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The effect of credit on growth and convergence of firms in Kenyan manufacturing
Nkurunziza, Janvier Désiré - 2005
Although some recent studies have analysed issues relating to credit in African manufacturing, they have not directly tested for the effect of credit on firm growth. The use of bank credit can affect firm growth in two opposite ways. The effect may be positive if credit allows a firm to address...
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Regional innovation systems in EU-10: A typology and policy recommendations
Aguado, Ricardo; Navarro, Mikel; Gibaja, Juan José; … - 2008
to theability of a region to generate and absorb knowledge, and its capacity to transform R&Dinto innovation and economic … growth. Based on the results of principal components andcluster analyses, we identify 3 types of regional innovation systems … innovation policy in the EU 10, whichgroups the less developed countries in the European Union from the economic andtechnological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476076
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REGIONAL INNOVATION IN ROMANIA – THE CASE OF BUCHAREST-ILFOV REGION
Onea, Ioana Alexandra - 2023
Regional innovation systems are solid enablers to ensure economic growth and sustainability development across … locations. The Regional Innovation Scoreboard (RIS) analyzes the innovation performance of European regions and proposes a set … innovation. We have used a case study approach and selected the Bucharest-Ilfov region, the only Romanian region that overall …
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Why Catalonia cannot be considered as a Regional Innovation System
Riba, Marta; Leydesdorff, Loet - 2001
We present a model to assess the systemness of an innovation system. Patent and citation data with an institutional …, Catalonia cannot (yet) be considered as a (knowledge-based) innovation system. The existence of a mechanism for the integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009431131
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Interpreting Performance in Research on Independent Entrepreneurship
Davidsson, Per - 2007
The performance of the often young and independent businesses studies in entrepreneurship research is not only difficult to assess (Brush & Vanderwerf, 1992) and hard to predict (Cooper, 1995), but also a challenge to interpret. Is discontinuation a sign of failure, and always a worse outcome...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437623
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Empirical analysis of growth factors using Swedish data
Davidsson, Per; Kirchhoff, Bruce; Hatemi-J, Abdulnasser; … - 2002
Empirical research conducted on economic sectors in the U.S., Germany, Australia and Scotland has shown that factors such as age, size, location, legal form, and industry are related to business growth rates. Much of this research has focused on manufacturing firms thus providing little...
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Intrapreneurship in Australian Firms
Fitsimmons, Jason R.; Douglas, Evan J.; Antoncic, Bostjan; … - 2004
This paper reports on the nature and extent of intrapreneurship (or corporate entrepreneurship) practiced by Australian businesses. We examined the relationship between measures of corporate entrepreneurship and firm growth and profitability, and utilized measures devised by earlier 3...
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Firm Size Expectations of Nascent Entrepreneurs
Delmar, Frederic; Davidsson, Per; Aronsson, Magnus - 1999
The purpose of this paper was to examine the factors affecting the future firm size expectations of nascent entrepreneurs. This was done by testing a decision model on a unique data set composed of a random sample of nascent entrepreneurs. The proposed model is based on four different components...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438334
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Pengaruh Karakteristik Perusahaan Terhadap Struktur Modal (Studi Empiris Pada Perusahaan Manufaktur Yang Terdaftar Di Bursa Efek Indonesia Periode 2007-2009)
Putra, Pasca Dwi - 2011
This research aims to examine the influence of firm Growth, Investment Opportunity Set, Profitability, Business Risk, Firm Size, Structure Assets, and Operating Leverage on the capital structure in the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2007 to 2009. This type of research was the hypothesis testing...
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Įmonių kotiravimosi skirtingose biržose vienu metu įtakos akcijų grąžai ir įmonių augimui tyrimas
Dičkutė, Sigita - 2011
Šiame darbe yra tiriamas įmonių kotiravimosi keliose skirtingose biržose vienu metu poveikis vertybinių popierių grąžai ir įmonių augimui. Taip pat trumpai apžvelgiama vertybinių popierių biržų korporatyvinio valdymo įtaka papildomam kotiravimuisi tose biržose. Pirmoje darbo...
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