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R&D-intensive SMEs in Europe : what do we know about them?
Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Potters, Lesley; Voigt, Peter - 2009
of SMEs in the EU economy and was the first to put in place a comprehensive SME policy framework for the EU and its … development. This kind of policy calls for a more in-depth look into the nature of the SME population in Europe. Several attempts … industrial R&D investment in the EU. To do so, we run a cluster analysis on a sample of top European R&D SME investors based on a …
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Innovational mechanism of implementation of cluster initiatives in business
Frank, Evgeny V.; Mashevskaya, Oksana V.; Ermolina, Lilia V. - In: European research studies 19 (2016) 1, pp. 179-188
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The effect of industrial cluster policy on firm performance in Ethiopia : evidence from the leather footware cluster
Getahun, Tigabu Degu - 2016
This paper empirically analyzes the productivity, profitability, innovation and network effects of a public policy promoting micro and small scale industrial clusters in Ethiopia. To this end, firm-level survey data was collected from randomly selected clustered leather shoe manufacturers that...
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SME's cluster identification in Russia
Zemtsov, Stepan; Barinova, Vera; Bukov, Denis - 2015
as areas of geographical concentration of small and medium businesses (SME). We also wanted to check whether the existing …
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Isomorphic Pressures of Cluster Institutions on ERP Adoption : A Study in SME Cluster of Indian Knitwear Industry
N., Dr. Elangovan - 2020
The demand for more productivity, cost efficiency and the competition has forced the knitwear garments cluster to adopt technologies such as ERP. The knitwear garment industry acts as a cluster and possesses unique characteristics. The industrial clusters experience an institutional isomorphic...
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Establishing SME Clusters for Sustainable Development
Abdin, MD. Joynal - 2015
There is no universally accepted definition of a cluster. Experts in different regions of the world, however, have defined cluster as per respective national economies. Porter (2003) defines a cluster as a 'geographically proximate group of interconnected companies, suppliers, service providers...
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Clustering Default Syndromes Across Italian SMEs
Modina, Michele; Zedda, Stefano - 2021
The quantitative analyses related to firms’ default prediction extensively analyzed which balance sheet ratios include significant information on the probability of default of a firm. These analyses are typically aimed at measuring a generic default risk, while no analyses are aimed at...
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Supply chain analysis and performance accessment of SME fisheries clusters
Setyawan, Anton Agus; Isa, Muzakar; Wajdi, Farid; Syamsudin - In: Studies and scientific researches / Faculty of Economic … 26 (2017), pp. 45-54
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Coopetition in the furniture industry cluster versus competitiveness and innovations of selected companies within the cluster
Kroik, Janusz; Świda, Adam - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 18 (2018) 2, pp. 689-702
The paper analyses the phenomenon of coopetition in the conditions of a large cluster of companies from the furniture industry in the vicinity of Kępno. It covers a two-stage analysis. The first stage defines the general characteristics of the coopetition potential for the cluster on the basis...
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Knowledge exchange and ethnic networks of clustered small-scale enterprises in Africa : a case study of furniture cluster in Tanzania
Chung, Yessica C. Y. - In: South African journal of economic and management sciences 22 (2019) 1, pp. 1-13
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