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The vast majority of firms in developing economies are micro and small enterprises owned by families whose members also provide the labour to the units. Often, they fail to grow in size even with the relaxation of credit constraints. In this paper, we show that frictions in the labour market...
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We partnered with a micro-lender in Mali to randomize credit offers at the village level. Then, in no-loan control villages, we gave cash grants to randomly selected households. These grants led to higher agricultural investments and profits, thus showing that liquidity constraints bind with...
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chronically indebted rural smallholders in developing countries. The paper proposes a formal intertemporal model of a credit …
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The Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) is an ongoing loan and grant program in the Philippines for agriculture and fisheries. From the start of its actual implementation in 2000 up to the present, it has been plagued by numerous problems which significantly derailed the...
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While policies and institutional arrangements aimed at intensification and growth of the Indian agriculture sector are inevitable for the livelihoods and food security of the country's vast population, the inclusion of land-constrained farmers especially women, therein requires certain...
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In the Indo-Gangetic Plains, one of India's most productive agricultural regions, smallholder livelihood vulnerability …
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Wie wird in KMU, die eine Reform ihrer betrieblichen Partizipationsstrukturen als Antwort auf die wirtschaftliche … von zwei Jahren thematisiert. Die Untersuchungsergebnisse zeigen, dass die kognitive Ausnahmeroutine 'Krise' in KMU …
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Wissenstransferaktivitäten von schwerpunktmäßig kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) in der Region Jena. Die Studie konzentriert sich auf drei …-sized enterprises (SME) in and closely around Jena (Thuringia). The study focuses on three aspects: How do the different channels used … contacts face-to-face areessential for the success of these relations. Although the regional SME collaborate with numerous …
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This paper explores the procurement of public buildings in local authorities in the UK under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and its consequences for small and medium sized enterprises. Following an outline of the development of PFI in the UK, the paper explains the peculiarities of local...
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KMU eine Erhöhung ihrer Kapitalkosten bzw. sogar die Gefahr, dass ihnen keine weiteren Kredite gewährt werden. Ein … positives Rating ist deshalb ein grundsätzliches Ziel eines KMU. Eine Möglichkeit zur Steigerung der Bonität ist das Total … Transparenz eine Bewertung der KMU durch Banken erleichtert. …
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