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What makes firms grow in developing countries? An extension of the resource-based theory of firm growth and empirical analysis
Lee, Keun; Temesgen, Tilahun - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 2 (2009) 3, pp. 139-172
This paper examines what makes firms grow using the investment climate survey that was conducted by the World Bank in eight developing countries. We rely on the resource-based theory of the firm that was proposed by Penrose (1959) where firm growth depends on the kinds and amount of the diverse...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005048836
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What makes firms grow in developing countries? An extension of the resource-based theory of firm growth and empirical analysis
Lee, Keun; Temesgen, Tilahun - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 2 (2009) 3, pp. 139-172
This paper examines what makes firms grow using the investment climate survey that was conducted by the World Bank in eight developing countries. We rely on the resource-based theory of the firm that was proposed by Penrose (1959) where firm growth depends on the kinds and amount of the diverse...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563486
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Partial Credit Guarantees and Firm Performance: Evidence from the Colombian National Guarantee Fund
Stucchi, Rodolfo; Arráiz, Irani; Arjona, Marcela Meléndez - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper studies the effect of government-backed partial credit guarantees on firms' performance. These guarantees are automatically granted to firms without enough collateral in order to lift their credit constraints. We put together a panel, covering the period 1997-2007, that combines data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943660
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R&D, firm growth and the role of innovation persistence: an analysis of Finnish SMEs and large firms
Deschryvere, Matthias - In: Small Business Economics 43 (2014) 4, pp. 767-785
R&D investment and growth in SMEs and large firms relate in a complex way. This paper analyses what role persistence of innovation output plays in shaping that relationship. We apply a vector auto-regression model to Finnish firm-level data and summarize the lead–lag relationship and complex...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011154854
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Killing a Second Bird with One Stone? Promoting Firm Growth and Export through Tax Policy
Treibich, Tania; Bernini, Michele - Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Économie, Gestion … - 2013
In this paper we test whether policies that induce tangible asset growth among domestic companies are effective in increasing their entry into export markets. We solve the endogeneity problem inherent to the empirical investigation of the growth-export relationship by adopting an instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693092
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ARTICULATING SME BUSINESS MODELS AND EVALUATING GROWTH STRATEGIES USING A HIERARCHICAL BUSINESS MODEL FRAMEWORK
Dr. Susan C Lambert Author_Email: susan.lambert@unisa.edu.au - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535717
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Innovationstätigkeit im Mittelstand: Messung und Bewertung
Maaß, Frank; Führmann, Bettina - Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn - 2012
Unternehmen (KMU) im Vergleich zu Großunternehmen in Deutschland. Hierzu wird die vorhandene Literatur ausgewertet und die … KMU innovativ sind. Dies ist insbesondere hinsichtlich der technologischen Innovationen zu beobachten. Neueste … zeigt sich eine besondere Stärke der KMU. In der Gesamtbetrachtung sind die KMU deutlich häufiger innovativ als bislang …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650649
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Basel II und Auswirkungen auf den Mittelstand: Total Quality Management und das Bewertungsrisiko von KMU
Gürtler, Marc; Schunck, Stefan - Department Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2002
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646416
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Involvement of small and medium sized enterprises in the private realisation of public buildings
Heinecke, Bastian - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2002
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009207054
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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 …-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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009149225