Business strategy and performance of Algerian exporting SMEs

Despite the importance of business strategy to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the literature reveals that there are limited studies that have attempted to investigate business strategy and organizational performance among the exporting SMEs in Algeria. This has resulted in little informa...

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Main Author:	Besten, Mohamed El Amine
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Subjects:	HB615-715 Entrepreneurship Risk and uncertainty Property HD60 Small Business.
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description	Despite the importance of business strategy to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the literature reveals that there are limited studies that have attempted to investigate business strategy and organizational performance among the exporting SMEs in Algeria. This has resulted in little information and knowledge about the relationship between business strategy and the performance SMEs in Algeria. Given this, this study initiates an attempt to examine the linkage between six types of business strategy and organizational performance of exporting SMEs in Algeria. By using structured questionnaire, the data for the study was collected from exporting 72 SMEs located in the northern region of Algeria. The correlation analysis was used to test the hypotheses developed in the study. The results of the study show that the six types of business strategy are significantly associated to the performance of the exporting SMEs as measured in terms of sales, net profit, number of employees and number of products.
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spelling	my-uum-etd.64492021-05-02T03:18:55Z Business strategy and performance of Algerian exporting SMEs 2017 Besten, Mohamed El Amine Hashim, Mohd. Khairuddin Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HB615-715 Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property HD60 Small Business. Despite the importance of business strategy to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the literature reveals that there are limited studies that have attempted to investigate business strategy and organizational performance among the exporting SMEs in Algeria. This has resulted in little information and knowledge about the relationship between business strategy and the performance SMEs in Algeria. Given this, this study initiates an attempt to examine the linkage between six types of business strategy and organizational performance of exporting SMEs in Algeria. By using structured questionnaire, the data for the study was collected from exporting 72 SMEs located in the northern region of Algeria. The correlation analysis was used to test the hypotheses developed in the study. The results of the study show that the six types of business strategy are significantly associated to the performance of the exporting SMEs as measured in terms of sales, net profit, number of employees and number of products. 2017 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/6449/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/6449/1/s818357_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/6449/2/s818357_02.pdf text eng public other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Acquaah, M. (2013). Management control systems, business strategy and performance: A comparative analysis of family and non-family businesses in a transition economy in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 4(2), 131-146. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2013.03.002 Acquaah, M., Adjei, M. C., & Mensa-Bonsu, I. F. (2008). 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