In Dubai, the government alone cannot bring about economic development and provide jobs to all and sundry. Businesses established by individuals and corporate entities aid the government in the provision of jobs to people and contribute to the economic growth and development of a country. The role of SMEs is crucial in most of the countries of the world and they contribute significantly towards provision of employment opportunities in their local communities and development of their economies. The main objective of this study is to examine the factors influencing the performance of SMEs in the UAE. The findings from the analysis found that technological factors and environmental factors have a positive and significant impact on SMEs performance. This study has a significant contribution to the body of literature as it provides a worthy theoretical framework in it. Besides theoretical contribution, this study also provides practical implications to SMEs, government and policymakers. The future direction of this study would enhance the future body of literature.

Open innovation has been identified as two dimensions, the flow of knowledge obtained from outside and processed within the organization and has a role as a key business responsiveness to prevent any risks that will be faced. From this knowledge flow is a successful approach to new product development featuring outbound and inbound knowledge that is managed with the aim of getting out of the bounds of risk. Therefore, this study investigates and explains the clausal relationship between the variables used, such as inbound and outbound open innovation, product innovation, marketing innovation, firm performance, and environmental turbulence as moderating variables. This study uses a quantitative approach and designs a questionnaire that has been distributed to 115 SMEs owner / managers as a sample. In the process of formal data collection, a random sample was used in this study which was distributed to the owner / manager of SMEs. While the processing, analysis, and hypothesis testing process of this study uses PLS-SEM which is a statistical tool for applying all data scales, does not require many assumptions, and confirms relationships. The findings in this study indicate that what has a positive and significant effect is the relationship of inbound open innovation to product innovation, product innovation to marketing innovation, marketing innovation to firm performance. In addition, the moderating effect of environmental turbulence in a positive way is only product innovation on firm performance. Further explanation of the implications of the findings has been discussed and confirmed.

Knowledge-Based View as an intangible resource for the company will become the knowledge capability it possesses. Particularly in the context of SMEs in developing countries like Indonesia, SMEs have a big role in contributing to the country's economy. Therefore, knowledge capability is a resource that must be owned by SMEs that should be able to encourage adopting this type of innovation. In accordance with the basis of Knowledge-Based View, this knowledge will have an impact on company performance and its competitive advantage through the types of innovations that have been adopted. The quantitative method was used by distributing questionnaires totaling 120 SMEs in Indonesia and the data were processed using PLS-SEM. This study has a hypothesis that the relationship between knowledge management capability has a positive and significant effect on firm performance, as well as the mediating role of the type of innovation. The results in this study indicate that knowledge management capability does not have a significant effect on firm performance. However, the relationship between knowledge management capability shows that it has a significant effect on marketing, product, process, and service innovation. Discussions related to these results are also explained by implication factors in this study.

The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the role of technology innovation on the influence of intellectual capital on SMEs performance. Resources based view and stakeholder theory underlies this research. Primary data was collected using a survey method from 399 culinary business SMEs managers spread throughout Bali. The number of samples is determined using the Slovin formula. In this study, the partial least squares structural equation model (PLS-SEM) was applied to be tested for validity and reliability. The results of the study show that human capital, structural capital and customer capital have a significant positive effect on technology innovation. Human capital has no effect on SMEs’ performance, but structural capital and customer capital have no significant effect on SMEs performance. Technology innovation has a significant effect on SMEs’ performance. Furthermore, technology innovation can mediate the influence of human capital, structural capital and customer capital on SMEs performance.

This study aims to provide implications for the application of the halal logistics traceability model to food commodities in Indonesia and to be able to recommend alternative policy scenarios for the government. The system dynamic approach is used to model the traceability of halal logistics for food commodities in Indonesia. The urgency of this research is that it will contribute to improving the quality of halal logistics which has implications for the halal industry in Indonesia. This research also has implications for food quality and safety which helps food security in Indonesia, the relationship between Halal Certification and Traceability on SMEs Performance, analyzing the relationship between Halal food supply chain management and Halal Certification and Traceability. This research method is a quantitative survey, research data obtained by distributing online questionnaires to 390 food SME owners who have implemented the Halal Assurance Management System. Data analysis used a structural equation model (SEM) with SmartPLS 3.0 software. The stages of data analysis are validity, reliability and significance tests. The sampling technique used is non-probability sampling. The questionnaire used in this study uses a Google form which will be distributed to respondents. This questionnaire measurement method uses a Likert scale of 5, namely Strongly Disagree (STS), (2) Disagree Answers (TS), (3) Neutral Answers (N), (4) Agree Answers (S), Strongly Agree (SS). The independent variable used in this research is halal supply chain management. The dependent variables used in this study are halal certification and traceability and SMEs Performance. The results of this study indicate that Halal food supply chain management has a positive and significant effect on the performance of SMEs, Halal Certification and Traceability have a positive and significant effect on SMEs Performance, Halal Certification and Traceability have a positive and significant effect on Halal food supply chain management.

In the workplace of the twenty-first century, there has been a rise in interest in organizational learning. The purpose of this research is to add to the body of knowledge regarding organizational learning, by analyzing how TQM affects organizational learning. Also in this study, we intend to indicate the influence of strategic thinking as moderator on the relationship between TQM and organizational learning. Data were gathered from respondents (N = 306) who were employed in industrial sectors and registered with the Amman stock exchange in Jordan. Furthermore, the study results support the assumption that TQM affects organizational learning. Moreover, the findings confirmed that strategic thinking plays a moderating role in the relationship between organizational learning and TQM, supporting the moderation hypothesis as well. After presenting theoretical and practical implications of the research, limitations and future direction are discussed.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of customer satisfaction, service quality, perceived value and brand image on consumer loyalty through a quantitative method. The research was conducted in schools in Indonesia. The sample of respondents in this study were 308 of owners of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The sampling method used was simple random sampling. Data collection techniques were accomplished using online questionnaires through social media. The measurement scale in this study was a Likert scale with a range of 1-7 and data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling (SEM) with data processing software SmartPLS software. The independent variables in this study were customer satisfaction, perceived service quality, perceived value, and brand image, while the dependent variable was customer loyalty. Based on the results of the study, it was found that satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on consumer loyalty. However, perceived service quality, perceived value and brand image had no significant effects on consumer loyalty.

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of supply chain management on competitive advantage, the effect of supply chain management on performance and the effect of competitive advantage on performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The object of this research includes all SMEs in Tangerang, the population in this study also covers all 680 Small and Medium Enterprises in Tangerang, Indonesia. The research method uses quantitative methods and the technique used for data collection is by using an online questionnaire. Questionnaires are given to 210 owners or managers of Small and Medium Enterprises who were selected using the simple random sampling method. Data analysis used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with data processing tools using SmartPLS software. The results of data analysis show that supply chain management has a positive and significant effect on the performance of SMEs. Supply chain management has a positive and significant effect on competitive advantage. Finally, competitive advantage has a positive and significant effect on performance.

The small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role on the growth of the econ-omies of developing countries. In Pakistan, SMEs hold about 90 percent of the total businesses in-cluding the textile industry. The performance of SMEs in the textile industry is influenced by sev-eral factors including the internal capabilities of the firms. Hence the primary objective of the study is to examine the relationship between the internal capabilities namely Innovation Capability, Absorptive Capacity and SMEs Performance among textile firms in Pakistan. The study is conducted using quantitative research. There are 377 questionnaires distributed among textiles SMEs of Pakistan and they were analyzed using some statistical tests. The results reveal that innovation capability and absorptive capacity influenced the performance of SMEs, positively.

SMEs as a type of business have a high dependence on their owners and it is important for their owners to have entrepreneurial resilience and supply chain resilience. The main objective of this study is to determine the effect of entrepreneurial resilience and supply chain resilience on SMEs performance. The data were collected via a survey to 286 SMEs owners in Indonesia, especially culinary, fashion and craft businesses. SEM-PLS was used for data analysis. As a result, with the presence of supply chain resilience as a mediator, it turns out that entrepreneurial resilience has a stronger influence on SMEs performance. This shows that supply chain resilience also deserves attention to be owned by SMEs owners to achieve SMEs performance. Entrepreneur resilience and supply chain resilience owned by SMEs owners make it easier for SMEs in Indonesia to face increasingly fierce competition, uncertain business conditions to get optimal organizational performance.