Open AccessInvestigating the impact of ceo’s social network on sme performance and access to external resources in the moroccan textile industry
Author(s) -
Tahirou Younoussi Meda Adama,
Mohammed Nadif
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
independent journal of management and production
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2236-269X
DOI - 10.14807/ijmp.v9i1.670
Subject(s) - business , competition (biology) , privilege (computing) , sample (material) , industrial organization , textile industry , face (sociological concept) , social network (sociolinguistics) , textile , marketing , computer science , social media , computer security , history , ecology , social science , chemistry , archaeology , chromatography , sociology , world wide web , biology
This paper analyses the relationship between the social network dimensions, the performance of Moroccan SMEs of the textile industry and their access to external resources. As these companies face a fierce competition in recent years, their CEOs’ social networks are playing a significant role in their success and survival. Through a sample of 112 SMEs and a quantitative method, our results show that the more the network is important, the more it promotes SME performance and access to information resources, that having closer tie with the bankers allows a better access to financial resources, that knowing and having links with people in high places is a privilege and contributes effectively to an organizational performance.