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Entrepreneurship, development, and the spatial context: Retrospect and prospect

Nijkamp, Peter - 2009

Entrepreneurship has been a topical issue in the business administration literature, but in the past decade a wave of interest can be observed on the role of entrepreneurship in the economic growth literature. This paper aims to highlight the various contributions to the entrepreneurship...

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Relationship lending - empirical evidence for Germany

Memmel, Christoph; Schmieder, Christian; Stein, Ingrid - 2008

Relationship lending is a common practice in credit financing all over the world, notably also in the European Union, which has been assumed to be particularly beneficial for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). During recent years, there has been the impression that relationship lending...

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Effectiveness of Public R&D Subsidies in East Germany – Is it a Matter of Firm Size?

Reinkowski, Janina; Alecke, Björn; Mitze, Timo; … - 2010

sized enterprises (SME), we put a special focus on the effectiveness of the R&D subsidies for this latter subgroup. Here no … Innovationssystem insbesondere durch kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) getrieben wird, liegt ein besonderer Fokus der Analyse auf … sind. Unsere Matching-Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Effektivität öffentlicher F&E-Programme auch für die Gruppe der KMU gilt …

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SMEs in Argentina: Who are the exporters

Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Martincus, Christian Volpe - 2009

There exists a growing body of literature which looks at export decisions made by firms. Most studies focus on developed countries and do not explore whether different behavioral patterns prevail over the firm size distribution. This paper aims at filling this gap in the literature by analyzing...

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The People's Republic of China's small and medium enterprise development strategies in the context of a national innovation system

Yang, Tracy; Lim, Jamus Jerome; Kanamori, Toshiki - 2006

engine toward sustained growth. This paper argues that certain industries-in particular, the small and medium enterprise (SME … issues such as innovation, R&D, and strategic clustering may influence the SME sector, and outlines both internal as well as …

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Comparing alignment factors in SMEs and large organizations: a planning integration perspective

Gutierrez, A; Nawazish, A; Orozco, J; Serrano, A; … - 2007

on Small and Medium Enterprises (SME). This paper uses the data provided by 127 participants from large and SMEs in order …

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Knowledge Management Processes in Growth-oriented SMEs: An Atlantic Canadian Perspective

MacDonald, Harry Douglas - 2010

ABSTRACTCompetitive pressure and desire for success drive enterprises in general to involve in knowledge acquisition and dissemination activities that are becoming increasingly significant in the rapid changing and globalising economic world. In addition, with the increased mobility of...

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Warehouse financing risk analysis for SMEs in China

Luo, Z; Wong, E; Tong, F; Tan, CJ; Ying, Y - 2010

-sized enterprises (SME). Its basic working mechanism is to transfer the company's assets to collaterals which are more acceptable by the …

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A Study of the Relationship in Financial Performance, Organization size, Business Classification, and Program Maturity of Six Sigma Systems

Olson, Diane J. - 2010

United States companies are facing increased competition as business continues to grow globally. This is true for large companies and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs), as well as manufacturing and non-manufacturing organizations. To remain competitive, organizations need to improve product...

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Capital structure in new technology-based firms : evidence from the Irish software sector

Hogan, Teresa; Hutson, Elaine - 2005

Using a sample of 117 Irish software companies, we examine the capital structure of new technology-based firms. Consistent with the findings on financing for other small businesses, internal funds are the most important source of funding in new technology-based firms. However, in apparent...

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