International Essays on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

Edited by Gregory T. Papanikos

ISBN: 978-960-6672-90-3, 436 pages

First published in 2010 by ATINER

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Table of Contents

1.	International Essays on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: An Introduction Gregory T. Papanikos	1
Part A: Economic and Global Aspects
2.	Small Firm Performance and Gibrat’s Law Mogens Dilling-Hansen	11
3.	Are Born-Global Firms Different? A Financial Analysis Antonio Trujillo-Ponce, Carmen Pérez-Lopez, M^a Jose Palacin-Sanchez and Félix Jiménez-Naharro	23
4.	Territorial Dimension and Made in Italy: Restraint and Opportunities for Italian SMEs Matteo Rossi and Elvira Martini	37
5.	A Case of Optimality of SME Investments – Effect of Integration with Large Units-An Indian Experience Jayanta Kumar Parida	51
6.	Entrepreneurs and their Ventures: Is there a Revival of Micro Firms? Dieter Bogenhold and Uwe Fachinger	69
7.	Measuring Efficiency if Banking System in a Dualistic Economy: The Role of Small Mutual Banks Luca Giordano and Antonio Lopes	83
8.	Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Activities for Overcome of Crisis Michal Pruzinsky and Bohuslava Mihalcova	113
Part B: Information, Innovation and Technology
9.	Organizational Traits as Predictors of Secrecy: The Case of Biotechnology SMEs Helene Delerue-Vidot	125
10.	Organizational Agility-When Youth Overpowers Experience Sofy Carayannopoulos	135
11.	Business Process Re-Engineering Success in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Initial Evidence from Four Thai Case Studies Jeffrey Chang	145
12.	The Adoption of E-Trade Innovations by Turkish Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Muammer Zerenler and Mehmet Yildiz	157
13.	Industry Structuration, Innovative Behaviors and Industrial Capability Construction in Taiwan Bicycle Industry Yu-Ching Lai and Wen-Chun Tsai	165
14.	The Development of Institution-based Innovative Business Wen-Chun Tsai and Yu-Ching Lai	175
15.	Entrepreneurship: Influencing Factors on SME Entrepreneurial Orientation Joao J. Ferreira, Mario L. Raposo, Anabela Dinis and Alda S. Santos	187
16.	Technology Adoption, Industrial Structure, and Growth in Emerging Economies Ali Chebbi and Sami Khedhiri	201
17.	Effectiveness of Websites for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises towards their Company’s Performance Lana Sularto	219
Part C: Management, Marketing and SME Organization
18.	SMEs Information Risk Management, and ROI Richard Henson and Bruce Hallas	231
19.	A Balanced Scorecard Framework for the Mechanical Industry: A Case Study Barbara Bigliardi, Eleonora Bottani, Pierluigi Colacino and Alberto Ivo Dormio	249
20.	Entrepreneurship, Brand Building, and Adjusting Competencies of SMEs: A Resource-based Perspective Ting-Ling Lin, Wen Chung Hsu, Mei-Chen Hsieh, Heng-Yih Liu and Shu-I Kuo	263
21.	The Role of Marketing in Enhancement of Competitiveness of Small and Medium–Sizes Enterprises Sergey Volvenkin and Biruta Sloka	275
22.	Managing Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Construction Industry Rizwan Nazir	289
23.	Current and Modern Planning in Enterprises: Critical Insights Bohuslava Mihalcova and Michal Pruzinsky	303
24.	Revisiting Cross-Cultural Management in International Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: A Grounded Case Study Lin Yan	311
25.	Social Responsibility in Spain: Analysis of the Major Financial Institutions Isabel M^a Ruiz Mora and Antonio Castillo Esparcia	319
26.	When Corporate Governance Crosses the Firm Borders: Family Firms in Local Productive Systems Vítor Braga, Alexandra Braga and Amélia Carvalho	329
27.	Gender-based Differences in Leadership Style of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Nigeria Adebimpe Adesua-Lincoln	339
28.	Strategies Formulation of Human Resource in a Cultural Organization in Iran Mohammad Mousavi and Mojtaba Rafiee	349
29.	Handicapped Workers in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprices Michal Pruzinsky and Richard Kerekeš	357
30.	Apparel Clothing Reference Points Theodoros K. Tarnanidis, Nana Owusu-Frimpong and Ruth Marciniak	369
31.	Tools for Risk Management in Due Consideration the Special Needs of SME Richard Lackes, Markus Siepermann and Stefan Springwald	381
32.	The Effectiveness of Marketing Mix Decisions made in the Family Businesses having Institutionalization Problems Mustafa Yucel and Yildirim Yildirim	393
33.	SMME Access to Credit Finance: The South African Government’s Intervention Strategy Lisebo Agnes Ntiso	405
34.	A View on Entrepreneurship, the Barrier and Challenges of Individual Entrepreneurship in Iran Mojtaba Rafiee and Mohammad Mousavi	419