Essays about: "family-owned SMEs"
Found 5 essays containing the words family-owned SMEs.
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1. Family-owned SMEs: Role models of crisis management A case study of how the practice of crisis management has been performed by nine Swedish family-owned SMEs during the Covid-19 pandemic
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Despite SMEs accounting for 99,9% of all registered firms in Sweden and that non-listed family-owned firms outperform their counterparts during crises, previous studies have neglected the field, resulting in an undiscovered void. Quantitative studies performed in the area serve a purpose for discovering how family-owned SMEs financially distinguish from other firms, but unfortunately such studies miss the important variable: what do they actually do? Through this qualitative study of crisis management as practice, we bridge the quantitative and qualitative, and present how Swedish family-owned SMEs have practiced crisis management during the Covid-19 pandemic. READ MORE
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2. Support of SME´s in their Digital Transformation Journey : A study of the effectiveness of the SSM and EAM frameworks supporting family-owned manufacturing SME's taking on the digital transformation challenges.
University essay from Jönköping University/JTH, Datateknik och informatikAbstract : Digital Transformation (DT) opens up to new opportunities for companies by providing organizational flexibility and improving their business models. Due to lack of resources in form of financial power and qualified employees, family-owned manufacturing companies have a hard time reaching DT. READ MORE
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3. Organizational Resilience: Key Factors to overcome and survive a Business Crisis. Learnings from a family owned business in Crisis.
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : BACKGROUND: Organizations are not prepared for crisis and are vulnerable to disruptive changes. SMEs, and organizations in general, are key elements of our society and need to learn how to be resilient, in order to be sustainable. A case study was used to explore key organizational resilience factors to overcome a business crisis. READ MORE
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4. Similar, but Different - Antecedents of Dynamic Capabilities in Family and non Family-owned SMEs
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)Abstract : The several turbulences that characterize our world are nowadays setting new challenges for the companies, especially for small and medium-sized entreprises, which are an essential type of business for the global economic growth, employment and innovation. Dynamic capabilities can be the solution to these changes and help SMEs overcome challenging environments. READ MORE
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5. Towards Increased Strategy Involvement of Boards in SMEs : A qualitative study mapping obstacles and exploring solutions for boards' involvement in strategy
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Strategy involvement of boards in small and medium-sized businesses has not been given adequate focus in contemporary research. The main concern has been on exploring the phenomenon in large corporations, which means that the field remains fairly unexplored. The purpose of this study is two folded. READ MORE
