European Journal of Management and Business Economics: Volume 31 Issue 1 , Open Access

Market orientation in service clusters and its effect on the marketing performance of SMEs

Marcelo Royo-Vela, Juan Carlos Amezquita Salazar, Francisco Puig Blanco

This paper aims to address research gaps with regard to the relationship between market orientation and marketing performance when small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are…

Using the Z-score to analyze the financial soundness of insurance firms

Ignacio Moreno, Purificación Parrado-Martínez, Antonio Trujillo-Ponce

Despite the sophisticated regulatory regime established in Solvency II, analysts should be able to consider other less complex indicators of the soundness of insurers. The Z-score…

Innovative outcome through exploration and exploitation – Enablers, barriers and industrial property

Nancy Vargas, M. Begoña Lloria, Addisson Salazar, Luis Vergara

This research aims to study the effect of R&D (research and development) enablers and barriers as well as industrial property on exploration, their influence on exploitation and…

The mediating effect of consumers’ price level perception and emotions towards supermarkets

A. Celil Cakici, Sena Tekeli

This study aims to reveal the impact of consumers’ price sensitivity on their purchase intention within the scope of supermarkets. Besides, the study aims to examine the impact of…

Is export-led growth hypothesis still valid for sub-Saharan African countries? New evidence from panel data analysis

Nicholas M. Odhiambo

This study examines the causal relationship between exports and economic growth in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries during the period 1980 to 2017. The study also examines…

Performance of large firms in Greece during the unstable period of 2011–2016: lessons from the weak parts of Europe

Maria Tsiapa

The unprecedented economic crisis in Greece deeply affected entrepreneurship, which was traditionally characterised by low levels of innovation and competitiveness, the dominant…

The nexus between firm size, growth and profitability: new panel data evidence from Asia–Pacific markets

Inder Sekhar Yadav, Debasis Pahi, Rajesh Gangakhedkar

The purpose of this paper is to examine the correlation between firm size, growth and profitability along with other firm-specific variables (like leverage, competition and asset…