This paper explores the gendered influence on SME development under economic transition in Lithuania. Previous studies … characteristics (Brush 1992). An analysis of 332 SME owners in Lithuania using descriptive statistics and regression analysis …

This paper identifies the specific external barriers to SME development in Lithuania. An analysis of 332 SME owners … purchasing power, lack of funds for business investment) form the most significant barriers for SME businesses. Informal barriers …

entrepreneurial development in Russia. We utilize Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001 and 2002 to investigate … the effects of the weak institutional environment in Russia on entrepreneurship, comparing it first with all available GEM … country samples and second, in more detail, with Brazil and Poland. Our results provide strong evidence that Russia …

Union. Most previous research has extensively covered barriers to entrepreneurship and innovation that exist in these … economy, followed by the presentation of a case study of a successful SME …