Report NEP-SBM-2026-06-08

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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• Oecd, 2026, "Business advice and place transformation," OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Papers, OECD Publishing, number 2026/07, May, DOI: 10.1787/45d2e5b2-en.
• Giulia Fontanelli, 2026, "Eco-Innovation and Firm Performance: The Role of Circular Economy Investments and Human Capital among SMEs in Emilia-Romagna," SEEDS Working Papers, SEEDS, Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies, number 1126, Jun, revised Jun 2026.
• Myungkoo Song, 2026, "Linking Innovation Barriers to Innovation Activities: Evidence from South Korea’s Manufacturing Sector," Industrial Economic Review, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, number 022557.
• Farooq, Nida & Siddiqui, Danish Ahmed, 2026, "Impact of Digital Trust on Open Innovation and Firm Performance in Pakistan Pharma Industry: The Mediating Role of Knowledge Processing Capabilities Complemented by Information Sharing," EconStor Preprints, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, number 341064.
• Dany Bahar & Shreyas Gadgin Matha & Ricardo Hausmann & Santiago Segovia, 2026, "Japan’s Innovation Challenge: Escaping the Middle-Technology Trap," Growth Lab Working Papers, Harvard's Growth Lab, number 269, May.
• Enghin Atalay & Ali Hortacsu & Nicole Kimmel & Chad Syverson, 2026, "Quality Adjustment in Industry Deflators Strengthens Estimated Innovation–Productivity Relationships," Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, number 26-22, Apr, DOI: 10.21799/frbp.wp.2026.22.
• Will Aarons & Asani Sarkar, 2026, "Struggling Regional Small Businesses Deeply Pessimistic About 2026 Prospects," Liberty Street Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, number 20260602, Jun, DOI: 10.59576/lse.20260602.
• Minsung Kang, 2026, "Korea’s Corporate R&D and Digital Transformation: Present Landscape and Strategic Directions," Industrial Economic Review, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, number 022561.
• Mdhlalose, Dickson, 2026, "The Role of Digital Technologies in Shaping SME Management Accounting: Evidence and Implications from South Africa," EconStor Preprints, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, number 341046.
• Pierre-Alexandre BALLAND & Valentina DI GIROLAMO & Florence BENOIT & Julien RAVET & Alexandr HOBZA, 2026, "Divided We Fall Behind. Why a fragmented EU cannot compete in complex technologies," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG), Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, number 2608, May, revised May 2026.
• Tahir, Aliza & Siddiqui, Danish Ahmed, 2026, "How Green Strategic Leadership Capabilities affect Pro-Environmental and Green Innovative Behavior in Manufacturing firms of Pakistan: A Mediatory Role of Environment Knowledge Sharing, Green Rewards and Green Self-Efficacy complemented by Green Trai," EconStor Preprints, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, number 341019.
• Masatoshi KATO & Kenta IKEUCHI, 2026, "Picking Winners or Making Them? Evidence from the J-Startup program," Discussion papers, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), number 26043, May.
• Andrea Bacchiocchi & Germana Giombini & Ludovica Segneri & Francesco Venturini, 2026, "Financial risk and technology shifting: Firm-level evidence from the rise of AI," Mo.Fi.R. Working Papers, Money and Finance Research group (Mo.Fi.R.) - Univ. Politecnica Marche - Dept. Economic and Social Sciences, number 199, May.
• Hussain, Syed Qamber & Siddiqui, Danish Ahmed, 2026, "The Effect of tangible and intangible resources, and human skills on financial, environmental and social performance through sustainable net zero economy implementation in Pakistan: The Mediatory Role of Sustainable Manufacturing, and Circular Econom," EconStor Preprints, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, number 341049.
• Ethan Kapstein & Javier Ospital & Guntram Wolff, 2026, "Defence innovation and procurement reform: an empirical evaluation of the US Defense Innovation Unit," Working Papers ECARES, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles, number 2026-17, May.
• Hanna Onyshchenko & Andriy Tsapin & Vitaliia Yaremko, 2026, "Firm Performance Under Military Occupation: The Case of Ukrainian Firms," Trinity Economics Papers, Trinity College Dublin, Department of Economics, number tep1126, May.
• Kuosmanen, Natalia & Kuosmanen, Timo & Maczulskij, Terhi, 2026, "Corporate Restructuring and Creative Destruction," ETLA Reports, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, number 177, May.
• Luigi Pascali & Andrea Melillo & Mounu Prem & Francesca Asja Trento, 2026, "The republic of letters and the rise of the west," Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, number 1945, May.
• Massab, Khizra & Siddiqui, Danish Ahmed, 2026, "The Moderating Role of the Management Accounting Information System in the Relationship between Innovation Strategy and Performance in Pakistani Banks," EconStor Preprints, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, number 341014.
• Alfaro, Laura & Chen, Maggie & Javorcik, Beata S., 2026, "The Battle over Knowledge: Multinationals, Diffusion, and Governance," IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank, number 14608, May, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0014056.
• Irfan, Sharjeel & Siddiqui, Danish Ahmed, 2026, "The Effect of Procurement 4.0 on Circular Economy through Productivity in Remanufacturing Operations: The Complementary Role of Resources," EconStor Preprints, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, number 341053.
• Guy Lalanne & Antoine Dechezlepretre & Won Hee Cho, 2026, "New Trends in Industrial Policies," Industrial Economic Review, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, number 022555.
• Banri ITO & Naoto JINJI & Megumi NAOI, 2026, "Firm Responses to Economic Security: Evidence from a survey of Japanese manufacturing firms (Japanese)," Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), number 26026, May.
• Kaitila, Ville & Kuosmanen, Natalia & Maczulskij, Terhi, 2026, "Innovations, International Trade and the Green Transition as Drivers of Finnish Economic Growth," ETLA Brief, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, number 180, May.
• Filip Premik & Paul Thambar & Chengsi Wang & Frank Yao & Dan Yu, 2026, "Competition and Inclusion: Co-operatives’ Role in the Australian Retail, Care, and Farming Sectors," Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics, number 2026-02, Feb.
• Oecd, 2026, "Upgrading Trentino’s industrial base: A relatedness-based roadmap," OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Papers, OECD Publishing, number 2026/09, Jun, DOI: 10.1787/e2b8ddce-en.
• Myeongju Kim & Eunseong Ma, 2026, "Tax Cuts by Occupation: Entrepreneurs vs. Workers," Working papers, Yonsei University, Yonsei Economics Research Institute, number 2026rwp-291, May.
• Latif, Samuel & Siddiqui, Danish Ahmed, 2026, "How Internal, external Green Supply Chain (GSC) Practices, and Green Training effect environmental, economic and social performance in Manufacturing Sector of Pakistan: The Mediatory Role of GSC Collaboration. Sustainable Manufacturing, Environmental," EconStor Preprints, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, number 341051.
• Rymuza, Katarzyna & Bombik, Antoni & Kacprzak, Tomasz, 2024, "Entrepreneurship of Farmers in Siedlce County," Problems of Agricultural Economics / Zagadnienia Ekonomiki Rolnej, Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute (IAFE-NRI), number 401277, Sep, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.401277.