The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the number of minority international joint ventures (MIJVs) formed and the level of internationalization attained in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We argue that this is an inverted U-shaped...

The essay presents Small Houses (SH) as a potential solution to the British housing crisis. The author argues that with a more permissive regulatory framework, people can find solutions in their reach to cope with the housing crisis

Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs), just like large corporates target foreign markets for growth, profit and survival motives. Reaching global markets is a dream for every business as there are better prices elsewhere as compared to local industries who might be controlled. Also opening new...

The main objective of this research is to propose a conceptual model, with the view of assess ing the link between size, age, market orientation and performance. We have chosen the foodprocessing small businesses as our empirical field of application. An important number of smallenterprises were...

The technology transfer process between a public laboratory and a company has been the subject of many publications and has been widely discussed in economic theories. This article will highlight several new identified asymmetries occurring between the different actors being part of the...

Beginning with ’90 years in Romania have been created more and more private enterprises, which today form a consistent sector of so called “small and mid-sized enterprises” (SMEs). Focusing on profit and being in favorable conditions with a high market require, the SMEs not always pay...

Taking a point of departure in rationalistic versus cultural and historical approaches to the study of political institutions, the article investigates to what extent former small British colonies did introduce at independence a Westminster-styled metropolitan conception of the legislature. The...