Parmentola, Eva Panetti
{"title":"Network structure in a local innovation system in mature industries. An empirical case study","authors":"Annamaria Sabetta, M. Ferretti, A. Parmentola, Eva Panetti","doi":"10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10031682","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10031682","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35412,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66887312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10031240
Caroline Tarillon
{"title":"Do all entrepreneurs want to make their new technology-based firm grow An approach through expected consequences of growth","authors":"Caroline Tarillon","doi":"10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10031240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijgsb.2020.10031240","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35412,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66887216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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