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Improvement of small and medium-sized enterprises thanks to coaching methods

Parmová, Dagmar Škodová - In: Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionales 10 (2007) 1, pp. 11-14

the size level of SME. Coaching instead of consulting can bring a better and quicker improvement in the development …

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Antecedents of organizational resilience in economic crises—an empirical study of Swedish textile and clothing SMEs

Pal, Rudrajeet; Torstensson, Håkan; Mattila, Heikki - In: International Journal of Production Economics 147 (2014) PB, pp. 410-428

Economic recessions have created challenges for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and contributed to disruptions requiring them to be resilient. At times of economic crises, SMEs face major threats to their financial performance and ultimately to their survival. The average number of...

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Enabling Environment for the Successful Integration of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Global Value Chains: Country Studies on Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, Studies in Trade and Investment 70

ESCAP, United Nations - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific …

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Asia and are effective job creators and income generators. In addition, SMEs play a key role in poverty reduction and inclusive economic growth. However, SMEs in the subregion often face considerable resource constraints and have limited capabilities...

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Show Me the Money; Access to Finance for Small Borrowers in Canada

Klyuev, Vladimir - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper examines access to business finance by Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to housing finance by Canadian households (particularly non-prime borrowers) against the background of a fairly concentrated and protected banking industry. It finds access broadly adequate...

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Does business succession enhance firms’ innovation capacity? Results from an exploratory analysis in Italian SMEs

GANZAROLI, Andrea; FISCATO, Gianluca; PILOTTI, Luciano - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2006

Our main objective with this paper is to explore business transfer as as potential source of innovation in Small and … of business succession should not only replace existing entrepreneurial resources, but enhancing firms’ innovation … innovation from a theoretical point of view. The second deepens such an understanding by assessing it on a sample of micro and …

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Innovationskooperationen und Wissenstransfer von Unternehmen im Raum Jena

Kaps, Katharina; Pfeil, Silko; Sauer, Thomas; Stoetzer, … - Fachbereich Betriebswirtschaft, Fachhochschule Jena - 2011

Wissenstransferaktivitäten von schwerpunktmäßig kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) in der Region Jena. Die Studie konzentriert sich auf drei …The research project KompNet 2011 - Factors determining the success of regional innovation networks, funded by the …-sized enterprises (SME) in and closely around Jena (Thuringia). The study focuses on three aspects: How do the different channels used …

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Remittances, informal loans, and assets as risk-coping mechanisms: Evidence from agricultural households in rural Philippines

Pajaron, Marjorie C. - School of Economics, University of the Philippines at … - 2014

This paper investigates whether agricultural households in rural Philippines insure their consumption and whether they use remittances, informal loans, or assets as ex post risk-coping mechanisms. Since these households have limited access to formal insurance and credit markets, any shocks to...

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Does microfinance change informal lending in village economies? Evidence from Bangladesh

Islam, Asadul; Nguyen, Chau; Smyth, Russell - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 50 (2015) C, pp. 141-156

This paper examines how availability of microfinance influences households’ borrowing from informal sources in village economies. It uses a unique household level panel data set, which spans more than two decades (1987–2008), from rural Bangladesh. We find that households’ access to...

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Does microfinance change informal lending in village economies? Evidence from Bangladesh

Islam, Asadul; Smyth, Russell; Nguyen, Chau - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2014

This paper examines how availability of microfinance influences households' borrowing from informal sources in village economies. It uses a unique household level panel data set, which spans more than two decades (1987-2008), from rural villages in Bangladesh. We find that households' access to...

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Contingent Loan Repayment in the Philippines

Fafchamps, Marcel; Gubert, Flore - DIAL - 2002

(English) This paper examines credit repayment among rural Filipino households , using survey data collected in four villages in the Cordillera mountains of northern Philippines between July, 1994 and March, 1995. We find that the timing of loan repayment depends on shocks affecting lender and...

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