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The impact of organizational learning on Polish and Finnish SME’s market performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. A comparative study Cover

The impact of organizational learning on Polish and Finnish SME’s market performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. A comparative study

International Journal of Management and Economics
Volume 60 (2024): Issue 4 (December 2024)
By: Tomasz Sikora and  Ewa Baranowska-Prokop  
Open Access
|Jun 2024

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Propensity to OL (measured by the commitment to learning scale) according to the country of SMEs and the level of export involvement. Source: own elaboration based on indicator data. OL, organizational learning; SMEs, small and medium-sized enterprises.
Propensity to OL (measured by the commitment to learning scale) according to the country of SMEs and the level of export involvement. Source: own elaboration based on indicator data. OL, organizational learning; SMEs, small and medium-sized enterprises.

Descriptive statistics for the measure of OL (scale of commitment to learning) – Finnish SME sample)

Descriptive statisticsa
NMeanStd. deviationSkewnessKurtosis
StatisticStatistiicStatisticStatisticStd. errorStatisticStd. error
Commitment to learning8116.951.809−0.4700.2670.4160.529
Valid N (listwise)81

Analysis of variance for relationship between propensity to OL and firms’ characteristics

Tests of between-subjects effects
Dependent variable: propensity to OL
SourceType III sum of squaresdfMean squareFSig.
Corrected model239.596a734.2288.4030.000
Intercept58,224.038158,224.03814,294.4320.000
Country96.448196.44823.6790.000
Small vs. m-sized0.77510.7750.1900.663
Exp vs. non-exp27.287127.2876.6990.010
Country × small vs. m-sized2.62212.6220.6440.423
Country × exp vs. non-exp45.882145.88211.2640.001
Small vs. m-sized × exp vs. non-exp0.29110.2910.0710.789
Country × small vs. m-sized × exp vs. non-exp6.11316.1131.5010.222
Error1,189.3742924.073
Total78,325.000300
Corrected total1,428.970299

Descriptive statistics for declarations about profits or losses and sales evolution for the Finnish SME sample

Descriptive statisticsa
NMeanStd. deviationSkewnessKurtosis
StatisticStatisticStatisticStatisticStd. errorStatisticStd. error
Financial results in 2020 (estimated)813.560.791−1.0430.2671.5780.529
Sales dynamics in 2020(estimated) compared to 2019813.170.9590.4280.267−0.7210.529
Valid N (listwise)81

Descriptive statistics for declarations about profits or losses and sales evolution for the Polish SME sample

Descriptive statisticsa
NMeanStd. deviationSkewnessKurtosis
StatisticStatisticStatisticStatisticStd. errorStatisticStd. error
Financial results in 2020 (estimated)2193.360.945−1.0420.1640.6850.327
Sales dynamics in 2020(estimated) compared to 20192192.990.9950.5250.164−0.6020.327
Valid N (listwise)219

Correlations between measures of market performance and propensity to OL for the Finnish sample

Correlation
Propensity to OL
Financial results in 2020 (estimated)Pearson correlation0.002
Sig. (two-tailed)0.986
N81
Financial results in 2020 (estimated) – eight outliers removedPearson correlation−0.237*
Sig. (two-tailed)0.043
N73
Sales dynamics in 2020 (estimated) compared to 2019Pearson correlation−0.002
Sig. (two-tailed)0.984
N81
Sales dynamics 2018–2020 – eleven outliers removedPearson correlation0.031
Sig. (two-tailed)0.796
N70

Correlations between measures of market performance and propensity to OL for the Polish sample

Correlation
Propensity to OL
Financial results in 2020 (estimated)Pearson correlation0.120
Sig. (two-tailed)0.077
N219
Financial results in 2020 (estimated) – six outliers removedPearson correlation0.181**
Sig. (two-tailed)0.008
N213
Sales dynamics in 2020 (estimated) compared to 2019Pearson correlation0.044
Sig. (two-tailed)0.514
N219
Sales dynamics in 2020 (estimated) compared to 2019 – ten outliers removedPearson correlation0.162*
Sig. (two-tailed)0.019
N209

Descriptive statistics for the measure of OL (scale of commitment to learning) – Polish SME sample

Descriptive statisticsa
NMeanStd. deviationSkewnessKurtosis
StatisticStatisticStatisticStatisticStd. errorStatisticStd. error
Commitment to learning21915.662.214−0.2850.164−0.4540.327
Valid N (listwise)219

Descriptive statistics related to propensity to OL of Polish and Finnish SMEs

Descriptive
Propensity to OL (measured on the scale of commitment to l¢earning)
NMeanStd. deviationStd. errorMinimumMaximum
Finland8116.951.8090.2011221
Poland21915.662.2140.150921
Total30016.012.1860.126921
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2024-0018 | Journal eISSN: 2543-5361 | Journal ISSN: 2299-9701
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Language: English
Page range: 245 - 258
Submitted on: Nov 6, 2023
Accepted on: Apr 12, 2024
Published on: Jun 25, 2024
Published by: Warsaw School of Economics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
market performance,
organizational learning,
SME strategy
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Economic theory, systems and structures,
Business management,
Management accounting, financial controlling, cost calculation, investment

© 2024 Tomasz Sikora, Ewa Baranowska-Prokop, published by Warsaw School of Economics
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