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Disaster response for small businesses: we must learn from the past 小企业的灾难应对:我们必须吸取过去的教训
IF 1.7 Q3 BUSINESS Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/13215906.2020.1740105
D. Gregory
ABSTRACT The frequency and severity of recent natural disasters has raised questions in relation to disaster-related preparedness of the small business sector. Small businesses are an important contributor to local communities and economies. When it comes to recovering from a natural disaster, it is important to support local small businesses to reopen for business as soon as possible. If they are unable to rebound to provide products and services on which we rely as a community, recovery efforts will be curtailed and delayed. This paper provides a practitioner view on the lessons that can be learnt specifically from the Australian experience. The lessons outlined here resonate with small businesses in any disaster recovery context. The insight provided will inform the development of recovery policies and activities in the immediate, short- and long-term at an individual as well as a business level.
摘要近年来自然灾害的频率和严重程度引发了与小企业部门的灾害相关准备有关的问题。小企业是当地社区和经济的重要贡献者。当谈到从自然灾害中恢复时,重要的是支持当地小企业尽快重新开业。如果他们不能反弹,提供我们作为一个社区所依赖的产品和服务,恢复工作将会受到限制和延迟。本文从实践者的角度对澳大利亚的经验教训提供了具体的借鉴。这里概述的经验教训与任何灾难恢复环境中的小型企业都有共鸣。所提供的见解将为个人和企业层面的即时、短期和长期恢复政策和活动的发展提供信息。
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引用次数: 0
An examination of e-market adoption in Australian SMEs 澳大利亚中小企业采用电子市场的研究
IF 1.7 Q3 BUSINESS Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/13215906.2019.1687321
S. Duan
ABSTRACT This paper examines the current state of electronic market (e-market) adoption in Australian SMEs based on survey data from 948 firms. The results show that the level of e-market adoption in Australian SMEs is still low with the dominant trend of adoption focusing on building their own e-markets. This is problematic for SMEs provided with the limited financial resources and technical expertise in SMEs for creating and maintaining an e-market. The adoption of a public e-market, as a result, should be promoted by the Australian government department for making a greater potential of the e-market in SMEs. The adoption of e-market in Australian SMEs does not differ much in terms of size but in different industries. Industries with high information dependence and low information tacitness have a higher chance of the adoption of e-market for conducting electronic commerce activities.
本文基于948家企业的调查数据,研究了澳大利亚中小企业采用电子市场(e-market)的现状。结果表明,澳大利亚中小企业对电子市场的采用水平仍然较低,采用的主要趋势是建立自己的电子市场。对于中小企业来说,这是一个问题,因为中小企业在创建和维护电子市场方面的财政资源和技术专长有限。因此,澳大利亚政府部门应该推动公共电子市场的采用,以使电子市场在中小企业中发挥更大的潜力。澳大利亚中小企业采用电子市场的情况在规模上差别不大,但在不同的行业中差别很大。信息依存度高、信息缄默性低的行业采用电子市场进行电子商务活动的可能性较大。
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引用次数: 3
The impact of small loan programmes on employment for micro and small enterprises: evidence from a province in Iran 小额贷款方案对微型和小型企业就业的影响:来自伊朗一个省的证据
IF 1.7 Q3 BUSINESS Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/13215906.2020.1724820
Javad Nosratabadi
ABSTRACT Governments have developed small loan programmes with a reduced interest rate to decrease unemployment in Iran. Using longitudinal, firm-level data from 2005 to 2010 in Iran, this study examines the effect of one Iranian province’s loan programme on employment based on two different methods of evaluating causal effects. The first method applies a difference-in-difference fixed effects matching estimator to estimate the employment effect of the programme. The second method applies the generalized propensity score to estimate the impact of the amount of a loan on employment. The results from the first method suggest that the loan programme has a positive and significant effect on the employment of treated firms. The results from the second method suggest that the estimated employment effects increase with the amount of the loan, whereas there is a decrease in the marginal effects of an additional amount of loan.
伊朗政府已经制定了降低利率的小额贷款计划,以减少失业率。本研究利用2005年至2010年伊朗企业层面的纵向数据,基于两种不同的因果效应评估方法,考察了伊朗一个省的贷款计划对就业的影响。第一种方法采用差中差固定效应匹配估计器来估计该计划的就业效应。第二种方法应用广义倾向得分来估计贷款金额对就业的影响。第一种方法的结果表明,贷款方案对接受治疗的企业的就业有积极和显著的影响。第二种方法的结果表明,估计的就业效应随着贷款金额的增加而增加,而额外贷款金额的边际效应则减少。
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引用次数: 3
SMEs and the relationship between firm size and the enactment of espoused managerial values 中小企业和企业规模与所信奉的管理价值观制定之间的关系
IF 1.7 Q3 BUSINESS Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/13215906.2019.1705883
Alain Neher, Morgan P. Miles
ABSTRACT This paper explores the relationship between the size of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the enactment of espoused values. In a departure from previous research of managerial values, a conceptual Maturity Model of Managerial Values (MM-MV) was used which articulates the extent to which values are integrated or enacted within organizations. This allowed for a rigorous examination of how organizational size was related to the degree of values-enactment in SMEs. Results suggest a positive relationship between larger firm size and a higher degree of espoused values-enactment. Implications of the results are discussed, and suggestions for further research are presented.
摘要本文探讨了中小企业规模与价值观制定之间的关系。与以往的管理价值观研究不同,本文使用了管理价值观的概念成熟度模型(MM-MV),该模型阐明了价值观在组织内部整合或制定的程度。这允许对组织规模与中小企业价值观制定程度的关系进行严格检查。结果表明,较大的企业规模与较高程度的价值观制定之间存在正相关关系。讨论了研究结果的意义,并提出了进一步研究的建议。
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引用次数: 4
A systematic literature review of skills required in the different phases of the entrepreneurial process 对创业过程不同阶段所需技能的系统文献综述
IF 1.7 Q3 BUSINESS Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/13215906.2020.1730230
Anastacia Mamabolo, Kerrin Myres
ABSTRACT Skills are important in the creation and management of a business venture. However, the extant research focuses on skills required by entrepreneurs without distinguishing which skills are needed at each entrepreneurial phase. To understand the research conducted to date, this paper examined a total of 72 articles in some of the leading entrepreneurship and management journals. The reviewed literature demonstrates that entrepreneurial studies on skills tend to adopt a singular phase rather than a multi-phase approach. Examining skills at the different entrepreneurial phases shows that the importance and complexity of skills change across the phases. Further, the context in which an entrepreneur is situated has an influence on the development and application of skills. Finally, the study puts forth a conceptual model and propositions that demonstrate an interplay between skills, entrepreneurial phases, and context. The paper identifies implications for theory, practice and future research.
在创业和管理中,技能是很重要的。然而,现有的研究侧重于企业家所需的技能,而没有区分在每个创业阶段需要哪些技能。为了了解迄今为止所进行的研究,本文研究了一些领先的创业和管理期刊上的72篇文章。文献综述表明,创业技能研究倾向于采用单一阶段而非多阶段方法。考察不同创业阶段的技能表明,技能的重要性和复杂性在各个阶段都在变化。此外,企业家所处的环境对技能的发展和应用也有影响。最后,该研究提出了一个概念模型和命题,证明了技能、创业阶段和环境之间的相互作用。本文确定了理论、实践和未来研究的意义。
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引用次数: 15
Policies to nurture Dwarf and infant SME job creation and productivity of Indian policymakers: a narrative policy framework 印度政策制定者培育中小企业就业创造和生产力的政策:叙事政策框架
IF 1.7 Q3 BUSINESS Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/13215906.2020.1734964
Mahima Mishra
ABSTRACT India is facing a difficult economic situation of low economic growth and job creation. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a critical role in it. However, Indian manufacturing SMEs are not able to contribute enough. The paper thus explores policy level modifications required to enhance the contribution of SMEs critical to the growth of the Indian economy. The study uses the narrative policy framework (NPF) by using non-experimental content analysis to present findings. The meso level research explains how policy narrative influences the policy outcome. The study thus presents the benefits as well as challenges of shifting policy focus as per the requirement of ever-changing business ecosystem. The study finds that NPF can be an important tool for scholars to understand the policy problems. This study is unique as it broader policy process scholarship by expanding NPF theory using content analysis and dealing with questions relevant to strategic policy actors and solutions for the first time.
印度正面临着低经济增长和低就业创造的困难经济形势。中小企业在其中扮演着至关重要的角色。然而,印度制造业中小企业的贡献还不够。因此,本文探讨了提高对印度经济增长至关重要的中小企业贡献所需的政策层面修改。本研究采用叙事政策框架(NPF),采用非实验内容分析来呈现研究结果。中观层面的研究解释了政策叙事对政策结果的影响。因此,该研究提出了根据不断变化的商业生态系统的要求改变政策重点的好处和挑战。研究发现,NPF可以成为学者理解政策问题的重要工具。这项研究是独一无二的,因为它通过使用内容分析扩展NPF理论,并首次处理与战略政策参与者和解决方案相关的问题,从而拓宽了政策过程的研究范围。
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引用次数: 5
The effect of regulations on ability of MFIs to provide sustained financial services to small business 法规对小额信贷机构向小企业提供持续金融服务能力的影响
IF 1.7 Q3 BUSINESS Pub Date : 2019-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/13215906.2019.1670236
J. Quartey, B. Kotey
ABSTRACT The study examined the effect of regulation on financial sustainability of microfinance institutions (MFIs). A mixed-methods research design was employed involving deductive thematic analysis of interviews with 33 MFI managers. This was followed by t-tests of differences between 24 highly regulated rural and community banks (RCBs) and 31 less regulated “susu” companies on the measures of financial sustainability. A new dimension was added to literature by employing both qualitative and quantitative analysis, giving respondents a voice and ensuring findings reflected their experiences and ideas. Participants recognized an association among financial sustainability, revenue generation and operations efficiency. They noted that regulations provide benefits that improve revenue generation but also increase cost of operations. T-tests showed “susu” companies were more financially sustainable than RCBs. It is recommended that MFIs deliver innovative products to enable owner-managers grow their businesses, while enabling the MFIs to expand their outreach and improve their financial sustainability.
摘要本研究考察了监管对小额信贷机构(mfi)财务可持续性的影响。采用混合方法的研究设计,包括对33名小额信贷机构经理的访谈进行演绎主题分析。随后,对24家监管严格的农村和社区银行(RCBs)和31家监管较少的“susu”公司在财务可持续性指标上的差异进行了t检验。通过采用定性和定量分析,为文献增加了一个新的维度,让受访者发表意见,并确保调查结果反映了他们的经验和想法。与会者认识到财务可持续性、创收和业务效率之间的联系。他们指出,法规带来的好处是增加了收入,但也增加了运营成本。t检验显示,“苏苏”公司在财务上比普通商业银行更具可持续性。建议小额信贷机构提供创新产品,使业主管理人能够发展业务,同时使小额信贷机构能够扩大其业务范围并提高其财务可持续性。
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引用次数: 3
Get organized or perish: attracting FDI to grow small food enterprises in Bangladesh 组织起来或灭亡:吸引外国直接投资在孟加拉国发展小型食品企业
IF 1.7 Q3 BUSINESS Pub Date : 2019-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/13215906.2019.1668833
K. Islam, David Chitakunye
ABSTRACT This study contributes to the literature surrounding sustainable business models for SMEs. Through the lens of the relationship between FDI, economic growth and labour force among small food enterprises in Bangladesh, we develop some propositions that can help SMEs to be more sustainable. We demonstrate how traditional business models need to reflect changing global contexts of SMEs. Whilst the pecking order theory suggests that SME owners must use internal sources of finance before external sources, we find that external financing is a significant factor for the growth of SMEs. Our findings contribute to an understanding of how SME managers can use FDI as a resource to develop growth strategies. This presents an opportunity for small food enterprises in Bangladesh to be more organized. Given that SMEs are often informationally opaque, getting organized will help them to become less informationally opaque, as well as reduce the finance gap by attracting FDI.
本研究对中小企业可持续商业模式相关文献进行了梳理。通过对孟加拉国小型食品企业中FDI、经济增长和劳动力之间关系的分析,我们提出了一些建议,可以帮助中小企业更具可持续性。我们展示了传统商业模式如何需要反映中小企业不断变化的全球环境。虽然优先顺序理论认为中小企业所有者必须先使用内部融资来源,然后再使用外部融资来源,但我们发现外部融资是中小企业成长的重要因素。我们的研究结果有助于理解中小企业管理者如何利用外国直接投资作为制定增长战略的资源。这为孟加拉国的小型食品企业提供了一个更有组织的机会。鉴于中小企业往往信息不透明,组织起来将有助于它们减少信息不透明,并通过吸引外国直接投资减少资金缺口。
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引用次数: 2
Components of sustainability of entrepreneurial ecosystems in knowledge-intensive enterprises: the application of fuzzy analytic hierarchy process 知识密集型企业创业生态系统可持续性要素:模糊层次分析法的应用
IF 1.7 Q3 BUSINESS Pub Date : 2019-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/13215906.2019.1671215
V. Aliabadi, P. Ataei, S. Gholamrezai, M. Aazami
ABSTRACT The study sheds lights on the components of the sustainability of an entrepreneurial ecosystem in knowledge-intensive enterprises using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in fuzzy environment. The research sample was composed of 20 experts of entrepreneurship who were selected by criterion and snowball sampling techniques. The criteria included political, cultural, social capital, human resource, market, financial, and support dimensions. It was found that the political, cultural, and social capital criteria scored the highest weighted importance of 0.536, 0.423, and 0.361, respectively. As a result, they were the most important factors in accounting for the sustainability of an entrepreneurial ecosystem. Furthermore, the consistency test showed that the inconsistency ratio was smaller than 0.01 for all studied factors, leading to the conclusion that each individual ecosystem integrates the factors existing in each region in its own specific way. In fact, no single dimension can be removed from entrepreneurial ecosystems.
摘要运用模糊环境下的层次分析法(AHP)研究知识密集型企业创业生态系统可持续性的构成要素。研究样本由20名创业专家组成,采用标准抽样法和滚雪球抽样法。标准包括政治、文化、社会资本、人力资源、市场、金融和支持等维度。结果显示,政治资本、文化资本、社会资本的重要性权重最高,分别为0.536、0.423、0.361。因此,它们是衡量创业生态系统可持续性的最重要因素。一致性检验表明,各研究因子的不一致性比均小于0.01,表明各生态系统以其独特的方式整合了各区域存在的因子。事实上,没有一个维度可以从创业生态系统中移除。
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引用次数: 15
Assessing how small and large enterprises are complementary for industry development and value creation 评估小型企业和大型企业在行业发展和价值创造方面的互补性
IF 1.7 Q3 BUSINESS Pub Date : 2019-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/13215906.2019.1668834
J. Aarstad, S. Hauge, J. Manne
ABSTRACT We assess how both small and large enterprises are crucial for industry development and value creation in a national context strongly dependent on natural resources. Drawing upon recent research, we illuminate how large enterprises, perhaps not surprisingly, have an advantage concerning economies of scales. They also emphasize green R&D investments along with sustainable strategies, and which are less emphasized by small enterprises. Large enterprises are more innovative than small enterprises, but taking into account R&D investments and inter-firm collaboration, small enterprises are genuinely more innovative than large enterprises. Lastly, we emphasize how small enterprises to a stronger degree than large enterprises develop spinoffs in new industries. Indeed, the smaller the enterprise, the more easily it can develop spinoffs in new industries that are cognitively very different from its current industry. Altogether, we conclude that small and large enterprises have complementary features that are crucial for industry development and value creation.
我们评估了在一个高度依赖自然资源的国家背景下,小型企业和大型企业如何对行业发展和价值创造至关重要。根据最近的研究,我们阐明了大型企业如何在规模经济方面具有优势,这也许并不奇怪。他们还强调绿色研发投资和可持续战略,这是小企业不太重视的。大企业比小企业更具创新性,但考虑到研发投入和企业间合作,小企业确实比大企业更具创新性。最后,我们强调小企业如何比大企业更强地发展新产业的衍生产品。事实上,企业越小,就越容易在认知上与当前行业截然不同的新行业中发展衍生产品。综上所述,我们得出结论,小型企业和大型企业具有互补性,这对行业发展和价值创造至关重要。
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