Creating Competitive Advantage Using Non-Equity Strategic Alliances: A Small Company Perspective

Defee, C. Clifford

doi:10.1080/16258312.2006.11517168

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“…The internationalization of SMEs is a subject which has received some attention in the international business literature. The focus has been on the internationalization process of SMEs (Bradley et al , 2006; De Chiara and Minguzzi, 2002; Hessels and Parker, 2013), on the benefit of developing international strategic alliances for SMEs (Defee, 2006), on SMEs and international purchasing (Knudsen and Servais, 2007), on the survival of SMEs in the export market (Sui and Baum, 2014) and on the relationship between SME performance and internationalization (Lu and Beamish, 2001; Pangarkar, 2008). Schweizer (2012) defined the SME internationalization process as progressing from “muddling through” to rational decision making as a result of increased knowledge and experience.…”

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confidence: 99%

An ICT-based framework to improve global supply chain integration for final assembly SMES

Cragg

McNamara

2018

JEIM

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Purpose To access new markets and improve sourcing practices small to medium sized manufacturing companies (SMEs) increasingly seek suppliers and customers in distant countries. Yet these new relationships with global partners often pose problems of an agency nature. The purpose of this paper is to directly address these challenges through the proposal of an information and communication technology (ICT)-based framework. Design/methodology/approach There has been very little research into how lead SMEs manage their global supply chains and the challenges they face. This paper uses a case study investigation to analyze how four French SMEs – final assemblers of machinery in the farming and agri-business sector – manage their international supply chains. Findings It was observed that the relationships and interactions between the SMEs and their immediate upstream and downstream partners were dominated by the agency problem and fell into six distinct categories (termed “barriers” to effective supply integration), namely; asymmetries, contractual design, supplier dependence, product specifications, supply chain complexity and performance monitoring. Originality/value The contribution of this paper is that a conceptual frame work was developed in which ICT solutions are offered to help address the barriers to supply chain integration, thus reducing the overall risk exposure due to externalities and problems of agency.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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An ICT-based framework to improve global supply chain integration for final assembly SMES

Cragg

McNamara

2018

JEIM

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“…Their dynamic nature creates an on-going need for its members to adapt as the environment changes (Defee, 2006). The direction and speed of change is often driven by a member whose bargaining power is the strongest even if the shift from adversarial relationships to increasingly cooperative and collaborative are becoming more common (Whipple, Frankel, 2000; De Toni et al, 1995).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In that context small and medium sized enterprises can be placed at a disadvantage as having limited bargaining power among supply chain members. Small and medium sized enterprises may need to extend their capabilities to be successful in those supply chains by undertaking nonequity strategic alliances (clusters, other non-equity cooperation forms) (Defee, 2006;Danesee et al, 2009). A non-equity strategic alliance is a mode of foreign market entry that provides the possibility to increase the control over quality of products produced and services rendered that allows an enterprise to achieve higher returns at the same time sharing the risks.…”

Section: Supply Chain Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Literature Review on the Linkage between Supply Chain Challenges and Key Success Factors for Small and Medium Size Enterprises

Stonkutė

2015

MOSR

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The main aim of the paper is to review literature on supply chain challenges and key success factors for SMEs and to draw the theoretical linkage between the two phenomena. The narrative literature review is undertaken as a method of the research. The paper starts from the literature review on supply chain challenges which is followed by the analysis of key success factors of supply chains and SMEs. The findings reveal that SMEs are still locked in their own performance limitations and coping with their own success thus can hardly support the success of supply chain; however, solving their own success problems SMEs can become a valuable and supportive partner in the pursuit of success of the whole supply chain. Keywords: supply chain, challenges, key success factors, small and medium size enterprises (SME).Straipsnio pagrindinis tikslas yra atlikti tiekimo grandinės iššūkių ir mažų bei vidutinių įmonių kritinių sė-kmės veiksnių literatūros analizę, ir nustatyti teorinius ryšius tarp šių dviejų fenomenų. Tyrimui naudotas teorinės literatūros analizės metodas. Pradžioje nagrinėjami tiekimo grandinės iššūkiai, o vėliau -mažų ir vidutinių įmonių kritiniai sėkmės veiksniai. Tyrimo rezultatai atskleidžia, kad mažų ir vidutinių įmonių veiklos rezultatyvumas, galintis tenkinti tiekimo grandinės keliamus reikalavimus ir iššūkius, yra ribotas. Norėdamos tapti tiekimo grandinės sėkmės bendraautorėmis, jos pirmiausia turi spręsti savo pačių vidinės sėkmės užda-vinius. Raktiniai žodžiai: tiekimo grandinė, iššūkiai, pagrindiniai sėkmės veiksniai, mažos ir vidutinės įmonės (MVĮ).

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“…Local demand contraction is a factor that creates incentives for the small and medium sized enterprises to start or to develop further international business strategy with high probability that they will be relevant even after the local demand rose again (Marcone, 2009). Internationalization process for small and medium sized enterprises often starts from exports (Jones, 2001) as international business strategies undertaken by small and medium sized enterprises are limited by the scarcity of managerial and financial resource (Marcone, 2009;Defee, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

Supply chain challenges and their implications for business strategies : a small and medium sized enterprises perspective in Lithuania

Stonkutė¹

2013

MOSR

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The purpose of the article is to find out patterns of interdependency, in terms of opportunities targeted and strategies deployed, between current supply chain challenges and business strategies of small and medium sized enterprises in Lithuania. The research starts with the theoretical analysis of the problem, then the results of an empirical study on supply chain challenges faced and business strategies undertaken by small and medium sized enterprises in Lithuania are presented. At the end of the article conclusions and further research suggestions are formulated. Keywords: supply chain challenges, business strategy, small and medium sized enterprises, Lithuania.Šio straipsnio tikslas yra nustatyti tarpusavio priklausomybes tarp naujų tiekimo grandinės iššūkių ir verslo strategijų, kurias, atsižvelgdamos į iššūkius, įgyvendinti imasi mažos ir vidutinės įmonės Lietuvoje. Tyrimas pradedamas nuo teorinės problemos analizės, tada pristatomi atlikto empyrinio tyrimo rezultatai, kuriuose atskleidžiama su kokiais tiekimo grandinės iššūkiais susiduria Lietuvos mažos ir vidutinės įmonės ir kokių verslo strategijų, atsižvelgdamos į iššūkius, jos imasi. Straipsnio pabaigoje formuluojamos atlikto tyrimo išva-dos bei galimų ateities tyrimų kryptys. Raktiniai žodžiai: tiekimo grandinės iššūkiai, verslo strategija, mažos ir vidutinės įmonės, Lietuva.Eglė STONKUTĖ

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Creating Competitive Advantage Using Non-Equity Strategic Alliances: A Small Company Perspective

Cited by 5 publications

References 62 publications

An ICT-based framework to improve global supply chain integration for final assembly SMES

An ICT-based framework to improve global supply chain integration for final assembly SMES

A Literature Review on the Linkage between Supply Chain Challenges and Key Success Factors for Small and Medium Size Enterprises

Supply chain challenges and their implications for business strategies : a small and medium sized enterprises perspective in Lithuania

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