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THE STATE OF SME’s ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RATIONALITY

BIOLAN, MONICA; GAVRILA, ILIE - In: JOURNAL STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABES-BOLYAI NEGOTIA (2010)

that revels the importance of SME for the employment market and for the entire economy. Despite their adaptability these … and its implications at economic level for the SME. To identify the economic impact of venture capital, European …

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The Employment Contribution of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises According to the EU-definition First Evidence Based on the IAB-Establishment-Panel for Germany

Engel, Dirk; Trax, Michaela - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 228 (2008) 1, pp. 64-83

Statements emphasizing the major contribution of the small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) for net job creation are quite frequent. Concerning the current definition of SMEs provided by the European Commission (EC), this paper makes a first attempt to approximate SMEs’ contribution to net...

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Small- and medium-sized enterprise internationalization: Towards the knowledge-based model

Mejri, Kais; Umemoto, Katsuhiro - In: Journal of International Entrepreneurship 8 (2010) 2, pp. 156-167

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Marketing externalities in industrial clusters: A literature review and evidence from the Christchurch, New Zealand electronics cluster

Brown, Peter; McNaughton, Rod; Bell, Jim - In: Journal of International Entrepreneurship 8 (2010) 2, pp. 168-181

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Relationship lending and SME financing in the continental European bank-based system

Hernández-Cánovas, Ginés; Martínez-Solano, Pedro - In: Small Business Economics 34 (2010) 4, pp. 465-482

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Développement et expérimentation d'un modèle de gestion collaborative des pratiques informatiques à l'usage des petites et moyennes entreprises

DI RENZO, Bernard; FELTUS, Christophe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003

This paper relates to the experimental draft of the model of collaborative management of ICT practices for use in SME …, developed as part of a project of the Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor. This model aims to propose to SME an optimized … with SME partners. The results are promising and should allow at the end of the project to validate the model in its final …

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NOEMI, a collaborative management for ICT process improvement in SME: experience report

DI RENZO, Bernard; FELTUS, Christophe; PRIME, Sylvie - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

This paper relates to an R&D project – called NOEMI – aiming to propose to SME’s a collaborative management of their … respective information systems in terms of quality, reliability and cost. The targeted SME are those without IT dedicated … internal staff. The model developed in the project focuses on the usual IT activities of the SME’s, which are classified in …

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Microfinance in Latin America and the Caribbean: How Large is the Market?

Navajas, Sergio; Tejerina, Luis - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

In recent years, microfinance has greatly expanded the outreach of the financial system to millions of households in the Latin American and Caribbean region. The purpose of this report is to offer an updated snapshot of access to financial services in the region. The approach is two-fold. In the...

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How Should Microfinance Institutions Best Fund Themselves?

Maisch, Felipe Portocarrero; Tarazona, Alvaro; Westley, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

The current study gathers together a large database on the funding side of Latin American microfinance institutions (MFIs), providing detailed coverage of 61 regulated MFIs in nine Latin American countries with major microfinance markets. The study goes on to examine the relative costs of the...

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ICT and Innovation Activities: Evidence for UK SMEs

Higón, Dolores Añon - Departament d'Estructura Econòmica, Facultad de Economía - 2010

There is a continuous commitment of policy makers in the UK to supporting innovation in small and medium firms. For these policy initiatives to be successful, an understanding of the factors driving innovation activities is required. In this study, we focus on the role that Information and...

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