Critical Success Factors for SMEs in the UK Chemical Distribution Industry: The ‘Brexit’ Effect

Lampadarios, E; Kyriakidou, Niki

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-45831-7_8

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“…The challenges concerning the advancement of SMEs within particular areas have been studied by a large collection of researchers (AlManei, Salonitis, & Xu, 2017;Lampadarios, 2016;Paul, Parthasarathy, & Gupta, 2017), although, as a community, relatively little studies have been aimed at developing economies like Pakistan. By studying developing economies as a collective, we agree that it is possible to expose certain common challenges which they all address.…”

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Aspects Hindering the Development and Survival of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Pakistan: Stability Perspective

Ali

2021

Asian Journal of Economics and Empirical Research

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This article intends to explore aspects that are hindering the development and survival of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Pakistan. A survey was developed to collect statistics from 226 SME owners and staff in selected Punjab Provinces in Pakistan. Some statistical approaches accompanied the results of the survey to examine the elements hindering the development of SMEs in Pakistan. The results of the research indicate that the expected constraints, including lack of management knowledge, corruption, decaying infrastructure, absence of financial funds, and inadequate earnings are hindering SME development and survival in Pakistan. Considering the elements hindering the development will help legislators, federal and local concerns, NGOs, shareholders, policymakers, and others to create well-structured policies and plans that will aggressively promote the efficiency and stability of SMEs in Pakistan. The significance of this research derives from the reality that few studies have been conducted about the development and survival of SMEs in Pakistan with a stability perspective.

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Aspects Hindering the Development and Survival of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Pakistan: Stability Perspective

Ali

2021

Asian Journal of Economics and Empirical Research

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“…The structure of the iron and steel industry has undergone significant restructuring, from the 1988 privatisation [163] to mergers and acquisitions throughout the 2000s [164]. The same applies in chemicals, where global reshaping led to establishment of companies resulting from mergers [165], although the sector includes numerous SMEs [166], due to the broad spectrum of products.…”

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The UK and German Low-Carbon Industry Transitions from a Sectoral Innovation and System Failures Perspective

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Industrial processes are associated with high amounts of energy consumed and greenhouse gases emitted, stressing the urgent need for low-carbon sectoral transitions. This research reviews the energy-intensive iron and steel, cement and chemicals industries of Germany and the United Kingdom, two major emitting countries with significant activity, yet with different recent orientation. Our socio-technical analysis, based on the Sectoral Innovation Systems and the Systems Failure framework, aims to capture existing and potential drivers of or barriers to diffusion of sustainable industrial technologies and extract implications for policy. Results indicate that actor structures and inconsistent policies have limited low-carbon innovation. A critical factor for the successful decarbonisation of German industry lies in overcoming lobbying and resistance to technological innovation caused by strong networks. By contrast, a key to UK industrial decarbonisation is to drive innovation and investment in the context of an industry in decline and in light of Brexit-related uncertainty.

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Weak Sustainable Development Trajectories and Evolving Organisational Physiologies: Empirical Evidence from Greece

Chatzinikolaou,

Vlados

2023

Palgrave Studies in Cross-Disciplinary Business Research, in Association With EuroMed Academy of Business

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Critical Success Factors for SMEs in the UK Chemical Distribution Industry: The ‘Brexit’ Effect

Cited by 3 publications

References 37 publications

Aspects Hindering the Development and Survival of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Pakistan: Stability Perspective

Aspects Hindering the Development and Survival of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Pakistan: Stability Perspective

The UK and German Low-Carbon Industry Transitions from a Sectoral Innovation and System Failures Perspective

Weak Sustainable Development Trajectories and Evolving Organisational Physiologies: Empirical Evidence from Greece

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