MODELS AND PATTERNS OF STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT FOR MANUFACTURING SMEs MODELS AND PATTERNS OF STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT FOR MANUFACTURING SMEs

Louis Raymond () and Josée St-Pierre ()
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Louis Raymond: INRPME - Institut de recherche sur les PME - UQTR - Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, UQTR - Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Josée St-Pierre: INRPME - Institut de recherche sur les PME - UQTR - Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, UQTR - Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

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Abstract: Now facing global competition and increasing demands from major customers and prime contractors, many manufacturing SMEs feel growing pressure to develop their organisation and become world-class enterprises. An empirical study of 201 Canadian manufacturing SMEs was designed to answer the following research questions: What is the relationship between levels of network development, market development and product development? Are there patterns or types of strategic development that characterize certain manufacturing SMEs? What is the impact of the entrepreneur on his or her firm's level of strategic development? What is the impact of strategic development on enterprise performance? Abstract Now facing global competition and increasing demands from major customers and prime contractors, many manufacturing SMEs feel growing pressure to develop their organisation and become world-class enterprises. An empirical study of 201 Canadian manufacturing SMEs was designed to answer the following research questions: What is the relationship between levels of network development, market development and product development? Are there patterns or types of strategic development that characterize certain manufacturing SMEs? What is the impact of the entrepreneur on his or her firm's level of strategic development? What is the impact of strategic development on enterprise performance?

Keywords: strategic development; SME; innovation; R&D; internationalisation; export; network; performance; Keywords: strategic development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-09
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Published in Rencontres de St-Gall 2004, Sep 2004, Appenzell, Switzerland

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