Evaluating the Factors Affecting SMEs Performance in Iran
Moving toward an open and competitive economy requires developing and supporting private sector and establishing small and medium-sized enterprises. This movement requires education, establishing job infrastructure, and knowledge transfer facilities in order to increase small and medium-sized busine...
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Mashhad: Behzad Hassannezhad Kashani
2015-04-01
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| author | Fereshteh Lotfizadeh Nasibeh Shamsi |
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| description | Moving toward an open and competitive economy requires developing and supporting private sector and establishing small and medium-sized enterprises. This movement requires education, establishing job infrastructure, and knowledge transfer facilities in order to increase small and medium-sized businesses and also to develop entrepreneurship. These enterprises have affected world economy through four channels, i.e. entrepreneurship, innovation and change in technology, dynamism of industry, and eventually, creating job opportunities and increasing income. In the current study, the researcher tries to answer the question that “whether the innovation and marketing abilities, managers’ education, and work experiences have led to an improvement in small and medium-sized enterprises’ performances?” This research is performed using descriptive-survey method. The required information was collected by questionnaire, and descriptive and analytical statistical methods were employed in order to analyze the data by using SPSS. The results of the study indicated that there is a significant and positive relation between the innovation and marketing abilities, managers’ education, work experiences and the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e9bf77bbf6654ad4af7f313be02e2f622023-09-07T21:58:34ZengMashhad: Behzad Hassannezhad KashaniInternational Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics2383-21262015-04-0124254264115477Evaluating the Factors Affecting SMEs Performance in IranFereshteh Lotfizadeh0Nasibeh Shamsi1Assistant Professor of Marketing, Department of Business Management, Zanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, IranMaster of Business Administration, Department of Business Management, Zanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, IranMoving toward an open and competitive economy requires developing and supporting private sector and establishing small and medium-sized enterprises. This movement requires education, establishing job infrastructure, and knowledge transfer facilities in order to increase small and medium-sized businesses and also to develop entrepreneurship. These enterprises have affected world economy through four channels, i.e. entrepreneurship, innovation and change in technology, dynamism of industry, and eventually, creating job opportunities and increasing income. In the current study, the researcher tries to answer the question that “whether the innovation and marketing abilities, managers’ education, and work experiences have led to an improvement in small and medium-sized enterprises’ performances?” This research is performed using descriptive-survey method. The required information was collected by questionnaire, and descriptive and analytical statistical methods were employed in order to analyze the data by using SPSS. The results of the study indicated that there is a significant and positive relation between the innovation and marketing abilities, managers’ education, work experiences and the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises.https://www.ijmae.com/article_115477_c8fcffb2ff85e8fb17a7a1fd6a36af55.pdfmarketing capabilityinnovation capabilitysmall and medium-sized enterprises |
| spellingShingle | Fereshteh Lotfizadeh Nasibeh Shamsi Evaluating the Factors Affecting SMEs Performance in Iran International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics marketing capability innovation capability small and medium-sized enterprises |
| title | Evaluating the Factors Affecting SMEs Performance in Iran |
| title_full | Evaluating the Factors Affecting SMEs Performance in Iran |
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| title_sort | evaluating the factors affecting smes performance in iran |
| topic | marketing capability innovation capability small and medium-sized enterprises |
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