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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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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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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 Tra...
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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Information or Insurance? On the Role of Loan Officer Discretion in Credit Assessment
Brown, Martin; Schaller, Matthias; Westerfeld, Simone; … - School of Finance, Universität St. Gallen - 2012
We employ a unique dataset of 6,669 credit assessments for 3,542 small businesses by nine banks using an identical rating model over the period 2006-2011 to examine (i) to what extent loan officers use their discretion to smooth credit ratings of their clients, and (ii) to assess whether this...
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Are Competitive Rating Agencies Efficient?
Mukhopadhyay, Bappaditya - In: Journal of Emerging Market Finance 8 (2009) 1, pp. 67-85
Two very large companies, Moody's and Standard & Poor's, dominate the credit-rating industry. These two companies own around 80 per cent of the market. No other significant major competitors exist, though there are companies that rate local securities in places like China and India. In India,...
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Information or Insurance? On the Role of Loan Officer Discretion in Credit Assessment
Brown, Martin; Schaller, Matthias; Westerfeld, Simone; … - Money and Finance Research group (Mo.Fi.R.) - 2012
We employ a unique dataset of 6,669 credit assessments for 3,542 small businesses by nine banks using an identical rating model over the period 2006-2011 to examine (i) to what extent loan officers use their discretion to smooth credit ratings of their clients, and (ii) to assess whether this...
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Fraud and free riding in tropical forests – on the potential for certification to enforce sustainable resource use indirectly
Lippert, Christian - In: German Journal of Agricultural Economics 58 (2009) 3
Certification schemes for forest products are understood by many as a way to promote sustainable resource use when it is impossible to rely on direct enforcement of process standards. Based on the concept of ‘Self-Enforcing Contracts’, this study develops a market model that simulates the...
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