Journal of Small Business Management Volume 54 Issue 3

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The Performance Advantages for SMEs of Product Innovation and Marketing Resource–Capability Complementarity in Emerging Economies

Sok, Phyra; O'cass, Aron; Miles, Morgan P.

2016 Journal of Small Business Management

doi:10.1111/jsbm.12172

This study argues that small and medium‐sized enterprises () must possess both resources and capabilities at a superior level, and those resources and capabilities must be complementary with one another to achieve superior financial performance. The resources and capabilities of interest are...

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The Contingent Role of Top Management's Social Capital on the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Performance

Engelen, Andreas; Kaulfersch, Alexander; Schmidt, Susanne

2016 Journal of Small Business Management

doi:10.1111/jsbm.12164

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Executive Entrenchment in Founder‐Managed Firms: An Empirical Study from China

He, Xiaogang; Karri, Ranjan; Zhang, Yuanfei; Mei, Lin

2016 Journal of Small Business Management

doi:10.1111/jsbm.12225

We study the relationship between past firm performance, ownership concentration, board independence, and industry competition on the likelihood of dismissal for both founder and nonfounder executives using a panel data set of Chinese founded firms during 1999–2007. Results indicate a persistent...

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The Interface between Organizational Learning Capability, Entrepreneurial Orientation, and SME Growth

Altinay, Levent; Madanoglu, Melih; De vita, Glauco; Arasli, Huseyin; Ekinci, Yuksel

2016 Journal of Small Business Management

doi:10.1111/jsbm.12219

This paper investigates the interface between organizational learning capability, entrepreneurial orientation (EO), and small business performance. It reports on the findings from 350 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in North Cyprus operating in the services and retailing sectors. The findings...

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Founder Expertise, Strategic Choices, Formation, and Survival of High‐Tech SMEs in China: A Resource‐Substitution Approach

Xiao, Li; Ramsden, Mark

2016 Journal of Small Business Management

doi:10.1111/jsbm.12230

This paper uses a resource‐based perspective to better understand how the three most established expertise possessed by founding entrepreneurs influence the development path of firms operating in the high‐tech industrial sector. The longitudinal evidence from two rounds of face‐to‐face interviews...

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Why Small Enterprises Can (Still) Operate at the Top of the Pyramid? Evidences and Interstices' Theory in the Automotive Industry

Frigant, Vincent

2016 Journal of Small Business Management

doi:10.1111/jsbm.12182

The paper questions the widely accepted vision of an automotive supply chain with a very pyramidal structure that works to mega suppliers' benefit. Mobilizing an original survey of 750 rench , we show that can still operate at the very top of the pyramid and that the different tiers remain...

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Unpacking Open Innovation: Absorptive Capacity, Exploratory and Exploitative Openness, and the Growth of Entrepreneurial Biopharmaceutical Firms

Xia, Tianjiao; Roper, Stephen

2016 Journal of Small Business Management

doi:10.1111/jsbm.12220

In this article, we explore the relationship between two key aspects of open innovation in small firms—absorptive capacity (ACAP) and external relationships—and their effects on growth in the U.S. and European biopharmaceutical sectors. Results from an international sample of 349...

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Opportunity‐Based Strategic Orientation, Knowledge Acquisition, and Entrepreneurial Alertness: The Perspective of the Global Sourcing Suppliers in China

Ma, Rong; Huang, Yen‐chih

2016 Journal of Small Business Management

doi:10.1111/jsbm.12222

Taking the perspective of global sourcing suppliers in China, this paper investigates how the supplier firms acquire market and technical knowledge from the outsourcing partnerships differently based on their strategic orientations regarding the exploitation of opportunities versus resources. We...

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Trust, Decision Rights Delegation, and Performance—The Case of Franchising

Herz, Marc; Hutzinger, Clemens; Seferagic, Haris; Windsperger, Josef

2016 Journal of Small Business Management

doi:10.1111/jsbm.12227

Previous research has not examined the relationship between trust, decentralization, and franchisor performance. Complementary to the literature on autonomy and relational governance from franchisees’ perspective, this study focuses on the franchisor's perspective on the impact of...

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The Board's Demography—Firm Performance Relationship Revisited: A Bayesian Approach

Huybrechts, Jolien; Voordeckers, Wim; D'espallier, Bert; Lybaert, Nadine; Van gils, Anita

2016 Journal of Small Business Management

doi:10.1111/jsbm.12223

Building on behavioral theory, we argue that the effect of board demography on the performance of small and medium‐sized family firms differs significantly at the individual firm level and that the degree by which board task performance meets board task needs explains this effect. Using a...

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