Research anthology on small business strategies for success and survival (IGI Global, 2021)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Volume I. Section 1. Fundamental concepts and theories. Chapter 1. Drivers of innovation practices in SMEs: a literature review ; Chapter 2. Emerging economies and financing of SMEs ; Chapter 3. Business ethics and cost management in SMEs: theories of business ethics and cost management ethos ; Chapter 4. Exploring the links between CSR, good governance, and corporate reputation: a proposal of indicators in SMEs ; Chapter 5. A review of business intelligence and analytics in small and medium-sized enterprises ; Chapter 6. Women-founded start-ups: bigger, better, faster, more! ; Chapter 7. Entrepreneurship, start up, and corporate entrepreneurship in the renewable energy industry ; Chapter 8. Historical development of Chinese SMEs ; Chapter 9. The qualitative relationship between banks and SMEs in wales --
- Section 2. Development and design methodologies. Chapter 10. Reading between the lines: innovation strategies in small and medium-sized family firms an exploratory study ; Chapter 11. Small businesses: strategies and initiatives for positioning and branding ; Chapter 12. Knowledge-based service (KBS) opportunities to contour startup into a scalable enterprise ; Chapter 13. Ambidexterity in context of micro and small firms ; Chapter 14. The phenomenon of high-growth SMEs (gazelles), part 2: a conceptual model and research agenda ; Chapter 15. Design methods of strategic decision support solutions for B2C business managers ; Chapter 16. Digital fluency in SMEs: a typology and a multi-case study ; Chapter 17. Which are the appropriate skills needed for the entrepreneurial success of startups in the era of digitalization? ; Chapter 18. The effects of behavioral factors on the creditworthiness of small-scale enterprises ; Chapter 19.
- The dynamics of entrepreneurial networks: a qualitative assessment of university incubator's role in the early stages of hi-tech startups ; Chapter 20. Exports and female entrepreneurs: foreign influence and domestic SME exports ; Chapter 21. Retaining knowledge in smaller building and construction firms ; Chapter 22. Contributions of entrepreneurial orientation to competitive advantage: the Portuguese experience of the textile SMEs ; Chapter 23. The role of small and medium practices in the sustainability reporting of Italian small and medium enterprises ; Chapter 24. Challenges for measuring value chain relation coordination of SMEs of the textile and apparel industry: the case of a small family industrial safety footwear firm of Ambato, Ecuador --
- Volume II. Chapter 25. An examination of the relationship between vision content and amount of innovation in SMEs: findings from Turkey ; Chapter 26. The influence of the entrepreneur's open innovation strategy on firm performance: empirical evidence from SMEs in Kenya --