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EconPapers FAQ Archive maintainers FAQ Cookies at EconPapers Format for printing The RePEc blog The RePEc plagiarism page Systematic review on performance and growth drivers of SMEsMokhalles M. Mehdi and Tridib Ranjan SarmaGlobal Business and Economics Review, 2022, vol. 27, issue 3, 324-351Abstract:The small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector is an influential driver in the growth of any economy in the world. Albeit scholars have conducted SME research on performance and growth factors for over two decades, our understanding of this particular type of research is still limited. The study is an attempt to explore the determinants of SMEs' performance and systematically reviewed 78 relevant literatures. It concluded that SMEs characteristics, managerial characteristics, internal and external factors influenced the growth and performance of SMEs. The study proposed a framework integrating the past approach and literature. Through the systematic review, we noticed inconsistencies in paradigms that allowed us to offer suggestions for future research. Among the opportunities for future research in the area of SME performance is in-depth qualitative research in the diverse SME sector to understand the performance followed by a focus on methodological trends in SMEs research that need further attention.Keywords: entrepreneurship; small and medium enterprises; SMEs; performance; financial; non-financial; systematic literature review. (search for similar items in EconPapers)Date: 2022References: Add references at CitEc Citations: Track citations by RSS feedDownloads: (external link) =125753 (text/html)Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.Related works:This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/TextPersistent link: :ids:gbusec:v:27:y:2022:i:3:p:324-351Access Statistics for this articleMore articles in Global Business and Economics Review from Inderscience Enterprises LtdBibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker (Obfuscate( 'inderscience.com', 'informationadministrator5' )). var addthis_config = "data_track_clickback":true; var addthis_share = url:" :ids:gbusec:v:27:y:2022:i:3:p:324-351"Share This site is part of RePEc and all the data displayed here is part of the RePEc data set. Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute. Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to Obfuscate( 'oru.se', 'econpapers' ). EconPapers is hosted by the Örebro University School of Business.
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