The Validity of Gibrat’s Law: Evidence from Ecuadorian Service SMEs

The objective of this research is to analyze the relationship between size and growth through the validation of Gibrat's law. A sample of 17,082 Ecuadorian companies in the service sector is used for the period 2010–2015. The estimation method used is that of quantile regression for panel data; the results suggest that small companies grow faster than their larger counterparts. The results show that the growth, measured through sales and employment, of SMEs in the service sector in Ecuador is not independent of firm size and therefore does not correspond to a random process.     

辅助性金融机构发展与中小企业融资改善：台湾地区的经验与借鉴

我国台湾地区通过发展中小企业信用保证基金、农业信用保证基金、华侨贷款信用保证基金等辅助性金融机构,对改善中小企业融资发挥了较好的作用。中国大陆中小企业信用担保体系目前还存在着机构规模小、资金实力不足、相关制度缺位等不足之处。可借鉴台湾地区辅助性金融机构的经验,由国家财政和金融机构捐资,根据不同类型的中小企业设立全国性的专项担保基金,分别为不同类型的中小企业贷款提供信用保证。     

我国中小企业技术创新与风险市场融资分析

近年来,我国中小企业在经济发展和结构调整中发挥着越来越重要的作用,而中小企业的生存和发展往往又离不开技术创新的支持。本文主要通过借鉴国内外中小企业的技术创新与风险融资市场的发展状况,对我国中小企业技术创新与风险市场投融资的特点及其运作模式进行分析,认为风险市场投融资与技术创新之间存在着一定的联系,强调风险投资市场对中小企业技术创新的重要作用,并讨论了培育和发展我国风险投资市场,促进中小企业技术创新的做法,最后给出了解决我国中小企业技术创新与风险投资市场融合困境的相应对策。     

环境趋同条件下中小企业的十大利润模式

随着环境要素日益趋同,无利润区出现并扩大,一些高瞻远瞩的大企业已经将目光由市场份额转向利润,但是相当多的中小企业依然没有意识到形势的严峻。针对这种情况,本文通过对中小企业定位、目标以及优势的分析,提出了十种适合中小企业的利润模式,为中小企业选择适合的利润模式提供了参考,对中国中小企业的发展具有重要的现实意义。     

中小企业信息化水平测评方法研究

文章提出了建立中小企业信息化水平评价指标体系,针对我国中小企业的特点选择了评价指标,运用层次分析法对指标权重进行了确定,提出了变权重的评价方法,使指标体系更适于对不同行业的中小企业信息化水平做出准确的评价。     

The integrated use of social media,digital, and traditional communication tools in the B2B sales process of international SMEs

Social media and digital tools are gradually changing the way firms market themselves. Understanding how these communication tools are used by sales functions within business-to-business (B2B) markets could clarify the dynamics underpinning the sales process in an increasingly technology-mediated world. This paper explores how social media, digital, and traditional sales communication tools are leveraged during the three main phases of the B2B sales process within international SMEs.The article’s grounded-theory approach illustrates that social media can be particularly helpful in engaging international prospects. Digital communication tools seem to be most prevalent in the persuasion phase, whereas more traditional communication tools still prevail in customer relationship management. However, there seem to be some important potential boundary conditions, including relationship culture, location proximity, technology innovation/resources, and strategic importance of the customer that affect the way international SMEs use different communication tools during a sales process. We develop a framework for understanding the B2B sales process flow with sales communication tools included for international SMEs.     

基于CiteSpace的国内中小企业自主创新研究知识图谱分析

依据文献计量理论,运用CiteSpace软件对中国知网(CNKI)数据库中关于国内中小企业自主创新主题研究文献总体数量与特征、研究机构共现、作者共现、关键词聚类与突现以及研究主题演化趋势等进行可视化研究.通过对近20年894篇有效文献分析表明,该研究主题主要集中在技术创新、自主创新能力、科技型中小企业、自主创新能力影响、创新体系构建等几个方面.最后对研究趋势提出总结和展望.     

Culture,business environment and SMEs' profitability: Evidence from European Countries

This paper aims to examine whether and how, certain country-specific characteristics shape the profitability of SMEs. Using a large sample of around 40,000 firms operating in 25 EU countries over the period 2006–2014 we find that freedom from corruption, a better environment in terms of the conditions that could contribute to the ease of getting credit, and fewer government regulation related to the starting, operating, and closing a business, enhance profitability. The dimensions of national culture also play an important role. Our results show that individualism, masculinity, and long-term orientation have a positive impact on profitability, whereas power distance and uncertainty avoidance have the opposite effect. We also find that the magnitude of the impact of national culture on profitability depends on political stability and institutional quality.     

社交媒体背景下顾客参与对中小企业创新绩效的影响——一个双调节模型

基于社交媒体视角，将顾客参与划分为信息提供、人际互动、用户创新3个维度，分别研究其对中小企业创新绩效的影响，以及企业社交媒体导向和社交媒体能力的调节作用。通过对208家中小企业实证研究发现，信息提供、人际互动、用户创新对中小企业创新绩效均存在显著正向影响；社交媒体导向在信息提供、用户创新与创新绩效的关系中存在正向调节作用，在人际互动与创新绩效的关系中存在倒“U”形调节作用；社交媒体能力在信息提供、人际互动、用户创新与创新绩效的关系中均存在正向调节作用。     

International social SMEs in emerging countries: Do governments support their international growth?

Through an empirical research developed based on a sample of five international social SMEs in a Chinese city, this study examines the internationalization of social enterprises. Its purpose is to evaluate the role played by governments in supporting international growth. This is done using behavioural theory dimensions of prevalence, relevance, urgency, accessibility, and radicalness. From our analysis, local government supports the launch of social SMEs but this is limited to their growth stage. Entrepreneurial skills and external networks, thus, become crucial factors in the development of a new international business development model, encouraging further scholarly investigation.