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The globalization of business firms from emerging economies : 2
In: The globalization of business firms from emerging economies. 1999
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Die Lissabon-Strategie : Wachstum und Beschäftigung durch ländliche Entwicklung
2005
Am 2. Februar 2005 hat die Europäische Kommission den Neustart der Lissabon-Strategie für die Europäische Union (EU) verkündet. Diese Strategie soll die Grundlage bilden für die Bewältigung des dringenden Bedarfs der EU an mehr Wirtschaftswachstum, Arbeitsplätzen und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit...
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Access to Microfinance: Does it Matter for Profit Efficiency Among Small Scale Rice Farmers in Bangladesh?
Sumelius, John; Islam, K.M. Zahidul; Sipilainen, Timo - 2011
This paper measures profit efficiency and examines the effect of access to microfinance on theperformance of rice firms … in Bangladesh. An extended Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier profit function wasused to assess profit efficiency and … profit loss of rice farmers in Bangladesh in a survey data of 360 farmsthroughout the 2008-2009 growing seasons. Model …
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Growing the microcredit industry in the United States : barriers to growth and strategies for success
Rogers, Stephen - 2000
The purpose of this paper is to examine the growth of a new industry - the microcredit industry. It is an interesting story because it is an important new area in the field of economic development. Microcredit itself has existed for centuries. Microcredit is the business of making small loans to...
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THE COST STRUCTURE OF MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
Hartarska, Valentina; Caudill, Steven B.; Gropper, Daniel M. - 2006
Microfinance institutions are important, particularly in developing countries, because they expand the frontier of …
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Finance, Human Capital, Technical Assistance, and the Business Environment in Romania
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Lup, Dana - 2004
Although the development of a new private sector is generally considered crucial to economic transition and development, there has been little empirical research on the determinants of startup firm growth. This paper uses panel data techniques to analyze a survey of 297 new small enterprises in...
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Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns
de Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David; Woodruff, Christopher - 2007
This paper analyzes data from a randomized experiment on mean returns to capital in SriLankan micro-enterprises. The findings show greater returns among men than among women; indeed, returns were not different from zero for women. The authors explore different explanations for the lower returns...
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What Makes Small Firms Grow? Finance, Human Capital, Technical Assistance, and the Business Environment in Romania
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Lup, Dana - 2004
Although the development of a new private sector is generally considered crucial to economic transition, there has been rather little empirical research on the determinants of startup firm growth. This paper uses panel data techniques to analyze a survey of 297 new small enterprises in Romania...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477143
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Optimal strategies for the development of microfinance in Korea and the impact of microfinance
Yoon, Youngeun - 2010
This paper mainly focuses on finding optimal strategies for the development of microfinance in Korea and on predicting … the impact of microfinance in the future.First, this paper reviews and assesses the impact of microfinance in Korea. I … microfinance is needed in Korea. Although the Korean economy has made great strides, the difference in the income between the poor …
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The Relative Cost Efficiencies of Commercial Banks, Rural Financial Institutions, and Microfinance Institutions in China
Wu, Ya; Escalante, Cesar L.; Gunter, Lewell F. - 2010
commercial banks, rural financial institutions and microfinance institutions in China. The first pairwise comparison indicated …
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