12 December 2019
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...
Promoting energy efficiency in the Italian production sector is significantly hampered by the lack of knowledge, the scarcity and the limited distribution of tools for supporting energy audits in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in a wide ra...
The environmental damage phenomenon is a challenge for businesses today, including for small and medium industries in developing countries, such as Indonesia. Green innovation is a solution to answer public concerns over global environmental issues....
Digital transformation is a must to remain competitive in today’s advanced technological environment. This study examines how digitalization influences the performance of SMEs in Albania, focusing on digital adoption, skills, training, and inst...
22 June 2016
In this paper, we assume that a professional pollutant treatment enterprise treats all of the pollutants emitted by multiple small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In order to determine the treatment price, SMEs can bargain with the pollutant tre...
In this paper, we analyze the main characteristics of European Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), related to the demand for and access to external financial resources. We use microdata from an extensive database, elaborated by the European Central...
This study analyzes data from companies listed on the Small and Medium Enterprise Board and the Growth Enterprise Market between 2011 and 2021 to assess the impact of digital inclusive finance on SME innovation. It also explores how this effect varie...
Big Data (BD) has emerged as a pivotal tool for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), offering substantial benefits in enhancing business performance and growth. This review investigates the impact of BD on SMEs, specifically focusing on busines...
The issue of sustainable socio-economic development in the context of SMEs fits within the broader stream of research on strategic management of organizations operating under conditions of dynamic environmental change. From the perspective of strateg...
This article explores the relationship between digitalization and business performance in European small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, which has intensified the need for SMEs to adopt digital technologies for enha...
International small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) encounter several problems, including how to manage the industry forces in order to achieve their performance goals. Focusing mainly on international SMEs, we explored this issue by examining co...
Non-financial reporting is the basic tool for presenting the implementation of sustainability goals (SDGs). This paper investigated the current status of non-financial reporting standardization in terms of small and medium-sized enterprises. The topi...
Industry is currently undergoing a revolution (called Revolution 4.0) related to the far-reaching integration of all production areas through the digitization and the creation of new communication channels. The Polish economy generated a GDP of USD 5...
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face substantial barriers in accessing reliable and cost-effective IT infrastructure, primarily due to economic constraints and limited technical resources. Hybrid cloud computing solutions, including infrast...
Tax practitioners (such as accountants and bookkeepers) are important enablers of tax compliance. Taxpayers, particularly small businesses, look to tax practitioners for expert advice because of increasingly complex tax legislation. This study’...
Unitised integration is a management model used to address the fragmentation of multiple management entities in complex environments. Small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) safety alliances play an important role in centralised management and cost...
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) play a crucial part in a country’s economic growth and sustainable development. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between innovation and the performance of SMEs. An external environ...
This article examines how European funding enhances the financial performance of Romanian SMEs, a sector facing growing regulatory pressure, market volatility, and resource constraints. The study combines a thematic analysis of InvestEU indicators an...
This study investigates the impact of oil prices and exchange rates on the manufacturing output of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kazakhstan using data from the period 2000 to 2023, within the framework of the ARDL model. In the Kazakhs...
While companies are investing increasingly in sustainability measures, the effects of firms’ sustainability actions on consumer perceptions should not be taken for granted and deserve to be investigated. By adopting the interpretative lens of c...
The sector of SME is the major force for the national economic and social development. Financial risk is one of the key threats to the activity of small and medium enterprises. The most common manifestation of the financial risk of SMEs is difficulty...
The main objective of this study is to investigate the role of digital leadership in the sustainability of SMEs. Furthermore, this study examines the mediating role of digital transformation between digital leadership and SME sustainability and the m...
Building from the authors’ plan to conceptualize an artificial intelligence (AI) solution that allows SME owners to make more sustainable choices in foreign-market-entry decisions, this systematic literature review (SLR) researches the state-of...
Industry 5.0 (I5) represents a significant evolution in the trajectory of industrial development, emphasizing a human-centric approach that integrates advanced technologies with the goal of promoting sustainable growth, resilience, and enhanced human...
Information technology (IT) strategic planning plays a pivotal role in enhancing the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), improving operational efficiency and decision-making, and fostering innovation. This systematic review aims...
This study presents a systematic bibliometric analysis to identify trends and gaps in research on SME business models and SME performance, following PRISMA 2020 guidelines. A comprehensive search of the Scopus database (1957–2025) identified 85...
Social media is gradually transforming diverse business ecosystems due to the limitless capabilities they offer. Given this, emerging businesses across the globe are leveraging this innovation to improve their operations. While the literature on the...
The emergence of new information technologies, market globalization, climate change, labor shortages, and changing consumer habits have led to dynamic demand and the need for customized mass production systems. This has forced companies, especially s...
The knowledge-based view (KBV) in the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is a debatable topic in the current literature. Although convergence of technological and financial literacy (techno-finance literacy) is an essential know...
Although prior research acknowledges that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can turn failures into growth opportunities, the mechanisms through which failure analysis contributes to such growth remain underexplored. Grounded in organizational...
Sustainable environmental performance (SEP) among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has attracted researchers and practitioners’ attention. The achievement of sustainable environmental performance has been largely dependent on the preva...
This study aims to analyze the impact of fintech adoption on the SME financing of scheduled banks in Bangladesh. Data has been collected from 30 scheduled banks operating in Bangladesh from 2013 to 2023. The data were analyzed using the statistical s...
Digital inclusive finance, as a vital engine for the country’s high-quality growth, provides new impetus and prospects for encouraging economic development during the looming economic downturn. SMEs play a significant role in economic growth an...
SMEs collectively account for a significant proportion of greenhouse gas emissions and so there is a need for urgent action to be taken by SMEs in the journey to achieve net zero. In this article, we provide a comprehensive conceptual framework for S...
Performing corporate social responsibility is the only way to adapt to sustainable economic and social development and is also the inevitable choice to enhance the core competitiveness of enterprises. At the beginning of 2020, the rapid spread of the...
The economic activity of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) has become increasingly project-oriented. Given SMEs’ significant role in promoting social and economic well-being, Project Management (PM) has emerged as a crucial tool for fos...
17 December 2020
The study investigates the mediating role of e-commerce through organizational and environmental factors with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) performance. The study follows a cross-sectional survey method approach. The study’s theoretical f...
15 April 2021
The subject matter of the article relates to the assessment of the perception of selected types of risk in economic activities of the SME sector, which change their intensity as a result of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The current economic...
Small and medium-sized enterprises face significant challenges in effectively implementing design thinking due to limited resources, leadership skepticism, and a paucity of suitable frameworks. This study addresses these challenges by developing and...
The research concentrates on determining the degree of internationalization of born global SMEs, believing that some push factors determine internationalization, pull factors, and internal firm-specific factors. Three important factors were found in...
Despite the proliferation of digital integration initiatives, many Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) remain trapped in a persistent “Conversion Gap,” where digital adoption fails to manifest as tangible financial performance. Grou...
Against the backdrop of intensifying geopolitical conflicts and deglobalization, how Specialized, Refined, Differentiated, and Innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SRDI SMEs) can overcome resource constraints and achieve sustained growth ha...
Decisions by small and medium enterprise (SME) entrepreneurs are plagued by a variety of cognitive biases. Extant literature has mainly focused on a limited number of important biases (e.g., overconfidence) in a handful of important entrepreneurial d...
Manufacturing enterprises today are forced to face radical challenges in the disruptive concepts of Smart Manufacturing (SM) and Industry 4.0 to stay competitive. Most Multinational Enterprise (MNEs) have initiated their journey towards adopting SM....
Commercial operations across trading, import/export, logistics, and technology distribution are being reshaped by the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, multi-agent robotics, and Extended Reality (XR). Small and Medium-siz...
In the conditions of the pandemic crisis, implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system with a sustainability component represents a crucial investment for a small and medium enterprise (SME) but critical for the organization, if it is no...
With the emphasis on cross-industry cooperation and the increasing complexity of the consumer market, an open and innovative business ecosystem has become a trend, and companies are no longer competing on their own, but rather between systems and sys...
The key objective of the formation of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is to join hands collectively for slow economic growth, poverty eradication, deprived health and education sectors. In the 12th SAARC Summit, it has bee...
This study examines how heritage-based small and medium enterprises (SMEs) cope with economic shocks and institutional constraints in a semi-urban context. The study focuses on identifying context-specific barriers that shape SME growth and sustainab...
The COVID-19 pandemic, apart from having an impact on public health, has also caused the stagnation of travel-bureau businesses and the management of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the tourism sector. This study aims to analyze the COVID-19 p...
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