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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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Industrial clusters and micro and small enterprises in Africa : from survival to growth

Yoshino, Yutaka (contributor) - 2010

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Doing business 2013 : smarter regulations for small and medium-size enterprises

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Tenth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 185 economies, Doing Business 2013 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit,...

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Doing Business 2014 : Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises

World Bank - 2013

Eleventh in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 189 economies, Doing Business 2014 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity including; starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting...

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Small businesses in South Africa : who outsources tax compliance work and why?

Coolidge, Jacqueline G. - 2009

"The authors use firm-level survey data on 998 small and medium enterprises registered for tax in South Africa regarding tax compliance costs to investigate the use of outsourcing to complete tax compliance tasks. Overall, about 43 percent of the enterprises do all their tax compliance work...

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Innovative firms or innovative owners? : determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises

De Mel, Suresh J. - 2009

"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 restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation...

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Drivers and obstacles to banking SMEs : the role of competition and the institutional framework

Torre, Augusto de la - 2008

"This paper studies the factors banks perceive as drivers and obstacles to financing small and medium enterprises (SMEs … business, SMEs have become a strategic segment for most banks in both countries. In particular, banks have begun to target SMEs … obstacles present in each country and to compete for SMEs. Banks' interest in SMEs is not based on government programs, yet …

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Are women more credit constrained? : experimental evidence on gender and microenterprise returns

De Mel, Suresh J. - 2008

"This paper analyzes data from a randomized experiment on mean returns to capital in Sri Lankan micro-enterprises. The findings show greater returns among men than among women; indeed, returns were not different from zero for women. The authors explore different explanations for the lower...

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Small enterprise growth and the rural investment climate : evidence from Tanzania

Kinda, Tidiane - 2008

"This paper analyzes characteristics of nonfarm enterprises, their employment growth patterns, and constraints in doing business in rural Tanzania. Using unique survey data, the authors describe a low-return sector struggling to compete in a difficult business environment. However, about...

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