External Financing, Export Intensity and Inter-Organizational Collaborations: Evidence from Canadian SMEs*

St‐Pierre, Josée; Sakka, Ouafa; Bahri, Moujib

doi:10.1111/jsbm.12390

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“…[33] Some firms are unable to effectively use their skills and resources [34]. In this case, financial capital, as a driver can assist managers to reorganize the resources and skills in a way to gain high profit [35].…”

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Intellectual capital and the efficiency of SMEs in the transition economy China; Do financial resources strengthen the routes?

Liu

Anwar

et al. 2020

PLoS ONE

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Intellectual capital has been grabbed the attention of researchers due to its momentous role in sustainable competitive advantage and organizational success. There is a growing catalog of related assessments, publications and reviews that display the direct and indirect role of intellectual capital in business success and profitability. Despite the bourgeoning literature, studies have not yet unleashed the influence of each dimension of intellectual capital; human capital, structural capital and customer capital on SMEs' efficiency with financial resources as a moderator. The present study fills the gap and assesses if financial resources strengthen the paths between the dimensions of intellectual capital and SMEs' efficiency. A survey method was used and collected evidence from 264 Chinese SMEs. The findings exhibit that human capital directly enhances SMEs' efficiency but the presence of financial resources as a moderator weakens the influence. However, social capital and customer capital do not directly improve SMEs' efficiency but financial resources reinforce the paths social and customer capital and SMEs efficiency. This research recommends that owners and managers of SMEs need to use their financial resources complementary with structural and customer capital while human capital should be used exclusively.

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Intellectual capital and the efficiency of SMEs in the transition economy China; Do financial resources strengthen the routes?

Liu

Anwar

et al. 2020

PLoS ONE

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“…2016; St‐Pierre et al . 2018). In a focus on firm‐level dynamics, there has been a tendency to neglect the impact of interrelated ‘world‐changing’ or challenging events such as the COVID‐19 pandemic; the same could be true for changes in the global physical environment and the extent to which climate change may drive entrepreneurs to diversify their efforts across national boundaries.…”

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“…In terms of organizational factors, understanding how organizational structures and processes moderate the outcomes of collaboration activity is promising (St‐Pierre et al . 2018). This is because collaboration activity has been associated with commitment and cost, both of which lead small firms to consider mechanisms (e.g.…”

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Collaboration and Internationalization of SMEs: Insights and Recommendations from a Systematic Review

Zahoor

Al‐Tabbaa

Khan

et al. 2020

Int J Management Reviews

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This paper performs a systematic literature review of the undeniably diverse-and somewhat fragmented-current state of research on the collaborations and internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We analyze key works and synthesize them into a framework that conceptually maps key antecedents, mediators, and moderators that influence the internationalization of SMEs. In addition, we highlight limitations of the literature, most notably in terms of theoretical fragmentation; extant theories are deployed and illustrated but rarely extended in a manner that significantly informs subsequent work. At an applied (but related) level, we argue the need for supplementary work that explores the distinct stages of internationalization-and the scope and scale of this process-rather than assuming closure around particular events. With this, we highlight the need for more rigorous and empirically informed explorations of contextual effects that take account of the consequences of developments in the global economic ecosystem. This is an open access article under the terms of the CreativeCommonsAttribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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“…External (e.g., foreign) finance can stimulate SME performance directly, but many SMEs are unable to access the finance. Therefore, the responsible authorities (e.g., owners and managers) are required to strengthen their network with external bodies to make it easy to access the finance [28]. Foreign investment has been considered crucial for a long-term growth of the domestic firms.…”

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Do International Capabilities and Resources Configure Firm’s Sustainable Competitive Performance? Research within Pakistani SMEs

Ullah

Khattak

et al. 2018

Sustainability

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Market conditions in emerging economies are often reported as less stable and volatile. The business sector, especially Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in emerging economies, face several shortcomings including lack of resources, lack of finance, lack of support and lack of human skills, etc. Hence, they look to international support and resources to survive in a long run in the dynamic markets. This research examines the role of international finance, international technology, international experience and international network in SME firms’ Sustainable Competitive Performance (SCP) in Pakistan. SMEs are a major source of employment and value creation and, therefore, are very relevant to Pakistan economic and social development and improved sustainability. Hypotheses were tested on the data set collected from 304 emerging SMEs. After Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was applied in Analysis of a Moment Structures (AMOS), the results indicate that international finance, international experience and international network significantly positively contribute to SCP, but international technology is not a significant predictor of SCP. This research recommends top managers and policy makers to give enough attention to the particular international resources and capabilities in order to configure their firm survival in the turbulent market.

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External Financing, Export Intensity and Inter-Organizational Collaborations: Evidence from Canadian SMEs*

Cited by 30 publications

References 112 publications

Intellectual capital and the efficiency of SMEs in the transition economy China; Do financial resources strengthen the routes?

Intellectual capital and the efficiency of SMEs in the transition economy China; Do financial resources strengthen the routes?

Collaboration and Internationalization of SMEs: Insights and Recommendations from a Systematic Review

Do International Capabilities and Resources Configure Firm’s Sustainable Competitive Performance? Research within Pakistani SMEs

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