Previous research has indicated that women-owned firms tend to trail men-owned firms in various performance areas.The influence of human capital variables--e.g., education, experience--on the performance of women-owned firms was investigated to see if levels of human capital are positively...

Interventions designed to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are popular among policy makers, given the role SMEs play in job creation around the world. Business support interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are often based on the assumption that market failures and...

While many studies have examined the relationship between investment in intangibles assets and performance in large corporations, current research is lacking in regard to intangible investments in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This study looks at SMEs in which intangible investments would...