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The use of listed debt by real estate companies in South Africa.
Chathley, Ajay Singh - 2011
listed debt as a source of finance.The researcher conducted a content analysis on the responses to 15 … finance.Next, in terms of flexibility, a number of properties owned by a listed propertycompany would be transferred into a … semistructuredinterviews representing the five largest banks in South Africa, tenproperty listed companies, and the Bond Exchange of South …
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The influence of board size on intellectual capital disclosure by Kenyan listed firms
Abeysekera, Indra - 2010
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of board size on firms disclosing more, rather than less, strategic and tactical intellectual capital resources using the top 26 of the 52 firms ranked by the Nairobi Stock Exchange for market capitalization in 2002 and in 2003. This...
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The effect of ownership structure on leverage decision: new evidence from Chinese listed firms
Liu, Qigui; Tian, Gary; Wang, Xiaoming - 2011
This paper examines the effect of state control and ownership structure on the leverage decision of firms listed in the …
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Growth and Profitability in Small and Medium Sized Australian Firms
Fitzsimmons, Jason R.; Steffens, Paul R.; Douglas, Evan J. - 2005
This study investigated the longitudinal behaviour of growth rates and profitability for a large sample of Australian firms. Similar to previous studies, growth rates were found to be much more volatile than profitability measures. Using a regression equation with lagged profit and growth...
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SME Internationalization Processes in a Transitioning Entrepreneurial Economy
Cruz-Carreon, Gilbert - 2006
Researchers need to re-conceptualize their thinking on the internationalization process of smaller firms (Bell, et al 2003). It is therefore the purpose of this study to generate a theoretical contribution to the growing field of International entrepreneurship with a specific focus on the...
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A resource-based view on organic and acquired growth
McKelvie, Alexander; Wiklund, Johan; Davidsson, Per - 2006
Understanding the sources of business growth is central to both the fields of entrepreneurship and strategy. This is a logical endeavor given the positive macro-level outcomes of firm growth, such as the creation of new jobs, an increase in tax revenues, the provision of innovations, and overall...
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Entrepreneurship as Growth; Growth as Entrepreneurship
Davidsson, Per; Delmar, Frederic; Wiklund, Johan - 2002
Business growth has become a major theme in the rapidly expanding field of entrepreneurship research. Entrepreneurship researchers are not alone, however, in showing an interest in business growth. Therefore, there is reason to ask whether and under what conditions the study of growth really...
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Marketing Buzz: Towards a Framework for Entrepreneurs
Fitzsimmons, Jason R.; Douglas, Evan J.; Steffens, Paul R. - 2007
Despite the increasing recognition of the importance of word of mouth as an integral component of a firms’ marketing efforts, there has been little emphasis on developing suitable guidelines for entrepreneurs who wish to leverage scarce resources by pursuing more innovative marketing...
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Verslo skatinimo sistemos teritorinės organizacijos ypatumai Lietuvoje (1998-2008 m.)
Smagurauskienė, Ligita - 2011
Disertacijos tikslas – atskleisti verslo skatinimo sistemos teritorinės organizacijos ypatumus Lietuvoje 1998 – 2008 m. Tyrimo objektas – teritorinė verslo paramos sistemos struktūra, jos elementai, formavimosi ir veikimo ypatumai. Šis darbas – mėginimas geografo akimis pažvelgti...
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Territorial organization of business incentive system in Lithuania(1998-2008)
Smagurauskienė, Ligita - 2011
The aim of the dissertation is to reveal the features of the territorial organization of the business support system in Lithuania in 1998 – 2008. The object of the research is the territorial structure of the business support system, its elements, features of its formation and performance....
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