Given the limited research on Small and Mediumsized Enterprises’ (SMEs) contribution to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and even scarcer research on Swiss SMEs, this paper helps to fill these gaps by enabling the identification of supranational SME parameters. Thus, the paper investigates the current state of SME practices in Switzerland and across 15 other countries. Combining the degree...

Digitalization has been identified as a core growth driver for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in this digital era. This study investigates the drivers barriers aligned with tendency of owner-managers SMEs to adopt digitalization. A conceptual framework is developed that extends unified theory acceptance technology (UTAUT) an anxiety-digitalized environment moderating factor SME owner-manag...

Purpose This study seeks to investigate perceptions of the role location on performance small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Tangier, as understood by local owner-managers. Design/methodology/approach To explore performance/location relationship for SMEs 20 in-depth online semi-structured interviews were conducted with selected owner-managers SMEs. The judgement sample was their experiences, ...

The lack of anticipated engagement in e-business by Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) is a rising concern to the UK government and service providers alike. This article is based on the e-adoption model to examine the current practice of e-business technology adoption in SMEs and the driving forces for and against the adoption. Through interviews with 40 owner managers in the electronic ...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the implementation competitive strategy processes in SME. topic was approached by using elements practice theory analyse activity a range different SMEs. research method adopted based on data collected from in-depth interviews with sixteen owner managers. Using as an analytical framework, it established that majority firms study utilised four key practice...

conclusions intake of water extract of silybum marianum is a useful treatment for liver function in drug-induced fatty liver. results concentrations of hdl-c and protein decreased and activity of alt increased in tmx group compared with the control group. the sme increased protein concentration and decreased alt activity in tmx-sme group compared with the tmx group. histopathological examinatio...

the present paper seeks to investigate the cognitive abilities of expert efl teachers. to this aim, the existing literature was examined and ten cognitive themes were derived which were further investigated through interviews conducted with ten academics, teacher trainers and exemplary teachers of the field in the iranian context. the ten extracted themes were attested by interviewees’ comments...

Business model innovation (BMI) is becoming increasingly relevant for enterprises as they are faced with profound changes like digitalization. While business model thinking in academia has advanced, practical tooling that supports business model innovation for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) is still lacking. In this paper, we design, implement and evaluate an online platform with ICT...

i Interested in guest editing a special theme issue of IRMJ? Contact the editor at [email protected] Small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) are a vibrant part of all economies. Although the definition of an SME varies, for most economies, the focus is on firms with less than than 250 employees. The changes engendered by large corporations that focus on their core compe-tencies have fostered a re...

Research background: According to the EU agenda, CSR should be considered an integral element of current organizational strategy, including SMEs. While debate continues about optimal approach for successful adaptation in SME, yet there is a need shed light on impact owner-manager?s demographics practices. Purpose article: The paper aims examine whether (age, gender, education) matter implementa...