scholarly journals Applying DBA Research Concepts in attending any UAE based SME Challenges Post Covid 19 and Global Market Slowdown

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (06) ◽  
pp. 2236-2250
Author(s):  
Hussein Salloum
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Business Perspective ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Medium Enterprises

This report discusses how a DBA degree would enable investigate evolving types of leadership styles that Small and Medium Enterprises, particularly in manufacturing sector in United Arab Emirates develop since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic on multiple levels of strategies, financial, human resource, as well as health and safety. The study considers the management research concepts and methodologies in one case of one Dubai based SME firms amid year 2020 pandemic challenges. It draws a roadmap for the research process, and formulates the plan to conduct purposeful and demanding topic from an ethical and business perspective that would have similar effects on similar SMEs in the region.  

scholarly journals The Role of Entrepreneurship in the Success of Business Projects, UAE as a Sample

2020 ◽  
pp. 464-480
Author(s):  
نغم حسين نعمة ◽  
حمزة باسم الورد
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Global Projects ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Medium Enterprises

This research presents a statement of the importance of entrepreneurship in the United Arab Emirates, where interest has increased in entrepreneurship at the present time, due to technological progress and the competitive environment for local and global projects that have had a major impact in the business environment. Entrepreneurship is important in the growth of the country's economy at the macro level And on the growth and expansion of projects and their access to financial and financial resources, in order to gain customer satisfaction and increase profitability and market shar,، Small and medium enterprises can only flourish in a society where there is a spirit of Entrepreneurshi,، a passion for self-employment، a willingness to take risks، adopt new ideas and understand the mechanisms of competition in the global market.

scholarly journals Women’s Economic Empowerment in Vietnam: Performance and Constraints of Female-Led Manufacturing SMEs

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 255
Author(s):  
MinhTam Bui ◽  
Trinh Q. Long
Keyword(s):  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Medium Enterprises

This paper identifies whether there was a performance difference among micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) led by men and by women in Vietnam during the period 2005–2013 and aims to provide explanations for the differences, if any, in various performance indicators. The paper adopts a quantitative approach using a firm-level panel dataset in the manufacturing sector in 10 provinces/cities in Vietnam in five waves from 2005 to 2013. Fixed effect models are estimated to examine the influence of firm variables and demographic, human capital characteristics of owners/managers on firms’ value added, labor productivity and employment creation. We found that men led MSMEs did not outperform those led by women on average. Although the average value added was lower for female-led firms in the informal sector, the opposite was true in the formal sector where women tend to lead medium-size firms with higher value added and labor productivity. The performance disparity was more envisaged across levels of formality and less clear from a gender perspective. Moreover, while firms owned by businessmen seemed to create more jobs, firms owned by women had a higher share of female employees. No significant difference in business constraints faced by women and by men was found.

scholarly journals Health And safety risk mapping in workers of micro, small, and medium enterprises in Sukahati Village, Citeureup Sub-district, West Java

2021 ◽  
Vol 716 (1) ◽  
pp. 012029
Author(s):  
Mufti Wirawan ◽  
Adrian B Yogiswara ◽  
Aldrian Hanif ◽  
Algavusada F Yemix ◽  
Amanda S Yasmin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Risk Mapping ◽  
West Java ◽  
Safety Risk ◽  
Medium Enterprises

scholarly journals STRENGTHENING OF INNOVATIVENESS AND COMPETITIVENESS OF SMEs WITH EUROPEAN GRANT FUNDS / JAČANJE INOVATIVNOST I KONKURENTNOSTI MALIH I SREDNJIH PREDUZEĆA EVROPSKIM GRANT SREDSTVIMA

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalibor Drljača ◽  
Zoran Dimitrijević
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Horizont 2020 programme, used by European Union to fund aims from Innovation Union and EUROPE2020 strategies, enables small and medium enterprises (SME) to strengthen their innovativeness capacities and potential with main goal of putting innovation on market. SME Instrument is unique programme for funding of SMEs’ innovative actions aiming to strengthen their presence on global market and increase of competitiveness. Having in mind that in Europe more than 99% companies belong to SME category, and that BiH has paid participation in this programme, this means that domestic SMEs can apply for these funds. During 2014 were submitted over 6000 project proposals, but little over 500 were funded. This is telling us enough on interest of European SMEs for participation, but also about programme as ideal source of funds for realisation of innovative ideas.

The determinants of bank selection criteria of SMEs: a fuzzy analytic hierarchy approach

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manpreet Kaur ◽  
Sanjay Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Valid Instrument ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Quota Sampling ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Purpose Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been reported as a credit-constrained sector in the earlier literature. Amidst the available external financing options, SMEs are dependent upon banks for their financial needs, hence they offer an important profitable segment for banks. Commercial banks need to develop effective targeting strategies for this segment and ranking the priorities of SMEs in selecting commercial banks will be of great help to them. The purpose of this paper is to implement a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) multi-criteria decision model for commercial bank’s selection by SMEs. Design/methodology/approach The research process was carried out in two phases. In Phase I, a self-structured scale was developed to measure bank selection criteria of SMEs after an extensive review of the literature of relevant studies on the topic. A sample of 600 SMEs was selected through non-proportionate quota sampling and only 313 valid responses were received. Phase II was conducted to prioritize the extracted factors through FAHP, a multi-criteria decision-making technique. For this purpose, another questionnaire was designed in the form of pair-wise evaluation and the response was taken on the same from those 313 SMEs again. Findings The results showed that SMEs bank selection criteria can be categorized under six heads, namely, bank attributes, accommodation of credit needs (AC), bank personnel, financial factors (FF), service quality (SQ) and business knowledge. The research study produced a reliable and valid instrument for studying the bank selection criteria of SMEs. The results further revealed that AC is the most important factor considered by SMEs followed by FF and SQ. Going further, global weights were also calculated through the FAHP which revealed that the most important consideration (variable) viewed upon by SMEs is willingness to accommodate credit needs followed by flexible collateral requirements and absence of hidden charges. Research limitations/implications The results of the present study offer significant insights as to the factors SMEs consider while making a bank selection decision. It is of utmost importance for banks to identify true determinant factors used by SMEs while making bank choice decisions as they offer ample profit and revenue opportunities to banks. The results of the study provide a practical approach to banks that would help them in framing strategies for SMEs customers. Originality/value This is the first study of its kind which has not only focused on the hierarchy of factors measuring bank selection criteria of SMEs rather on the hierarchy of single variables also through the calculation of global weights. As banks cannot focus on all the dimensions of the criteria, they can focus on the spirit of that particular criteria.

Strategic Management Overview and SME in Globalized World

2014 ◽  
pp. 22-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neeta Baporikar
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Recent Decade ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Stark Contrast ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Globalized World

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in each economy. Some of them even became market leaders from an international perspective. This stands in stark contrast to the fact that scientific and strategic management research up to date has only rudimentarily covered the field of strategic management of SMEs. Globalization is not a trend, a fad, or an isolated phenomenon. It is an inescapable force. If anticipated and understood, it is a powerful opportunity. If not, it can swiftly destroy businesses and drown organizations. Meanwhile the concern for globalization and its effect on SMEs has grown tremendously over the recent decade. Hence, strategic management becomes critical and deserves more attention due to the threats and opportunities globalization exposes and offers SMEs to at the same time. This chapter intends to make a contribution to this research gap by means of raising the question whether strategic management is feasible and/or necessary for SMEs, identifying suitable concepts of strategic management and their applicability for SMEs so that they can maintain their independence and at the same time blossom to their fullest extent.

Innovation and Sustainability in SMEs

2018 ◽  
pp. 163-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neeta Baporikar
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Development ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
National Income ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Business Sustainability ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Short Termism

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the engines of economic growth, promote equitable development and create more opportunities for being innovative in providing sustainable solutions. They also play a crucial role in providing employment opportunities, aid industrialization in rural backward areas, reduce regional imbalances and assure equitable distribution of national income and wealth. But survival in the new global market calls not only for improved productivity but sustainability and growth through innovation on incessant basis. Business sustainability involves self-assessment to identify improvement opportunities, strengths and ideas for future organizational development. In India, though SME is an important contributor to economy, yet many face lot of difficulties and end winding up or becoming unsustainable. Several studies have shown that factors related to poor management, less innovative approaches, short short-termism are the causes of failure or closure. Hence, the core objective of this chapter is to explore the approaches which can lead to better understanding of sustainable replicas to enhance innovation and sustainability.

Virtualization and Its Role in Business

2011 ◽  
pp. 4028-4033
Author(s):  
Jerzy A. Kisielnicki
Keyword(s):  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Virtual Organization ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Network Organizations ◽  
New Type ◽  
Effective Decision Making ◽  
Contemporary Management ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
And Function ◽  
It Application

A new management trend of the global information technology (IT) application—virtualization—has appeared in the contemporary management. Virtualization is a process of enterprise transformation (using IT) that allows breaking through various limitations of organizational constraints. Virtualization changes dramatically the image of business, especially of small and medium enterprises (SMEs); by adopting the concept of virtualization, they can become fully competitive and may effectively operate in the global market. Barriers of the scale between SMEs and large organizations disappear. This new type of organizations is often called in literature modern organization or virtual organization. Organizations of this type have an effective decision-making process, and function based on economic criteria. Consequently, their opportunities to grow and to compete in the global market are greater than for traditional SMEs. Hence the thesis that virtualization allows individual organizations to enter strategic co-operative alliances with other similar businesses. Such of virtual organizations have a competitive position in the global market. In the literature, there are many terms used to define virtual organization: “network organizations” (Drucker, 1988, p. 9), “organizations after re-engineering” (Hammer & Champy, 1993, pp. 77-79), “crazy organization,” “crazy time for crazy organization” (Peters, 1994, pp. 5-7), and “intelligent enterprise” (Quinn, 1992, p. 3).

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