运用TIM提高中小企业创新能力的战略途径

中小企业占我国企业总数的99%以上,对GDP的贡献大约占六成,税收贡献约40%[1],同时解决大约75%就业[2].因此,中小企业发展问题至关重要.在当今转型升级背景下,如何提高中小企业创新能力,增强中小企业的竞争能力,成为国民经济发展战略的重要内容.本课题组立足浙江省中小企业创新现状和全面创新能力现状的调查,对中小企业创新过程中存在的问题进行深入分析,并对问题的深层次原因进行了探讨.     

中小企业怎样融资

中小企业在我国国民经济的发展中占有十分重要的地位。2002年我国中小企业数量超过800万个,占全国企业总数的99%。目前中小企业创造的最终产品和服务的价值占我国GDP的50.5%,且提供了大约75%的城镇就业机会。但这些仍然不能掩饰中小企业目前所面临的融资困难、创新能力弱、人才缺乏等问题,这些问题严重制约着中小企业的进一步发展。而融资困难是其中最为突出的问题之一。中小企业融资难的原因我国中小企业不论是直接融资还是间接融资,都存在着很大的困难与不足,原因主要有以下几方面:1.中小企业的规模较小,破产率较高,市场风险大,资金不足…     

中小企业全面创新管理模式的关键维度研究

提高创新能力是我国中小企业发展的关键.从我国实际情况来看,在经济全球化大背景下占全国企业总数99.8%以上的中小企业创新正面临着严峻的考验,关于中小企业创新管理和能力建设的许多理论和实践问题亟待进行深入系统的理论与实证研究.中小企业的TIM创新管理模式是企业充分利用已有创新资源并克服自身劣势,突破企业技术发展瓶颈的有效途径之一,也是构建中国未来经济核心竞争力的手段之一.本研究以问题为导向,从全面创新管理理论、企业能力理论、中小企业创新管理理论等不同理论与方法出发,研究我国中小企业进行创新管理的关键子维度,及其对企业创新绩效的作用机理.在实证研究部分,作者以杭州X电器有限公司等三家企业为例进行了案例分析,梳理了企业在创新管理模式构建与实施过程中的关键问题与取得的成效.     

基于创新过程的中小企业创新能力评价研究

构建了基于创新过程的中小企业创新能力评价体系,通过对我国东北地区235家中小企业的实证研究,分析我国中小企业的创新能力结构,并对其创新能力指标进行测算.对"创新绩效"和"创新过程"2类视角的企业创新能力评价研究进行了比较分析,认为定性指标和"创新过程"类评价方法更适用于中小企业的创新能力评价.构建了基于"创新过程"的中小企业创新能力评价体系,通过探测性因子分析,明确我国中小企业创新能力的结构为创新实现能力、创新推广能力和创新发起能力,构建了中小企业创新能力的评价模型.最后,应用因子分析模型测算中小企业的创新能力评价指标.     

市场导向提升中小企业创新能力的机制探讨

创新能力是企业持续与高速发展的关键,尤其对中小企业显得更为重要.影响中小企业创新能力的因素很多,本文从市场导向的视角出发,基于市场导向提升创新能力机制研究缺乏的现状,结合企业实际情况,探讨市场导向如何促进中小企业创新能力提升.研究发现,基于文化现的市场导向,提升创新能力的主要机制:核心技术攻关、构建经营模式、差异化战略以及有效利用用户创新.然后探讨了市场导向的执行需要其他要素的匹配,对影响市场导向作用的相关因素进行简要分析.结尾部分指出本研究的不足之处与将来研究方向.     

江苏省中小企业创新路径选择研究

本文以Christensen的技术创新理论为基础,从江苏省中小企业的行业分布和成长角度,分析了江苏省中小企业创新的路径选择问题,提出江苏省中小企业创新应以破坏性创新为主的观点,最后从中小企业的破坏性创新能力培育、垄断企业与中小企业关系、创新环境培育角度为中小企业创新发展提出了方向性建议.     

中小企业呼唤金融支持

我国中小企业在经济发展中所起的作用比人们想象的重要得多。其作用可从中小企业总产出占GDP的比重、对经济增长的贡献、提供新的就业机会、占出口的比重以及对技术进步的贡献等方面进行分析。目前在全国工商局注册登记的中小企业已超过1000万户,占全国企业总数的98%左右,2002年创造的GDP值约占全国GDP总值的50%,创造的工业产值占全国的60%,缴纳的利税占全国的40%左右。在地方经济中,中小企业的贡献则更大。如此多的企业数量份额和产出份额足以说明中小企业的健康发展对我国经济持续增长有着重要的意义。同时,中小企业也是新增就业机会…     

我国中小企业的经营现状及发展对策

中小企业是我国国民经济中一支重要而且活跃的力量,在社会经济发展中起着战略性的作用.据有关资料统计,中小企业已占我国企业总数的99%以上,工业总产值和实现利税已分别占全国企业的60%和40%,提供了大约75%的城镇就业机会,自20世纪90年代以来我国新增产值中76.7%是由中小企业创造的.近年来,我国中小企业在发展中暴露出技术水平落后、劳动生产率低、产品质量差、市场竞争力不足、生产消耗高、融资渠道不畅、亏损率高等深层次问题,这些问题已使一些地区的经济发展受到了较大影响,甚至延缓了经济和社会发展的进程.因此,要采取积极措施,促进中小企业健康发展,使其在经济和社会发展中发挥更大的作用.     

关于中小企业向银行融资的若干建议

关注中小企业融资问题,不仅是因为中小企业在世界各国经济增长中都占据着举足轻重的地位,更是因为中小企业为我国提供了大约75%的就业机会。无论从经济发展还是从吸纳就业角度考虑,妥善解决中小企业融资问题都意义重大。一、我国中小企业融资现状与造成融资难的主要原因(一)中小企业融资现状一是获得信贷支持少。据统计,我国300万户私营企业获得银行信贷支持的仅占10%左右。2003年全国乡镇、个体私营、“三资”企业的短期贷款占银行全部短期贷款的比重仅为14.4%。二是直接融资渠道窄。由于证券市场门槛高,创业投资体制不健全,公司债发行的准…     

新余战略性新兴产业实施创新驱动发展战略的现状、问题及对策

本文分析了新余战略性新兴产业实施创新驱动发展战略的现状和问题,从提升自主创新能力、培育和发展科技型中小企业、健全科技服务体系三个方面提出具体对策。     

Sourcing strategy of Belgian SMEs: empirical evidence for the accounting services

The primary objective of this paper is to examine the sourcing strategy for one business function (accounting services), by looking at the degree of outsourcing for each task of this function. Three research questions are addressed: (1) What sourcing strategy do SMEs use for accounting services? (2) What are the reasons? (3) Is there a link between sourcing strategy and company characteristics? The research design consisted of a postal survey sent out to 1200 managers of SMEs in Belgium. The main results showed that 53% use selective outsourcing, i.e. combining both an inhouse accountant with an accounting service provider. The results also showed that 35% use total insourcing and 12% prefer total outsourcing. Surprisingly, cost reduction is not the main reason for outsourcing. External expertise is the main reason for selectively outsourcing. SMEs select a total insourcing strategy because they want the accounting information at hand. Finally, larger SMEs decide for a total insourcing strategy and prefer to keep the accounting services internal. The conclusions show that future research should focus on the degree of outsourcing. The practical implication of this study is that accounting service providers should highlight their expertise and overcome the disadvantage of remote data analysis to attract more SME-customers.     

The propagation of lean thinking in SMEs

Abstract

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) play a pivotal role in economic growth, industrial output, and employment creation. However, SMEs are often ignored by researchers as far as the adoption of lean is concerned in comparison to Large Enterprises (LEs). Therefore, the literature regarding lean implementation in SMEs is not conspicuous, and many SMEs have only a limited understanding and awareness of lean. This paper offers a comprehensive literature review with a focus on the implementation of lean in SMEs and explores the applicability of lean thinking in such environments. An attempt is made to provide an analysis of lean practices that have been applied in SMEs and critical success factors for lean transformation in SMEs. It also contributes to the field of lean implementation research by proposing a framework for lean in SMEs and identifies the scope of future research.     

纺织业中小企业全面创新能力提升的实证研究

在全面创新管理理论基础上,以浙江省纺织业中小企业为研究对象,通过问卷调查,对全面创新能力如何影响企业创新绩效进行了实证研究.统计分析表明,中小企业实施全面创新管理有助于提升企业创新绩效.但不同维度的创新能力对创新绩效的影响具有差异性.对于纺织业中小企业而言,战略能力与技术能力是当前实现全面创新管理的重点.     

Cyber risk assessment in small and medium-sized enterprises: A multilevel decision-making approach for small e-tailors

The role played by information and communication technologies in today's businesses cannot be underestimated. While such technological advancements provide numerous advantages and opportunities, they are known to thread organizations with new challenges such as cyberattacks. This is particularly important for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are deemed to be the least mature and highly vulnerable to cybersecurity risks. Thus, this research is set to assess the cyber risks in online retailing SMEs (e-tailing SMEs). Therefore, this article employs a sample of 124 small e-tailers in the United Kingdom and takes advantage of a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) method. Indeed, we identified a total number of 28 identified cyber-oriented risks in five exhaustive themes of “security,” “dependency,” “employee,” “strategic,” and “legal” risks. Subsequently, an integrated approach using step-wise weight assessment ratio analysis (SWARA) and best–worst method (BWM) has been employed to develop a pathway of risk assessment. As such, the current study outlines a novel approach toward cybersecurity risk management for e-tailing SMEs and discusses its effectiveness and contributions to the cyber risk management literature.     

Entrepreneurship and strategy in the international SME

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have begun to play a critical role in international trade. Statistics from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and other sources indicate that SMEs now account for a very substantial proportion of exports from most industrialized nations. But very little is known about the effect of having an international entrepreneurial orientation, or the role of specific strategies associated with this construct, on the foreign performance of such firms. Using data from an empirical study of SMEs, we devise a structural model that reveals the role of international entrepreneurial orientation, key strategic activities, and the collective effect of these constructs on the international performance of the modern, international SME. These findings and their implications for scholars and managers are discussed.     

Business model design–performance relationship under external and internal contingencies: Evidence from SMEs in an emerging economy

We examined Business Model (BM) designs – performance relationship and the moderating effects of firm age and external environment on this relationship. Furthermore, we investigated the impact of simultaneously operating dual BM designs (i.e. novelty and efficiency) on firm performance and contingent effect of firm age on this relationship. Based on data from 241 Indian SMEs, our findings highlighted that BM novelty was of greater benefit to younger SMEs compared to mature SMEs, while BM efficiency was of greater benefit to more mature SMEs. The environmental dynamism positively moderated the relationship between BM novelty and performance but it negatively moderated the relationship between BM efficiency and performance. We also found that BM efficiency is more beneficial in a low, rather than a high, munificent environment but we found environmental munificence did not moderate the BM novelty and SME performance relationship. Finally, we found simultaneous deployment of BM novelty and BM efficiency resulted in an enhancement of performance among mature SMEs compared to younger SMEs. Our study not only adds to the limited literature on BMs in SMEs but also helps practicing managers and entrepreneurs to make informed choices about their BMs.     

Small firms and the information problem

Information is essential for decision-making and strategy by small and medium-sized enterprises. Hans Pleitner explores the content of information used by SMEs based on internal and external information and finds much deficiency. SMEs also have problems with the technicalities of handling information, although there has been a big take-up of personal computers. A lot depends on businessmen's attitudes, and these vary greatly. Dr Pleitner recommends that external institutions should try harder to encourage businessmen in the greater use of information and its technology.     

Knowledge management based collaboration moderator services to support SMEs in virtual organizations

Abstract

Collaboration Moderator Services (CMS) are discussed as a Knowledge management service for SMEs operating in a virtual organization (VO). In this research, a CMS supports the pre-creation stage of a VO by quickly identifying potential business opportunities and collaborative partners. Text mining techniques are used to analyze calls for tender documents based on the competencies and areas of interest stored in the shared information about companies in a collaboration pool. A case study of UK-based SMEs demonstrates the application of text mining as a knowledge discovery tool, supporting SMEs at the pre-creation stage of a VO. Results show that text mining can be used to (1) identify possible business opportunities for SMEs in the collaborative network (2) Indicate potential collaborations between pairs of SMEs using link analysis and (3) Raise awareness of business opportunities and possible SME partners for multi-enterprise collaborations using a dimensional matrix.     

Efficiency and effectiveness of knowledge management systems in SMEs

This paper proposes a 3D fuzzy logic methodology to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of knowledge management systems (KMSs) adopted by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and identifies a classification bringing together the behaviour of SMEs when adopting KMSs. The proposed methodology was previously tested on an individual SME and then implemented on a sample of SMEs. The results highlight that there is an ample variety of behaviours related to the nature of knowledge and the KMSs used. Specifically, four typologies of behaviour are identified: the efficient and effective SME, the effective but inefficient SME, the efficient but ineffective SME, and the inefficient and ineffective SME. The results show that only 18% of surveyed SMEs are efficient and effective for both KM-Tools and KM-Practices, the remaining 82% are inefficient or ineffective for KM-Tools and/or KM-Practices. Lastly, the paper shows how this methodology may be used by an SME as a managerial tool to suggest appropriate changes to improve the efficient and effective adoption of KMSs supporting SMEs in the knowledge management processes.