Why some Portuguese SMES are unable to grow in a sustained way comparing with their peer leaders in the road freight transport sector?

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Autor(a) principal: Fernandes, David Cabral
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/138590
Resumo: It is a well-established fact that Portuguese SMEs face significant scaling challenges. We conduct quantitative and qualitative research to better understand this fact, focusing on the road freight transport sector. The analysis was made comparing the sector’s leaders performance to that of laggards. Results show that higher efforts to increase service quality; higher cost control rigor; regular benchmarking; preventive maintenance on fixed assets; regular qualified training on human resources; avoiding debt overhang; tax efficient payment methods; regular implementation of technological innovations and higher effort in maximizing operations capacity are key differentiated practices to unlock growth in a sustained manner.
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spelling Why some Portuguese SMES are unable to grow in a sustained way comparing with their peer leaders in the road freight transport sector?LogisticsBusiness and data analyticsSmesFinancial analysisBusiness growthTransportDomínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e GestãoIt is a well-established fact that Portuguese SMEs face significant scaling challenges. We conduct quantitative and qualitative research to better understand this fact, focusing on the road freight transport sector. The analysis was made comparing the sector’s leaders performance to that of laggards. Results show that higher efforts to increase service quality; higher cost control rigor; regular benchmarking; preventive maintenance on fixed assets; regular qualified training on human resources; avoiding debt overhang; tax efficient payment methods; regular implementation of technological innovations and higher effort in maximizing operations capacity are key differentiated practices to unlock growth in a sustained manner.Gouveia, Ana FontouraRUNFernandes, David Cabral2022-05-25T07:24:31Z2022-01-142021-12-172022-01-14T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/138590TID:202974065enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T05:15:52Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/138590Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:49:08.137145Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Why some Portuguese SMES are unable to grow in a sustained way comparing with their peer leaders in the road freight transport sector?
title Why some Portuguese SMES are unable to grow in a sustained way comparing with their peer leaders in the road freight transport sector?
spellingShingle Why some Portuguese SMES are unable to grow in a sustained way comparing with their peer leaders in the road freight transport sector?
Fernandes, David Cabral
Logistics
Business and data analytics
Smes
Financial analysis
Business growth
Transport
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
title_short Why some Portuguese SMES are unable to grow in a sustained way comparing with their peer leaders in the road freight transport sector?
title_full Why some Portuguese SMES are unable to grow in a sustained way comparing with their peer leaders in the road freight transport sector?
title_fullStr Why some Portuguese SMES are unable to grow in a sustained way comparing with their peer leaders in the road freight transport sector?
title_full_unstemmed Why some Portuguese SMES are unable to grow in a sustained way comparing with their peer leaders in the road freight transport sector?
title_sort Why some Portuguese SMES are unable to grow in a sustained way comparing with their peer leaders in the road freight transport sector?
author Fernandes, David Cabral
author_facet Fernandes, David Cabral
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Gouveia, Ana Fontoura
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Fernandes, David Cabral
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Logistics
Business and data analytics
Smes
Financial analysis
Business growth
Transport
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
topic Logistics
Business and data analytics
Smes
Financial analysis
Business growth
Transport
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
description It is a well-established fact that Portuguese SMEs face significant scaling challenges. We conduct quantitative and qualitative research to better understand this fact, focusing on the road freight transport sector. The analysis was made comparing the sector’s leaders performance to that of laggards. Results show that higher efforts to increase service quality; higher cost control rigor; regular benchmarking; preventive maintenance on fixed assets; regular qualified training on human resources; avoiding debt overhang; tax efficient payment methods; regular implementation of technological innovations and higher effort in maximizing operations capacity are key differentiated practices to unlock growth in a sustained manner.
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