Small firms under MICROSCOPE: international differences in production/operations management practices and performance

By Raffaella Cagliano, Kate Blackmon, C. Voss. 2001

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management

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Barriers to innovation within small firms in a peripheral location (2004, methodology): “To minimise the effect of organisational size, the case organisations were all in the 11-100 employee band, where management systems have been developed to at least some degree without being overly rigid ( Cagliano et al. , 2001”
Contingency research in operations management practices (2008, background): “While studies addressing quality management found no evidence of firm size effects (e.g., Ahire and Golhar, 1996), studies addressing lean manufacturing and general manufacturing best practices have found support for such effects (e.g., Cagliano et al., 2001; Shah and Ward, 2003).”
Examining the effects of contextual factors on TQM and performance through the lens of organizational theories: An empirical study (2007, background): “For instance, small and medium-sized companies (SMCs) have flatter management structures and higher flexibility than large companies (McAdam and McKeown, 1999), more customer orientation, less complexity and better communication due to informal relationships (Cagliano et al., 2001) and are more like”
Service innovation and performance in SMEs (2012, result): “The cut-off point of 250 is consistent with that adopted by European Commissions, and has been used widely in a number of other studies (Cagliano et al., 2001; Mosey et al., 2002; McAdam et al., 2004).”
Strategy development by SMEs for competitiveness: a review (2008, background): “World class SMEs develop themselves through diversification and extended networks ( Cagliano et al. , 2001”
Firm size and sustainable performance in food supply chains: Insights from Greek SMEs (2014, background): “These can, in turn, create a pervasive and less imitable set of processes and a basis for competitive advantage for these firms and associated chain members (Carter and Dresner, 2001). As Flint and Golicic (2009) observe, not surprisingly, sustainability has received increasing attention in the lite”
Longitudinal evaluation of innovation implementation in SMEs (2005, background): “), with a strong external focus on multiple stakeholders ( Cagliano et al. , 2001”