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The Dynamics of SME - Large Business Linkages : Findings from Six Cases
Barbin, Eloisa - 2017
Recent literature identifies linkages with large firms as some of the enablers of small and medium enterprise (SME) development and competitiveness. This study explores the types of linkages that SMEs located in Metro Manila have forged with large firms, including how these linkages started,...
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Outsourcing of R&D and innovation activities in SMEs : evidence from Slovenia
Bradač Hojnik, Barbara; Rebernik, Miroslav - In: Economic review : journal of economics & business 10 (2012) 2, pp. 3-11
This paper examines the outsourcing of research and development and of innovation activities in small and medium …, is the outsourcing of these activities a viable solution for them? This paper examines the basic characteristics of … outsourcing R&D and innovation activities in SMEs, based on a survey among Slovenian companies in the manufacturing and service …
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Некоторые проблемы малого бизнеса
Sidorchuk, Roman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In article some results of research received by the author of some the Moscow small enterprises are analyzed. Under a critical corner of sight activity on support of SME in Russia is considered. Problems of small business are formulated and ranged.
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The missing middle: Growing and strengthening Viet Nam's micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises
Co, Catherine Yap - 2017
We study the exporting and subcontracting decisions, mark-ups, market concentration, and growth of a panel of Vietnamese private micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises. Our main findings are as follows. First, we find that among subcontractors, subcontracting is a supplementary rather than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688567
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The missing middle : growing and strengthening Viet Nam's micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises
Co, Catherine Yap; Thu Kim Nguyen; Tung Nhu Nguyen; Que … - 2017
We study the exporting and subcontracting decisions, mark-ups, market concentration, and growth of a panel of Vietnamese private micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises. Our main findings are as follows. First, we find that among subcontractors, subcontracting is a supplementary rather than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011628218
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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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Determinants of export performance of SMEs in the Kyrgyz Republic
Karymshakov, Kamalbek - 2020
Increased participation in global value chains is firmly related to the engagement of local producers in international markets through increasing sales in these markets. This study aims to examine factors affecting export performance of SMEs in the Kyrgyz Republic. Empirical estimations based on...
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A general framework to evaluate economic efficiency with an application to British SME
Pru°ša, Jan - 2009
This article formalises the idea of money-metric production frontiers, which we propose as a general framework for nonparametric evaluation of economic efficiency. As we show in our methodological discussion, this improves the flexibility and economic interpretation of our model. The empirical...
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The growth and decline of small firms in developing countries
Coad, Alexander; Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan - 2008
Empirical work on micro and small firms has focused on developed countries. The little work that exists on developing countries is all too often based on small samples taken from ad hoc questionnaires. The census data we analyze are fairly representative of the structure of small business in...
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Risk attitudes and profits among small enterprises in Nigeria
Lammers, Judith; Willebrands, Daan; Hartog, Joop - 2010
This paper analyses the effect of risk attitudes of firm owners on profits among micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Lagos, Nigeria. Higher risk perceptions are shown to have a significant positive effect on profits, whereas risk propensity has a negative or no effect. Education, age, being...
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