Business and Economic Development

Increasing competition due to the liberalization of world trade has led to the production of goods and services according to new needs arising in the global market. Obtaining an advantageous position in the global competitive environment depends on determining right strategies and creating different values. Dynamic ma…

• DENİZ DİLARA DERELİ

Industry 4.0 has come to be the beginning of a new era for humanity along with rapidly-progressive technology. Whereas this new era has favourably created fresh opportunities for governments, businesses, and individuals, it is seemingly a problematic step to swiftly integrate these new forthcoming technologies in soci…

In a highly competitive environment, innovation is the essential key to a firm obtaining a dominant position and gaining higher profits. Therefore, the understanding of which strategic innovation management practices lead to success is very important. The purpose of the study is to investigate the impact of innovation…

In a highly competitive environment, innovation is the essential key to a firm obtaining a dominant position and gaining higher profits. Therefore, the understanding of which strategic innovation management practices lead to success is very important. The purpose of the study is to investigate the impact of innovation…

• FARUK KALAY

Research background: SMEs' concern for the digital literacy of their workforce, their interest in increasing digital literacy among employees, and securing their digital platforms, have been major issues in their digital transformation process. To reduce those obstacles, the dynamic capabilities of SMEs included in th…

• MEHMET CİVELEK

Purpose- This literature review aims to delve into the nexus between cybersecurity risk management and strategic management, comprehensively exploring how organizations weave risk management strategies into their broader strategies to safeguard digital assets and infrastructure against the backdrop of ever-evolving cy…

• FİLİZ MIZRAK

Research background: Export activities are crucial for SMEs' growth and income since they enable businesses to expand abroad. However, SMEs encounter some export impediments, including legislative, tax-related, and cultural-linguistic differences, which increase their export risk. Moreover, since different legislative…

• MEHMET CİVELEK

The practices of environmental protection and the prevention of environmental pollution have emerged as a result of recent environmental problems when the humans noticed that natural resources are limited. Environmental management practices have accelerated with the conscious acts of businesses on environmental issues…

Research background: The lack of financial resources of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) make them face high financial risk. Their entrepreneurial abilities that belong to Resource-based View (RBV), such as innovativeness and competitiveness, might reduce SMEs? financial risk because those entrepreneurial abilities…

• MEHMET CİVELEK

Th is paper presents a theoretical and methodological model of measurement of the quality of business environment in the segment of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and introduces an I QSME index. Th e paper presents the way of selection and defi nition of the important factors that form business environment,…

This paper identifies the role of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on the perceived financial performance of small and medium sized enterprises, operating within volatile business environments. To this end, we conducted regression analysis on the reported financial results of 117 SMEs operating in volatile and uncerta…

Worldwide economies are determined to achieve sustainable development. In this pursuit, the role of SMEs and ICT has emerged as an inevitable choice for sustainable development. The literature on the impact of SMEs and ICT on sustainable development, particularly in China's context, is scarce. Therefore, the analysis…

• İLKNUR ÖZTÜRK