In this study the association between social capital and entrepreneurial locus of control among small and medium-sized enterprises’ managers is evaluated. The innovation of this study is theorizing and clarifying the role of social capital and its dimensions in fostering managers' internal locus of control. Internal locus of control is one of the most frequently mentioned personal characteristi...

It is widely agreed that small scale enterprises (SSEs) used to play a crucial role in achieving the industrial and economic development. Though SSEs play indispensable economic role, studies are limited to analyze the external factors that affect the growth of SSEs independently. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to examine the effect of external firm factors influencing small scale ma...

today it seems to be necessary to generate innovative ideas in social and economic section to comparative advantage in new business opportunities. therefore, this study aimed to compared the views of experts of sports management and co-administration experts on the development of small and medium sport enterprises in the form of cooperative, in order to achieve economic and social goals. this r...

Some recommendations for how to connect small forest enterprises, not only to each other through associations, but also more broadly – to decision-makers, service providers and markets. F orest enterprise has been extensively examined as a means of alleviating the widespread poverty among forest-dependent people. When poverty alleviation is considered solely in terms of income generation, small...

construction small and medium-sized enterprises (CSMEs) using system dynamics and collaborative technologies In: Raidén, A B and Aboagye-Nimo, E (Eds) Procs 31 st Annual ARCOM Conference, 7-9 September 2015, Lincoln, UK, Association of Researchers in Construction Management, 1177-1186. MANAGING THE COMPLEXITY OF INFORMATION FLOW FOR CONSTRUCTION SMALL AND MEDIUMSIZED ENTERPRISES (CSMES) USING S...

the main purpose of this research was to determinate the factors effective on environmental attitude of owners and managers of small and medium-sized enterprises (smes) by using structural equation modeling. according to the data from agriculture department of two counties, small and medium-sized enterprises were estimated at 540 units. using cochran’s formula determined the sample & 202 owners...

Extended Abstract. Sampling is the process of selecting units (e.g., people, organizations) from a population of interest so that by studying the sample we may fairly generalize our results back to the population from which they were chosen. To draw a sample from the underlying population, a variety of sampling methods can be employed, individually or in combination. Cut-off sampling is a pr...

(BIM) within the Australian construction related small and medium sized enterprises: Awareness, practices and drivers In: Raidén, A B and Aboagye-Nimo, E (Eds) Procs 31 st Annual ARCOM Conference, 7-9 September 2015, Lincoln, UK, Association of Researchers in Construction Management, 691-700. BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING (BIM) WITHIN THE AUSTRALIAN CONSTRUCTION RELATED SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ...