Report NEP-SBM-2026-02-09

This is the archive for NEP-SBM, a report on new working papers in the area of Small Business Management. João Carlos Correia Leitão (Joao Carlos Correia Leitao) issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Amira El-Shal & Eman Moustafa, 2024, "Beyond The Norms: Innovation, Productivity, and Gender in Egyptian Firms," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1744, Oct, revised 20 Oct 2024.
• Saleh Goltabar & Iman Cheratian & Hamed Najaf, 2025, "Supply Chain Diversification, Firm Persistence, and the Role of Finance: Case of Iranian MSMEs," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1774, May, revised 20 May 2025.
• Faruk Hadžić & Ema Radončić, 2025, "Digital Technologies And Ict Tools As Enablers Of Learning And Innovation In The Sme Sector," Proceedings of the 5th International Conference "Economic and Business Trends Shaping the Future" 2024, Faculty of Economics-Skopje, Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, number 012, Dec.
• Yuichiro KUBO & Tomohito HONDA & Hirofumi UCHIDA, 2026, "Do Family Firm Sellers Consider Stewardship in M&A Decisions?," Discussion papers, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), number 26006, Jan.
• Kyoji FUKAO & YoungGak KIM & Hyeog Ug KWON, 2026, "Sources of Productivity Growth by Firm Size and Causes of the Negative Exit Effect," Discussion papers, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), number 26007, Jan.
• Wided Mattoussi & Omar Al Tabaa & Foued Mattoussi, 2024, "How Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As) Shape the Dynamics of Exports and R&D Activities: Evidence from Tunisian Manufacturing Firms," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1770, Dec, revised 20 Dec 2024.
• Shigehiro Shinozaki, 2026, "Private Sector Development and Policy Actions in Timor-Leste: Lessons from a Business Mapping Survey," ADB Economics Working Paper Series, Asian Development Bank, number 837, Feb.
• Nguyen, Hang T. T., 2026, "The productivity paradox of corporate taxation: A nonlinear tale of growth and constraints," arqus Discussion Papers in Quantitative Tax Research, arqus - Arbeitskreis Quantitative Steuerlehre, number 310.
• Marco Bellandi & Maria Chiara Cecchetti & Caterina Orlando, 2026, "A Handbook on the Database of selected cases and good practices on Circular Economy for SMEs," Working Papers - Economics, Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, number wp2026_03.rdf.
• Alor, Achai Deng Genevieve & Xiaojing, Li & Ndayipfukamiye, Tharcisse, 2026, "From Military Skills to Entrepreneurial Intention: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy in a Post-Conflict Economy," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number 7rkap_v1, Jan, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/7rkap_v1.
• Aldasoro, Iñaki & Gambacorta, Leonardo & Pal, Rozalia & Revoltella, Debora & Weiss, Christoph & Wolski, Marcin, 2026, "AI adoption, productivity and employment: Evidence from European firms," EIB Working Papers, European Investment Bank (EIB), number 2026-02, DOI: 10.2867/1772538.
• Ahmed Chafai & Rym Oueslati & Hatem Salah, 2025, "Innovation Activities and Sustainable Firm Growth in Arab Countries: The Role of Bank Funding, Institutional Quality and Bank Competition," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1819, Dec, revised 20 Dec 2025.
• Bojan Kitanovikj & Stojan Debarliev & Aleksandra Janeska-Iliev, 2025, "Shaping The New Business Changemakers: Toward A Novel Taxonomy Of Social Entrepreneurship Education," Proceedings of the 5th International Conference "Economic and Business Trends Shaping the Future" 2024, Faculty of Economics-Skopje, Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, number 018, Dec.
• Tomohiko INUI & YoungGak KIM & Hyeog Ug KWON, 2026, "Evidence on Firm Productivity, Organizational Restructuring, and Reallocation in Japan (Japanese)," Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), number 26004, Jan.
• Belso-Martinez, Jose Antonio & Díez-Vial, Isabel & Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, 2024, "Inter-organizational governance and innovation under different local institutional contexts," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library, number 122118, Jun.
• Elvy Maria Manurung & Tahta Alfina, 2025, "Technology Innovation and Creativity Process in Coffee Drinking Business," RAIS Conference Proceedings 2022-2025, Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, number 0558, Aug.
• Will Aarons & Asani Sarkar, 2026, "New York Fed EHIs Reveal Small Business Struggles," Liberty Street Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, number 20260203b, Feb, DOI: 10.59576/lse.20260203b.
• Gu, Grace & Mulalic, Ismir & Pozzoli, Dario & Wu, Jinhong, 2026, "Climate Risks and Firm Innovation," Working Papers, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Economics, number 3-2026, Jan.
• Vasilios Kanellopoulos, 2026, "The accumulation of knowledge with intra-industry knowledge spillovers: A competition game and the Nash equilibrium based on firm cost minimisation," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2601.13282, Jan.
• Hong, Jong Soo, 2025, "Enhancing the prudential framework for securities firms," KDI Focus, Korea Development Institute (KDI), number 147, DOI: 10.22740/kdi.focus.e.2025.146.
• Tea Josimovska & Daniel Nauck & Vladimir Trajkovik, 2025, "Triggers Of Strategic Transition Through Sensemaking In Nascent Entrepreneurship," Proceedings of the 5th International Conference "Economic and Business Trends Shaping the Future" 2024, Faculty of Economics-Skopje, Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, number 034, Dec.
• Tamara Kaftandjieva & Metka Tekavčič, 2025, "Stakeholders And Sustainability In The Balkan Wine Industry: A Mapping Approach To Governance," Proceedings of the 5th International Conference "Economic and Business Trends Shaping the Future" 2024, Faculty of Economics-Skopje, Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, number 016, Dec.