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Trade finance as a barrier to SME internationalisation: special reference to African trade with China / Y. van Heerden
Van Heerden, Yvette - 2010
Africa. By overcoming the difficulties in obtaining trade finance, African SMEs will be able to expand into foreign markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009456199
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Trade unions and the informal economy in Zambia: Building strength or loosing ground?
Heidenreich, Georg; Heidenreich, Georg - 2007
The increasing casualisation of labour forces trade unions globally to deal with a growing number of unprotected and unrepresented workers in what is dubbed by the unions, even if critically, as the informal economy. This paper assesses the impact and further potential of a direct and indirect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009485581
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Studies on late Quaternary environmental dynamics (vegetation, biodiversity, climate, soils, fire and human impact) on Mt Kilimanjaro
Schüler, Lisa - 2013
Zur Rekonstruktion der jungquartären Landschaftsentwicklung am Kilimanjaro werden Sedimente aus Paläoböden am Mt Kilimanjaro untersucht, um die lokale und regionale Ökosystem-, Klima-, Feuerdynamik in einem größeren Rahmen zu verstehen. Desweiteren soll die Reaktion der Ökosysteme auf...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353240
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Behavior of subsistence producers in response to technological change- The elasticity of cassava production and home consumption in Benin
Takeshima, Hiroyuki - 2008
The welfare effects of GM (genetic modification)-led productivity growth for cassava producers are partly affected by … the characteristics of individual cassava producing households. Those household characteristics include the elasticity of … production and home consumption of cassava. Some studies assume the inelastic home consumption when conducting ex-ante welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443291
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Panel studies of new venture creation: a methods-focused review and suggestions for future research
Davidsson, Per; Gordon, Scott R. - 2011
Longitudinal panel studies of large, random samples of business start-ups captured at the pre-operational stage allow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438227
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Linking public issues with private troubles : panel studies in developing countries
Harpham, Trudy; Huttly, Sharon; WIlson, Ian; de Wet, Thea - 2002
In the developed world the importance of evidence-based policy is increasingly recognised. Panel studies – a long … gather information about the same people or communities over a number of years. Panel studies distinguish between transitory … starting panel studies. This paper identifies challenges that arise in panel studies and shows possible ways to address them …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441485
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Dynamics of Small Business Internationalisation. A European Panel study
Havnes, Per-Anders - 2000
first where longitudinal data is available for studying the process of internationalisation. The data comes from a panel …-95. Around 47% of the enterprises in the panel exhibit development of their export quotas which can be explained by an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465925
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Innovation in Business Groups
Belenzon, Sharon - 2010
Using novel data on European firms, this paper investigates the relationship between business groups and innovation. Controlling for various firm characteristics, we find that group affiliates are more innovative than standalones. We examine several hypotheses to explain this finding, focusing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475397
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Direct Foreign Investments And Productivity Growth In Hungarian Firms, 1992-1999
Sgard, Jérôme - 2001
The impact of FDI on total factor productivity in Hungary during the 1990s' is assessed with a large enterprise panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477504