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De Mel, Suresh J. - 2009

countries. The analysis finds that more than one-quarter of the microenterprises are engaging in innovation, with marketing …"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have …

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Technology Absorption by Innovative SMEs : Knowledge Economy Forum VII, Ancona, Italy

World Bank - 2013

These proceedings highlight the key findings and public policy lessons that emerged from the Knowledge Economy Forum VII (KEF VII) on Technology Absorption by Innovative Small and Medium Enterprises, held in Ancona, Italy on June 17-19, 2008. Technology Absorption by Innovative Small and Medium...

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Turkey - Improving Conditions for SME Growth Finance and Innovation

World Bank - 2013

Facilitating the growth of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) is central to creating jobs for an underutilized and growing labor force in Turkey as SMEs account for 79 percent of jobs in Turkey. Creating jobs for Turkey's unemployed and for the rapidly growing labor force, though partly...

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Developing Forest-Smart Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) Standards

World Bank - 2021

Deforestation and forest degradation are the second leading cause of global warming. Forest loss disrupts ecosystem services, depletes biodiversity, and ultimately undermines the fulfillment of basic human rights. The mining sector is the fourth largest driver of deforestation after agriculture,...

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2023 State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector

World Bank - 2024

The 2023 state of the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector focuses on the intersection of ASM and sustainable development goal 5 (SDG 5) - achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. It applies the SDG 5 framework for the first time to systematically report on gender...

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Policies facilitating firm adjustment to globalization

Hoekman, Bernard M. - 2004

"Hoekman and Javorcik focus on policies facilitating firm adjustment to globalization. They briefly review the effects of trade and investment liberalization on firms, focusing on within-industry effects. They postulate that governments' role in supporting the process is to (1) ensure that firms...

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Building institutions for markets

Islam, Roumeen (contributor) - 2002

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Corporate restructuring : lessons from experience

Pomerleano, Michael; Shaw, William - 2005

Introduction : toward better practices in systemic corporate restructuring / Michael Pomerleano -- Ch. 1. Synopsis of conference papers / William Shaw -- Ch. 2. Policy approaches to corporate restructuring around the world : what worked, what failed? / Stijn Claessens -- Ch. 3. Recent...

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Success in small and medium-scale enterprises : the evidence from Colombia

Cortés de Tadey, Mariluz - 1987 - 1. print

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Increasing formality and productivity of Bolivian firms

2009

This book presents qualitative and quantitative analyses on Bolivia's informal sector, the reasons why firms are informal, and the impact of normalization on their profitability. The analysis finds that the impact of tax registration on profitability depends on firm size and the ability to issue...

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