中小企业融资问题研究

改革开放以来,我国的中小企业取得骄人成绩,但随着市场经济改革的不断深化和企业竞争的不断加剧,中小企业的进一进发展又普遍面临着融资困境。文章分析了中小企业融资存在的问题及其原因,研究了解决中小企业融资困境。这对中小企业突破融资瓶颈,实现规模化、集团化、国际化的发展目标具有十分重要的现实意义。     

信用风险、公司质量和“成长幻象”

债权融资能帮助中小企业解决资金问题,促进中小企业成长,但债权融资带来的信用风险也可能影响到企业,这些风险大部分是隐形的,不容易被察觉,因此,过多依赖债权融资的高成长性中小企业,可能会出现“成长幻象”,它们的高成长性只是昙花一现。     

对建立“政商分离”担保体系的思考

我国"一体两翼"担保体系发展至今逐渐显现出不足,出现了担保机构规模过小、对中小企业扶持力度不够、潜在风险大等诸多问题,而其中最核心的问题就是"政商不分"。通过实地调研我们发现"政商不分"已经使得我国担保体系有偏离扶持中小企业发展的趋势,并且政策性担保机构不适合继续充当我国的担保体系主体,因此必须建立以商业性担保机构为主、"政商分离"的新的担保体系。     

我国网络营销的现状分析与对策

本文从网络营销的概念和内涵出发,分析了我国企业的网络营销现状,指出了我国企业发展网络营销的存在的问题,并提出了解决对策。     

中小企业战略管理系统的建立和完善

中小企业的健康成长对国民经济的可持续发展具有重要意义。本文将首先阐述企业战略管理系统的含义和影响因素,然后揭示目前中小企业在战略管理方面存在的问题,进而介绍企业战略管理系统的建立程序,根据不同企业规模和发展阶段,设计不同的企业战略管理系统,以达到提高企业生产效率,促进社会经济平稳健康发展的目的。     

Coaching SME managers: business development or personal therapy? A mixed methods study

While a growing number of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are making use of coaching, little is known about the impact such coaching has within this sector. This study sought to identify the factors that influence managers' decision to engage with coaching, their perceptions of the coaching ‘journey’ and the kinds of benefits accruing from coaching: organisational, personal or both. As part of a mixed methods approach, a survey tool was developed based upon a range of relevant management competencies from the UK's Management Occupational Standards and responses analysed using importance-performance analysis, an approach first used in the marketing sector to evaluate customer satisfaction. Results indicate that coaching had a significant impact on personal attributes such as ‘Managing Self-Cognition’ and ‘Managing Self-Emotional’, whereas the impact on business-oriented attributes was weaker. Managers' choice of coaches with psychotherapeutic rather than non-psychotherapeutic backgrounds was also statistically significant. We conclude that even in the competitive business environment of SMEs, coaching was used as a largely personal, therapeutic intervention rather than to build business-oriented competencies.     

The mediating role of speed in the global sourcing decision process

The principal aim of this study is to provide theory and testing to elucidate the role of decision-maker's decision process and speed during the global sourcing decision-making process (GSDP). In order to achieve this goal, we examine the behavior of a sample of 202 decision-makers belonging to Italian SMEs in the manufacturing sector. Our main finding suggests that faster decisions during the GSDP process lead to superior financial and non-financial performance of the selected supplier. Moreover, we find support for dual processing theory wherein rationality and intuition of the GSDP are associated with increased supplier performance both directly and through their effects on decision speed. Results are discussed in terms of the GSDP, SME and strategic decision-making literatures and practical implications for managers in SMEs.     

Eco‐innovation and firm growth in the circular economy: Evidence from European small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises

As the circular economy (CE) concept gains growing popularity among consumers and producers, small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) increasingly look for ways to reorganize their offering and operations to integrate into the CE. This study examines the impact of (a) circular eco‐innovations and (b) external funding available for CE activities on the growth of European SMEs using a data set of 5,100 SMEs across 28 European countries in 2016. Findings reveal that a significant threshold investment (i.e., higher than 10% of revenues) into circular eco‐innovations is required for SMEs to benefit from investing into the CE. Moreover, the majority of circular eco‐innovations fail to boost the growth rates of SMEs, with the exception of investments into eco‐design innovations. Although traditional forms of debt and grant finance targeted to CE activities are found to have no or negative impact on the growth of SMEs, equity finance (i.e., angel and venture capital investments) contributes positively to their growth. The study offers insights into the lower levels of SME engagement in the CE as well as policy implications for improving engagement.     

企业家精神、社会资本与科技型中小企业天生国际化路径研究

企业家精神作为科技型中小企业社会资本基础及内在创业动力,是与企业国际化创业相关联的一种个体特质。从资源基础理论视角,通过理论分析,构建企业家精神、社会资本、资源禀赋与科技型中小企业天生国际化路径关系的概念模型,验证企业家精神与社会资本及其交互作用对天生国际化路径的影响,检验资源禀赋对路径选择的调节作用。研究发现,企业家精神与社会资本都能对天生国际化路径选择产生显著正向影响;资源禀赋正向调节企业家精神与社会资本关系,对科技型中小企业天生国际化路径选择的调节效应显著。     

网络众包价值协同、吸收能力对中小企业创新绩效的影响

互联网的发展带来了平台资源共享和个体多样化创新。以“群体创造”为特征的网络众包帮助企业在组织内外各个层面集思广益解决问题。从价值协同角度研究了网络众包对中小企业创新绩效的影响。结果表明,网络众包价值协同、吸收能力对中小企业创新绩效具有正向影响,吸收能力在网络众包价值协同与中小企业创新绩效关系中发挥中介作用。