Pub Date : 2021-06-30DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1907699
D. Dontsi
Abstract This paper studies the effect of the « Mobile Money » on the CEMAC economic growth. One of the poorest regions in Africa with the real growth rate of 1,6% registered those five years, and which is generally negative. the theoretical view, we have used two models which are: The quantitative theory of money and the endogenous growth theory to show that the use of the « Mobile Money » has a positive impact on the economic growth. The econometric analysis carried out using a panel model made it possible to show that the use of the « Mobile Money » is positively and significantly correlated with the economic growth rate of the CEMAC countries. Thus, an increase of 10% of the use ratio of the « Mobile Money » could lead to an increase in the economic growth rate of 1,87 point of percentage. From this result rise some economic policy recommendations, including the need for States to facilitate access to mobile phones by poor rural populations by investing more in the field and by granting tax incentives to operators in the sector.
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Pub Date : 2021-06-28DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1907698
Anushree Priyadarshini, Yuhui Gao, C. O'Gorman
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Pub Date : 2021-06-04DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1926779
P. Ng, R. Hamilton
Why are some family SMEs more innovative than others? We use the heterogeneity within family SMEs to explore how their socioemotional wealth (SEW) affects innovativeness. The ubiquity of smaller family firms means that their innovativeness is critical for policymakers, such as those in the United Arab Emirates, seeking innovation-led development. We conduct a multi-case study analysis of SEW and innovativeness in fourteen family SMEs based in the United Arab Emirates. Participants were from a range of sectors and across the employment size-range of family SMEs. None of the most innovative family SMEs had highly family-centric socioemotional wealth. High family-centricity was however evident in all the least innovative firms who survived on reputation and incremental customer or supplier-driven improvements. The least innovative firms were amongst the smallest but not the youngest, with firm age not influential for innovativeness. The paper proposes redressing family-centric SEW preferences to raise the innovativeness of family SMEs. This will involve longer-term decision-making that gives greater consideration to the interests of external stakeholder as well as future generations of the family.
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Pub Date : 2021-06-01DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1928847
T. N. Sahu, Varuna Agarwala, Sudarshan Maity
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Pub Date : 2021-05-18DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1924505
I. Akpan, A. Ibidunni
Abstract Digitization of operations and processes and technology adoption by small and medium scale enterprise in the less developed and emerging economies (LDEE) has been slow or non-existent. Technology needs to guide new business creation, sustain competitive advantage, and survive in the post-COVID-19 pandemic and the interconnected global economy. Entrepreneurs need an awakening to the current transformation as the digital era is now, to create business ventures that can compete in the fourth industrial revolution engineered by advanced technologies. This paper doubles as a research note and a call for papers for a special issue to address these urgent needs in the face of current realities.
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Pub Date : 2021-03-30DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1898177
Meeta Dasgupta
Abstract The scale of environmental and social challenges the world is facing today requires enterprises, both large and small, to develop sustainable innovative solutions that are economically, environmentally and socially viable. The purpose of this paper is to understand the sustainable innovation initiatives taken by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and small business entrepreneurs and the impact on performance. The paper presents a systematic literature review of research in the area. 63 publications, drawn from academic databases, on sustainable innovation initiatives taken by SMEs were identified and analyzed. The findings reveal that majority of the initiatives taken by SMEs are related to product and process innovations, and focus has been on SMEs in the manufacturing sector. The review attempts a value chain analysis that brings out the importance given to activities under operations and manufacturing to support the initiatives. The paper highlights the performance measures used to measure and control the outcome of the innovation initiatives. Additionally, the paper highlights broad research themes, links them through a conceptual model and identifies research gaps in this area. The findings of the study will help professionals identify potential areas for innovation and allow academics to conduct further research using the identified research gaps. RÉSUMÉ L’ampleur des défis environnementaux et sociaux auxquels le monde est confronté aujourd’hui exige des entreprises, grandes et petites, qu’elles développent des solutions innovantes et durables qui soient économiquement, écologiquement et socialement viables. L’objectif de cet article est d’examiner les initiatives innovantes et durables prises par les petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) et les petits entrepreneurs, ainsi que leur impact sur les performances. L’article présente une revue systématique de littérature dans ce domaine. Tirées de bases de données universitaires, 63 publications sur les initiatives innovantes et durables prises par les PME ont été identifiées et analysées. Les résultats révèlent que la majorité des initiatives prises par les PME sont liées aux innovations de produits et de procédés, et que l’accent a été mis sur les PME du secteur manufacturier. La revue tente une analyse de la chaîne de valeur qui met l’accent sur l’importance accordée aux activités opérationnelles et manufacturières pour soutenir les initiatives. L’article met en évidence les mesures de performance utilisées pour mesurer et contrôler les résultats des initiatives d’innovation. En outre, il met en lumière les grands thèmes de recherche, les relie par un modèle conceptuel et identifie les lacunes de la recherche dans ce domaine. Les conclusions de l’étude aideront les professionnels à identifier des domaines potentiels d’innovation et permettront aux universitaires de conduire de nouvelles recherches en utilisant les lacunes identifiées.
当今世界面临的环境和社会挑战的规模要求企业，无论大小，开发可持续的创新解决方案，在经济、环境和社会上都是可行的。本文的目的是了解中小企业(SMEs)和小企业企业家采取的可持续创新举措及其对绩效的影响。本文对该领域的研究进行了系统的文献综述。从学术数据库中找出并分析了关于中小企业所采取的可持续创新倡议的63份出版物。调查结果显示，中小企业采取的大多数举措都与产品和工艺创新有关，重点是制造业的中小企业。回顾尝试进行价值链分析，指出在操作和制造下的活动对支持计划的重要性。本文重点介绍了用于衡量和控制创新活动结果的绩效指标。此外，本文强调了广泛的研究主题，通过概念模型将它们联系起来，并确定了该领域的研究差距。这项研究的结果将帮助专业人士确定潜在的创新领域，并允许学者利用已确定的研究差距进行进一步的研究。RÉSUMÉ关于环境和社会问题的解决办法，关于世界问题的解决办法，关于企业问题的解决办法，关于大问题和小问题的解决办法，关于社会问题的解决办法，关于社会问题的解决办法，关于环境和社会问题的解决办法。本文的目的是测试研究人员的主动性、创新性和耐用性企业、小型企业和小型企业(PME)以及小型企业家对企业绩效的影响。本文提出了一种基于系统的 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -的方法。《组织组织、组织组织和大学组织》、《组织组织、创新组织和耐用品组织》、《组织组织和组织组织》、《组织组织和组织组织》、《组织组织和组织组织》、《组织组织和组织组织》、《组织组织和组织组织》、《组织组织和组织组织》、《组织组织和组织组织》。在主要举措方面，主要举措包括:在产品和流程方面，主要举措包括:在产品和流程方面，主要举措包括:在产品和流程方面，主要举措包括:在产品和流程方面，主要举措包括:在产品和流程方面，主要举措包括:在产品和流程方面，主要举措包括:在产品和流程方面，主要举措包括:从价值的角度分析，从价值的角度分析，从价值的角度分析，从价值的角度分析，从价值的角度分析，从价值的角度分析，从价值的角度分析，从价值的角度分析，从价值的角度分析，从价值的角度分析，从价值的角度分析，从价值的角度分析，从价值的角度分析，从价值的角度分析，从价值的角度分析，从价值的角度分析。我的文章遇见了en en samsames measures de performance utilissamsames pour mesrer et contrôler samsames sults des initiatives d 'innovation。因此，我们将在研究领域内确定研究领域内的空白区域。这些结论是由职业人员决定的，是由领域决定的，是由创新潜力决定的，是由大学决定的，是由新研究决定的，是由实用人员决定的。
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Pub Date : 2021-03-18DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1887663
Gil S. Jo, Pilseong Jang
Abstract Efforts to overcome low growth traps are ongoing worldwide. As high-growth startups substantially contribute to the economy, it is critical to understand what allows startups to achieve high-growth. Previous research has generally focused on high-growth firms and there is a lack of understanding in the difference between high-growth and general startups, especially in terms of innovation. To address this gap, this study examines the innovation characteristics of high-growth startups by analyzing Korean Innovation Survey data with logit regression and decision tree models. Previous studies have shown that high-growth firms are associated with product innovation. We show that process innovation is the most critical factor in creating high growth in startups. This result extends the finding of previous literature that process innovation not only increases the survival rate of startups, but also has a significant effect on achieving high growth. These results suggest that process innovation should be considered important when exploring innovation strategies or designing support policies for startup growth.
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Pub Date : 2021-02-27DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1885247
G. Ahinful, J. Boakye, Nana Dwomoh Osei Bempah
Abstract Financial performance (FP) is important to every firm, especially SMEs, but FP determinants are debatable. This paper investigates determinants of FP among Ghanaian SMEs. Employing a survey data set of 238 SMEs, multiple regression analysis was performed to determine the extent to which each firm-specific characteristic and industry impact FP. The findings show that a significant relationship exists between company ownership type and FP. There is also a positive link between firm age, firm size, and FP. The industry effect is significant in the service sector. The results also show that the impact of firm-specific characteristics and industry differs across the sub-components of FP and manufacturing and service industries. The results demonstrate the relevance of the tenets of resource base view and structure-conduct-performance in explaining the SMEs' FP variations in a developing country’s context. The managerial and policy implications of the findings for both sectors have been discussed. RÉSUMÉ La performance financière (PF) est importante pour chaque entreprise, en particulier les PME, mais les déterminants de la PF sont discutables. Cet article examine les déterminants de la PF parmi les PME ghanéennes. À partir d’un ensemble de données d’enquête portant sur 238 PME, une analyse de régression multiple a été réalisée afin de déterminer dans quelle mesure chaque caractéristique spécifique à l’entreprise et à l’industrie a un impact sur la PF. Les résultats montrent qu’il existe un lien significatif entre le type de propriété d’une entreprise et la PF. Il existe également un lien positif entre l’âge et la taille de l’entreprise, et la PF. L’effet de l’industrie est significatif dans le secteur des services. Les résultats montrent aussi que l’impact des caractéristiques propres à l’entreprise et à l’industrie diffère selon les sous-composantes de la PF et les industries manufacturières et de services. Les résultats démontrent la pertinence des principes de la vue basée sur les ressources et du paradigme structure comportement performance dans la compréhension des variations de la PF des PME dans un contexte de pays en développement. Les implications managériales et politiques des résultats pour les deux secteurs sont discutées.
财务绩效(FP)对每个企业都很重要，尤其是中小企业，但FP的决定因素是有争议的。本文研究了加纳中小企业生产计划的决定因素。采用238家中小企业的调查数据集，进行多元回归分析，以确定每个企业特定特征和行业对FP的影响程度。研究结果表明，公司所有权类型与FP之间存在显著的关系。企业年龄、企业规模和FP之间也存在正相关关系。服务业的产业效应显著。研究结果还表明，企业特征和行业的影响在FP的子组成部分以及制造业和服务业之间存在差异。研究结果表明，资源基础观和结构-行为-绩效原则在解释发展中国家中小企业计划生育差异方面具有相关性。讨论了调查结果对这两个部门的管理和政策影响。RÉSUMÉ财务绩效(财务绩效)是企业的重要组成部分，特别是财务绩效(财务绩效)、财务绩效(财务绩效)和财务绩效(财务绩效)的重要组成部分。这篇文章研究了关于PME - ghan - samenes的三个决定因素。À party d ' un ensemble de doneses and 'enquête important sur 238 PME，我们分析了汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变，汇变的多重汇变。“工业效应”对服务业的影响最为显著。运输运输系统(运输运输系统)的影响:运输运输系统(运输运输系统)的发展;运输运输系统(运输运输系统)的发展;运输运输系统(运输运输系统)的发展;运输运输系统(运输运输系统)的发展;结果demontrent la针对性des普林西比de la vue basee苏尔Les资源等杜paradigme结构遵守一般性能在理解des变化de la PF des中外在联合国开发署contexte de支付。管理、薪金和政治方面的影响，薪金和政治方面的影响，薪金和政治方面的影响，薪金和政治方面的影响。
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Pub Date : 2021-02-25DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1871711
Jihyeong Son, Linda S. Niehm
Abstract To help small firms navigate changing rural markets, this study investigated how small businesses use social media to expand their customer and stakeholder networks to sustain their businesses. Focus group interviews with owners of small retail and service businesses were conducted in three selected rural Iowa communities. Our findings indicate that social media is an innovative marketing tool to promote interactive, collaborative, and personalized interactions with customers and stakeholders. These interactions enabled small businesses to attract new customers and foster commitment to the business. In addition, reciprocal relationships with stakeholders leveraged social media content creation and fostered social capital formation. However, social media integration poses challenges for many small businesses, due to operational, economic, infrastructural, legal and regulatory, and psychological factors. Our findings highlight education, legal and regulatory guidelines and policies, tools to measure the effectiveness of social media on marketing, and business assistance and support for small businesses to utilize social media to build customer and other business support networks. Implications support the potential for social media to enhance online interactions for these small firms, leading to the development of social capital, a valuable source of competitive advantage and business sustainability in rural markets.
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Pub Date : 2021-02-22DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1878343
Léopold Djoutsa Wamba, Romuald Koye
Abstract The Far North of Cameroon has been weakened since 2014 by recurring attacks and suicide bombings orchestrated by the Islamic sect ‘Boko-Haram’. This article aims to analyse the moderating effect of this security crisis on the relationship between access to external financing by VSBs in their start-up phase and their sustainability. The data needed to conduct the study were collected, with a questionnaire, from 229 promoters of VSBs created between 2014 and 2018 and still operating in the Far North region of Cameroon. These data were then analysed using the logistic regression model. The results demonstrate a positive effect of access to external financing during the start-up phase of the VSB on its sustainability. However, it appears that the frequency of Boko-Haram attacks and the restrictive measures adopted by the government (border closures and curfews) are not conducive to the external financing of the VSB, let alone its sustainability. This result shows that the intensification of the security crisis experienced by all micro-entrepreneurs, combined with the challenges specific to their activity, has thus undermined the confidence they place in the future prospects of their business.
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