Particularistic and System Trust Among Small and Medium Enterprises: A Comparative Study in China's Transition Economy

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Tan ◽  
Jun Yang ◽  
Rajaram Veliyath
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Transition Economy ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Medium Enterprises

scholarly journals Motives Behind The Integration Of CSR Into Business Strategy: A Comparative Study In French SMEs

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 1975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linh-Chi Vo ◽  
Karen Delchet-Cochet ◽  
Hakim Akeb
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Integrative Study ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Shed Light

<p>Corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the context of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has become an important and substantial area of study for quite a few years. In this literature, while so much research has shed light on what makes SMEs integrate CSR into their business strategy, the existing results regarding their economic, social, and environmental motives are contradictory. In this article, we aim at making a contribution by conducting an integrative study. More specifically, we compare the roles of economic, social, and environmental motives in driving SMEs to make CSR become an integral part of their strategic planning and routine operational performance. Our sample includes 155 French SMEs.</p>

scholarly journals Corporate social responsibility in family SMEs: A comparative study

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Juan Martín Castejón ◽  
Beatriz Aroca López
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Academic World ◽  
Family Smes ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Corporate Social

In recent years, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has attracted much interest in both the academic world and the professional, proof of this are many studies on this topic that have been made. However, most studies of CSR focus on larger organizations, with few studies focusing on small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and even less on family SMEs. For this reason, the objective of this research is to determine whether there are differences in orientation towards CSR between family SMEs and non-familiar ones, and if this fact can be influenced by gender and the level of formal studies of the manager, among other factors. The results, on a sample of 123 SMEs, indicate that family SMEs are more socially responsible than no familiar ones.

A Comparative Study of SME Policies: Bangladesh and Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (02) ◽  
pp. 93-120
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mizanur Rahman ◽  
Nabeel Muhammad ◽  
Léo-Paul Dana
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Political Turmoil ◽  
Empirical Case Studies

This article attempts to understand the developments in policy making and financing for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) of Bangladesh and Pakistan. From 1947–1971, Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan, as East Pakistan, while the remaining current Pakistan, is referred as West Pakistan. However, in 1971 a political turmoil resulted in a separation of two parts into two different nations. Since then, both have taken different routes to develop their economies along with heavy reliance on SMEs. This paper explores the key differences in financing and policy for SMEs in Bangladesh and Pakistan with a comparative study based on literature, empirical case studies and analysis of government policies and regulations, trying to identify some main takeaways from Bangladesh and Pakistan’s market for entrepreneurs, investors and policy makers.

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE STUDY IN DEVELOPING COFFE SHOP ENTERPRISES AT MALANG REGENCY AND MATARAM CITY WEST NUSA TENGGARA

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 505-512
Author(s):  
Ramdah Radjab ◽  
Dewa Made Dirga ◽  
Ainul Yakin
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Poverty Rate ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Opening And Closing ◽  
The City ◽  
Coffee Shops

Developing Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is a strategic step to increase and strengthen the basis of economic life for most Indonesian people, primarily through providing employment and diminishing poverty rate. Coffee is one of the world's commodities that brought Indonesia to fame. In the coffee industry, a cup of coffee has been named a cup of Java. this research will be dedicated to developing coffee shops in Ampenan Old Town by comparing the strategy for developing coffee shops in Malang Regency, particularly in the DAU area as one of the coffee shops centers in the city. The analysis technique applied in this research is the descriptive qualitative analysis, which systematically, factually, and accurately describes or illustrates a phenomenon related to the studied phenomenon.The strategy of Malang Regency Government by synergizing all policies from entire official institutions and governmental elements is quite neat and sound, including with East Java Province, effected properly on the policies integration from cross-service. In Malang Regency, researchers found creativity and efforts made by MSMEs in dealing with the Pandemic, from regulating operational hours, opening and closing outlets, making packaging products, in collaborating with OJOL (Public Porter), During the Pandemic, there is no right or perfect strategy to overcome it.

scholarly journals Credit Scoring and Default Risk Prediction: A Comparative Study between Discriminant Analysis & Logistic Regression

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaghdoudi Khemais ◽  
Djebali Nesrine ◽  
Mezni Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Risk Prediction ◽  
Commercial Bank ◽  
Default Risk ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Credit Scoring ◽  
Linear Discrimination ◽  
Medium Enterprises

<p>This paper aims to develop models for foreseeing default risk of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for one Tunisian commercial bank using two different methodologies (logistic regression and discriminant analysis). We used a database that consists of 195 credit files granted to Tunisian SMEs which are divided into five sectors “industry, agriculture, tourism, trade and services” for a period from 2012 to 2014. The empirical results that we found support the idea that these two scoring techniques have a statistically significant power in predicting default risk of enterprises. Logistic discrimination classifies enterprises correctly in their original groups with a rate of 76.7% against 76.4% in case of linear discrimination giving so a slight superiority to the first method.</p>

scholarly journals Operations of small and medium enterprises and the legal system in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel E. Ufua ◽  
Olusola J. Olujobi ◽  
Mercy E. Ogbari ◽  
Joseph A. Dada ◽  
Oluwatosin D. Edafe
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Current Level ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Abstract This research explored the effects of the legal system on SMEs operations in the Nigerian economy. The study aimed to address the gap in literature discussing the legal system and SMEs’ operations in Nigeria. It focused on learning about the current level of support of the legal system for SME operations and as well as suggesting an approach to enhance effective SMEs’ operations in Nigeria further. The current study applied a conceptual review, relying on extant literature relating to the antecedence of the Nigeria legal system, focusing on the critical factors affecting SME practices in Nigeria. A key finding is the importance of the legal system functions to SMEs practice in Nigeria. It also highlighted the weaknesses of the legal system in providing the needed backing and conducive business environment for SMEs in Nigeria. A model was proposed, depicting the need for restructuring of the legal system, improvised support of other government functionaries and other relevant stakeholders, to facilitate SMEs’ operations and enhance their contributions to the Nigerian economy. The research ends with the suggestion for further research to consider other research methodological approaches, the development of alternative dispute revolutionary measures, as well as a comparative study involving two or more economies in order to project further learning on the legal system and SMEs’ operations.

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