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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 to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. The authors …
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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 …. First, Turkish SMEs grow slower than both large enterprises in Turkey and SMEs in comparator countries. Second, not only are …
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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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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
2012
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393954
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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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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 … due to the significant competition in the corporate and retail sectors. They perceive the SMEs market as highly profitable …
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