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Knowledge Spillovers and Knowledge Intensive Business Services: An Empirical Study
Fernandes, Cristina; Ferreira, João - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
of the core functions of knowledge intensive business service (KIBS) companies, the objective of our research … incorporates analysis on how the transfer of knowledge takes place between the higher education sector and the KIBS universe. Our … empirical results demonstrate that cooperation between KIBS and universities occurs independent of their location (rural or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368152
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Determinants of the propensity to export: the case of small firms in the diesel engine and chemicals industries in Gujarat
Keshari, Pradeep Kumar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1995
While much has been written about ’entrepreneurial traits’, attempts to analyse whether, and to what extent, these traits determine an entrepreneur's decision to export from an industry have been few and far between. Using a sample of small-scale enterprises in Gujarat, one of the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258723
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The Formation of New Firms – An Empirical Analysis from Switzerland
Harabi, Najib - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
Because of its importance to a dynamic development of the economy, the formation of new firms has been viewed with greater interest from policy makers at the national, regional and local levels and from representatives of private business associations, formal and informal networks. According to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835513
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The Role of Loan Guarantee Schemes in Alleviating Credit Rationing in the UK
Cowling, Marc - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
It is a widely held perception, although empirically contentious, that credit rationing is an important phenomenon in the UK small business sector. In response to this perception the UK government initiated a loan guarantee scheme (SFLGS) in 1981. In this paper we use a unique dataset comprised...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835669
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Frauen-Power unter Der Lupe: Geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede zwischen Jungunternehmerinnen und Jungunternehmen. Ergebnisse einer empirische Untersuchung.
Meyer, Rolf; Harabi, Najib - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
Because of its importance to a dynamic development of the economy, the formation of new firms has been viewed with rapidly increasing interest from the perspectives of practical economic policy at the national, regional and local levels and from the perspectives of private business associations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835992
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Selbständigerwerbende und ihre jungen Unternehmen: 9 Fallbeispiele
Harabi, Najib; Meyer, Rolf; Alt, Marion; Hüffmeyer, Kerstin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
Because of its importance to a dynamic development of the economy, the formation of new firms has been viewed with rapidly increasing interest from the perspectives of practical economic policy at the national, regional and local levels and from the perspectives of private business associations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837289
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Entrepreneurial growth expectations and information flows in networks.
Daskalopoulou, Irene; Petrou, Anastasia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The study analyzes entrepreneur’s expectations regarding future growth by analyzing the relationship between information flows from networks and the perceived risk of decisions associated with the future size of a firm. The main proposition is that growth expectations might be the outcome of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506116
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New Policy Regime and Small Pharmaceutical Firms in India
Pradhan, Jaya Prakash - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Small firms dominate the Indian pharmaceutical industry with significant contribution to the national drug production and employment. They had played an important role in enhancing domestic technological capabilities in drugs production and have been instrumental in keeping drugs prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622178
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The Small Firms Hypothesis and the Percent of U.S. Society without Health Insurance: An Investigation Using Alternative Means Tests
Cebula, Richard; Bopp, Anthony - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The objective of this study is to proffer and then empirically investigate for the U.S. what is being identified as the “small firms hypothesis,” i.e., a hypothesis that the greater the percentage of firms that are “small,” the greater the percentage of the population that will be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110042
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Are large innovative firms more efficient?
Sánchez, Rosario; R; Diaz, M. Angeles - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
design political economic measures to encourage small firms’ innovation and then contribute to improve their competitiveness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110513