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The Intercultural SMEs` Entrepreneurship Archetype: a Multilayer Perceptron Analysis

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  • Ardita Todri

    (Faculty of Business and Low, University of Elbasan)

  • Petraq Papajorgji

    (Prolnfinit Consulting)

Abstract

This study examines the intercultural archetype entrepreneurship phenomenon of SMEs operating in Albania through the engagement of financial and social drivers. The effect size analysis and the Multilayer Perceptron Artificial Neural Networks (MLP-ANNs) use a dataset containing 120 SMEs referring to 2020-2021. The MLP-ANN model examines the SMEs` entrepreneurship archetype measured by the equity origin indicator that classifies the national, foreign, and joint-venture businesses. The data show that national businesses tend to consider a portfolio diversification approach. Thus, they delegate business administration issues to skilled professionals who prefer to maintain high liquidity and long-term debt levels. The foreign business’s managerial style coincides with the local one but is handled in less aggressive tones and is more focused on specific goals/activities. In joint-venture businesses, instead, the owners are directly involved in management issues by assuming a more conservative approach mainly focused on short-term and fixed assets.

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  • Ardita Todri & Petraq Papajorgji, 2025. "The Intercultural SMEs` Entrepreneurship Archetype: a Multilayer Perceptron Analysis," Ekonomski pregled, Hrvatsko društvo ekonomista (Croatian Society of Economists), vol. 76(6), pages 452-465.
    • Handle: RePEc:hde:epregl:v:76:y:2025:i:6:p:452-465
    DOI: 10.32910/ep.76.6.3
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    • G4 - Financial Economics - - Behavioral Finance
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General
    • O50 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - General

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