Disasters are bad for business specifically for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). These catastrophic events can … compromise capital, logistics, product market, and labor, which compromise business continuity and recovery. Physical damage and … disruptions in supply and labor can cause temporary business closure while structural repairs to buildings and recovery or …

Philippine Institute for Development Studies collaborated to undertake a similar study in a rural area. The survey was conducted …In an effort to complement the 2008 disability survey conducted in Metro Manila, the University of Tokyo and the … in Rosario, Batangas in 2010, where 106 PWDs from 31 barangays were interviewed.Some of the major findings of the survey …

any employment effects, they were-whether positive or negative-rather small in relation to the overall number of jobs. As …

the same time appears clear. The objective of this paper is to explore the views of different groups of the business … of a perception survey have been explained through qualitative interviews with Zimbabwean experts. The paper concludes …

The value of small enterprises from the information technology industry can be found in their intellectual capital … Croatia results in domestic information technology experts deciding to internationalize their business. In this paper primary … research was carried out among micro and small software development enterprises in the Republic of Croatia, with the purpose of …

covering other business subsidies and public venture capital investments. R&D subsidies have mostly positive impacts on … employment, especially among young and small companies. Impacts on the productivity are, however, uncertain. Cooperation of … public and private investors maximizes the impact of public venture capital investments. The other business subsidies may …

New Zealand is a small open economy that is remote from all major markets. The smallness and remoteness of New Zealand … by competition law. The isolation and small size of the economy mean that typically all but exporting firms are small as … judged on a world scale, and that domestic markets are small and generally highly concentrated. This paper reviews the …

small country with a climate restriction, and a limited number of firms supplying carbon abatement technology. The …

This paper describes the common financing challenges faced by micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in …

data from a survey of 216 MSMEs from Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) industrial estates in …This study assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and the …