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An Empirical Study of Tunisian SMEs Growth

المصدر: المجلة العالمية لإدارة الأعمال والتكنولوجيات
الناشر: جامعة صفاقس - كلية العلوم الاقتصادية والتصرف
المؤلف الرئيسي: Chebbi, Imen (Author)
المجلد/العدد: مج12, ع1
محكمة: نعم
الدولة: تونس
التاريخ الميلادي: 2017
الصفحات: 1 - 10
ISSN: 1737-619X
رقم MD: 1429390
نوع المحتوى: بحوث ومقالات
اللغة: الإنجليزية
قواعد المعلومات: EcoLink
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كلمات المؤلف المفتاحية:
Strategy | Growth | SME | Structural Equations
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المستخلص: This study aims at identifying a management practice for SMEs in view of proposing new growth opportunities. To this end, we constructed a model which we empirically tested through a quantitative approach. We conducted a survey using a questionnaire administered to a sample of Tunisian SMEs operating in the manufacturing industry. Using structural equations, the adopted research methodology allowed for measuring the set of the relationships between the variables of our model, growth and strategy. These two variables are subjective in nature. Growth is a single item variable measured by revenue. Strategy is two-dimensional: differentiation and cost strategy. After performing the relevant statistical tests on our hypotheses, a first hypothesis assumes that differentiation positively affects SMEs growth. A second hypothesis assumes a positive impact of cost strategy on SMEs. The results indicate that strategy cost favours SMEs growth while differentiation has no significant impact. Then, we confirmed that competitive advantage stimulates SMEs growth. This growth results from controlling costs, focusing on operational efficiency, reducing and improving production costs and innovating production processes.

ISSN: 1737-619X