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Digital dynamism : how IT and social media are enhancing business opportunities for Sri Lankan entrepreneurs
Wijesinha, Anushka - 2015
As the Sri Lankan economy attempts to transform into a more value-added and knowledge-led one, recent advancements in technology and innovation have created a plethora of new opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises. This paper provides four case studies of innovative enterprises and...
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Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen der Informations- und Kommunikationswirtschaft in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Maaß, Frank; Schröder, Christian; Wolter, Hans-Jürgen - 2013
Die vorliegende Studie untersucht den IKT-Sektor in Nordrhein-Westfalen anhand von Sonderauswertungen der amtlichen Statistik des Umsatzsteuerpanels sowie der Daten einer eigenen Unternehmensbefragung. Dabei erweist sich dieses Bundesland als Standort mit einem weitgehend prosperierenden...
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Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen der Informations- und Kommunikationswirtschaft in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Maaß, Frank; Schröder, Christian; Wolter, Hans-Jürgen - 2013
Die vorliegende Studie untersucht den IKT-Sektor in Nordrhein-Westfalen anhand von Sonderauswertungen der amtlichen Statistik des Umsatzsteuerpanels sowie der Daten einer eigenen Unternehmensbefragung. Dabei erweist sich dieses Bundesland als Standort mit einem weitgehend prosperierenden...
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Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen der Informations- und Kommunikationswirtschaft in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Maaß, Frank; Schröder, Christian; Wolter, Hans-Jürgen - Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn - 2013
Die vorliegende Studie untersucht den IKT-Sektor in Nordrhein-Westfalen anhand von Sonderauswertungen der amtlichen Statistik des Umsatzsteuerpanels sowie der Daten einer eigenen Unternehmensbefragung. Dabei erweist sich dieses Bundesland als Standort mit einem weitgehend prosperierenden...
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Are the Chinese in Africa more innovative than the Africans? : comparing Chinese and Nigerian entrepreneurial migrants' cultures of innovation
Kohnert, Dirk - 2010
The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa has been met with growing resistance from … established African entrepreneurs. Whether the Chinese have a competitive edge over Africans because of distinctive sociocultural … exist trading diasporas which have a generally enhanced innovative capacity vis-àvis local entrepreneurs, regardless of the …
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Global award for entrepreneurship research
Henrekson, Magnus (contributor);  … - 2008
The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research was instituted in 1996, and it is now firmly established as the leading Prize for outstanding research contributions in the area. Thanks to a generous donation from the Swedish entrepreneur Rune Andersson it has been...
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Innovation types at SMEs and external influencing factors
Walicka, Monika - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 10 (2014) 3, pp. 73-81
analyses the external factors that Polish entrepreneurs find most detrimental to their innovative activity. A sample of 199 …, the results indicate that entrepreneurs indicate that lack of government support and weakness of tax incentives is an …
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R&D policies for young SMEs : input and output effects
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Delanote, Julie - 2015
This paper evaluates the current focus of EU policy makers on small and medium-sized, young independent firms in high-tech sectors. Therefore, the effect of subsidies on both R&D input and R&D output is compared between independent high-tech young firms (NTBFs), independent low-tech young firms...
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Who drives smart growth? : the contribution of small and young firms to inventions in sustainable technologies
Aschhoff, Birgit; Licht, Georg; Schliessler, Paula - 2013
Europe#s innovation potential is currently dominated by well-established large companies. In most member countries the bulk of R&D expenditures is spend by large companies. Following OECD data, SME's share in total R&D spending amount to 8% in Germany or Japan, around 15% in US, France, Korea or...
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Determinants of fast-growing SMEs' concentration in the Russian regions
Zemtsov, Stepan; Barinova, Vera; Sorokina, Alla - 2015
SMEs play an important role in the development of regional innovative systems because of their potential to accept new technologies and show fast growing rates. There is an interdependence between emergence of fast growing SMEs ('gazelles') and innovative development of regions. High level of...
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