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Wassenaar, Mattheus C.; Groot, Thomas L.; Gradus, Raymond - 2010

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Why don't we see more small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Lithuania?

Aidis, Ruta - 2002

This paper identifies the specific external barriers to SME development in Lithuania. An analysis of 332 SME owners reveals that formal barriers (taxes, frequent changes to and ambiguity of tax policies) and environmental barriers (low purchasing power, lack of funds for business investment)...

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How important are institutions for growth in transition countries?

Moers, Luc - 1999

Growth empirics with institutional measures is performed for 25 transition countries overthe period 1990-95. Estimation results suggest that (particularly state) institutions aresignificant for growth and, especially, foreign direct investment (FDI), the latter in turnbeing important for the...

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Growth empirics with institutional measures and its application to transition countries : a survey

Moers, Luc - 1998

Institutions are strikingly absent from most economic theory, certainly from growth theory.In standard theory it is …

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An eclectic theory of entrepreneurship : policies, institutions and culture

Verheul, Ingrid; Wennekers, A. R.; Audretsch, David B.; … - 2001

paper deals with the determinants of entrepreneurship. An eclectic theory ofentrepreneurship is introduced. This eclectic … theory provides an integrated framework,drawing on disparate strands of literature, to create a better understanding of the …

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