The Changing Role of SMEs in Global Business: Volume I: Paradigms of Opportunities and Challenges

Alkis Thrassou (Ed.)

Demetris Vrontis (Ed.)

Yaakov Weber (Ed.)

Riad Shams (Ed.)

Evangelos Tsoukatos (Ed.)

Editorial Introduction - The Evolving Identity of the SME in Global Business

Bernd Britzelmaier, Susanne Schmidtmeier,

Carolin Weidler

(Pforzheim University, Germany)

Chiara Crovini

(University of Torino, Italy)

bernd.britzelmaier@hs-pforzheim.de

Exploring SME Risk Management in southern Germany

 Glykeria Karagouni

(University of Thessaly, Greece)

karagg@teilar.gr

Entrepreneurial Innovation in Artisanal Industries: the role of knowledge in artisan SMEs reinvention

José G. Vargas-Hernández

(Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico Administrativas. Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico)

jvargas2006@gmail.com

Productivity of SMEs in Mexico and their Effect on Innovation, Using the Survey on Information Technologies and Communications

Larisa Mihoreanu

(Academia de Studii Economice din Bucure_ti)

dr.mihoreanu@gmail.com

The Medical Clinic of Proximity: Business Controversies and Medical Challenges

Paolo Di Toma

(University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)

paolo.ditoma@unimore.it

Integrating business model innovation and corporate governance in family-owned SMEs: a dynamic capability perspective.

Kokuytseva Tatiana Vladimirovna

Ovchinnikova Oksana Petrovns

tvkokuytseva@gmail.com

Demetris Vrontis (Ed.)

Gianpaolo Basile

Andrea Mazzitelli

basilegianpaolo@gmail.com

a.mazzitelli@unimercatorum.it

Innovation as dynamic and networking capabilities result. Exploration or exploitation to support firm's performance.

Aníbal Galindro; João Matias; Adelaide Cerveira; Cátia Santos; and Ana Marta-Costa

amarta@utad.pt

Prediction of viticulture farms behaviour: an agent-based model approach

Daniella Fjellström

(University of Gävle, Sweden)

Daniella.Fjellstrom@hig.se

The role of Digitalization in SMEs strategy development

Sunday Adewale Olaleye

Dandison Ukpabi

Emmanuel Mogaji

Sunday.Olaleye@oulu.fi

SMEs Personality Traits and Business Renewal

Niki Kyriakidou

(Deputy Director for Doctoral Programmes, Leeds Business School, Leeds Beckett University)

N.Kyriakidou@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Critical success factors for SMEs in the UK chemical distribution industry: the Brexit effect