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B2B e-commerce marketplaces and MSMES: Evidence of global value chain facilitation?
Ladrière, Maxime; Lundquist, Kathryn; Ye, Qing - 2022
In theory, e-commerce marketplaces connect buyers and sellers, open trade opportunities, and reduce transaction costs thereby creating opportunities for more inclusive trade and even GVC participation, especially for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). Further, there is some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013194792
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Determinants of technology adoption in the retail trade industry – the case of SMEs in Spain
Romero, Isidoro; Martínez-Román, Juan A. - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 17 (2015) 39, pp. 646-660
This paper analyzes the determinants of small and medium-sized enterprises' technology adoption in the retail trade … survey of 268 small and medium-sized enterprises in the Spanish retail trade sector. A logistic regression specification is … inter-firm cooperation also positively influence technology adoption in the retail trade industry. …
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The Position of Small Retailers in Croatia on the Verge of Entering the European Union
Knego, Nikola - 2013
It is possible to use several indicators for evaluating the characteristics of the retail structure. Each of the … indicators used to identify the key features of Croatian retail structure would result in a conclusion about its fragmentation … is to investigate the characteristics of the Croatian retail trade structure. The paper examines trends in modern retail …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085295
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Competitive Strategies for Unorganised Retail Business : Understanding Structure, Operations, and Profitability of Small Mom and Pop Stores in India
Sangvikar, Balkrishnan - 2020
Despite the emergence of a large scale organised retail industry, the unorganised retail market is the most significant … mode of retailing for the major population in India. Today's Indian retail industry is evolved from the traditional … unorganised retailing. The unorganised retail consist of small retail stores operating on the lower scale with slight or no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012844356
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Public Procurement Leverage with SMEs : The Case of the Electronic Marketplace of the Italian Government (Il Public Procurement come stimolo alle PMI: Il caso del Mercato Elettroni...
Albano, Gian Luigi - 2017
While e-procurement is widely advocated as an effective tool to promote participation of SMEs in public procurement markets, little evidence exists as to what factors may influence the allocation of contracts to differently sized firms. We analyze transactions – below the EU-thresholds –...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960316
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Some Evidence of 'Smart' Public Procurement : Solutions for SMEs in Italy
Albano, Gian Luigi - 2017
Although it is widely recognized that public procurement may act as a “pull” mechanism for development and employment, serious concerns are constantly voiced as to the friendliness of public procurement processes towards small and medium enterprises (SMEs), arguably the most vital sector of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960324
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Small Retailing, Town Centres and Inland Territories. An 'Extended Town Centre Management' Perspective
Musso, Fabio - 2014
This paper aims to analyze the public policies that can be adopted in order to support small retail firms located in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054347
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The Role of Small Medium Scale Enterprises in Tackling Unemployment in Nigeria
Ogunjimi, Joshua - 2021
This study evaluated the role of SMEs in tackling unemployment in Nigeria with particular emphasis on the sustainability of the employment generated by SMEs. Annual time-series data were sourced from World Development Indicators (2019) for the period between 1991 and 2018. The study employed the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013237111
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B2B e-commerce marketplaces and MSMES : evidence of global value chain facilitation?
Ladrière, Maxime; Lundquist, Kathryn; Ye, Qing - 2022 - Manuscript date: 3 February 2022
In theory, e-commerce marketplaces connect buyers and sellers, open trade opportunities, and reduce transaction costs thereby creating opportunities for more inclusive trade and even GVC participation, especially for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). Further, there is some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013194141
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Supermarket Entry and the Survival of Small Stores
Borraz, Fernando - 2015
We analyze the effect of supermarket entry on the exit of small stores in the food retailing sector in Montevideo between 1998 and 2007. By using detailed geographical information about supermarkets and smaller stores we are able to identify the link between entrants and the exit of nearby small...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013035888