Naslov
Organizational Characteristics of Small and Medium Croatian Enterprises: An Empirical Study

Autori
Galetić, Lovorka ; Načinović, Ivana ; Aleksić, Ana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of the International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Education, Innovations, ENEDIN 2011 / Potočan, Vojko ; Dabić, Marina - Maribor : Ekonomsko-poslovna fakulteta Univerze v Mariboru, 2011, 305-323

ISBN
978-961-6802-05-5

Skup
International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Education, Innovations, ENEDIN 2011

Mjesto i datum
Maribor, Slovenija, 30.06.2011. - 01.07.2011

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
organizational culture; organization design; organizational strategy; organizational structure; SMEs.

Sažetak
Organization design encompasses entire organizational system and thus affects enterprise competitive edge. This paper explores organizational characteristics of small and medium-sized Croatian enterprises in order to assess organization design contribution to competitiveness. We show that (1) SMEs most often implement growth strategy, (2) most frequently implemented organizational structure among SMEs is functional organizational structure and (3) most often emphasized corporate culture values among SMEs are customer orientation, teamwork and flexibility. However, we did not find statistically significant difference in competitiveness among (1) firms with different levels of strategy-structure alignment or (2) firms regarding the pace of organizational changes. The findings of the paper provide limited support for the argument that organization design contributes to SMEs’ competitiveness.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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