چکیده:
The present research was conducted to build a conceptual model of internal effective factors of small and medium enterprises in Mazandaran Province. To accomplish the goal of the research first, a complete review of the related literature was conducted. Second, questionnaires were given to the corresponding population. Finally, the gathered data were calculated and analyzed using SPSS, Excel and LISREL software. The research found that selected internal factors have impact on SMEs’ performance.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Journal of Industrial Strategic Management Aug. 2016, Vol. 1, No. 2, 51-62 Islamic Azad University, Firoozkooh Branch A Model of Effective Internal Factors for SMEs’ Performance Jahangir Yadollahi Farsi Associate Professor inTehran University Email: yfarsi@ut.
-2016 Abstract The present research was conducted to build a conceptual model of internal effective factors of small and medium enterprises in Mazandaran Province.
Many researches focus on investigating such factors as a sense of belonging, (lohrke, Kreiser & Weaver, 2006; Sun, Yazdani & Overend, 2005), participation in enterprise activities (Vassie & cox, 1998), HR productivity, promotion, decision making, knowledge and experience (Morgan, Colebourne & Thomas, 2006, Sohn, Kim & Moon, 2007), outsourcing as a means to decrease costs, risk, innovation and creativity, relationship in the organization (Greenhalgh, 2000, Bradford & Florin, 2003).
Some researchers emphasize the important role of organizational systems, and consider factors such as: customers, resources (Greenhalgh, 2000), goals (Andersen, & Foss 2005), systems and methods (Vassie, Cox, 1998), system quality (Lee, Kim & Kim, 2007), system relationships, appropriate control system (Dickson, Weaver & Hoy, 2006, Pansiri, 2007) and organizational system flexibility.
Accordingly, primary and secondary goals of the research are as follows: the primary goal is to determine a conceptual model of effective internal factors for the performance of small and medium enterprises in Mazandaran Province.
Following, the secondary goal is to measure the effectiveness of management, selling and marketing activities, financial resources, technology, research & development, operation and production, organizational systems, human resources, structure, organization size and strategy on the performance of small and medium enterprises in Mazandaran Province.