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CREATING INDEPENDENT ADVOCATES FOR ENTREPRENEURS WITHIN GOVERNMENT: SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMISSIONER MODEL

SCHAPER, MICHAEL T. - In: Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC) 16 (2008) 03, pp. 299-309

This paper provides a critical overview of a recent attempt to create an independent statutory "voice" for small enterprises within the formal government bureaucracy in one Australian jurisdiction. It discusses the creation and eighteen months of activity of the Small Business Commissioner of...

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Entrepreneurship, Development, and the Spatial Context Retrospect and Prospect

Nijkamp, Peter - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 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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The current state of accounting harmonization: impediments to and benefits from harmonization

VANSTEEGER, V. - Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Gent - 2005

Although the EU has made progress towards harmonization of accounting law, this cannot hide the fact that the harmonization of the financial accounting information across Europe, through the accounting directives did not reach the intended level of comparability and transparency. Through the...

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Outsourcing of Accounting Tasks in SMEs: An extended TCE Model

EVERAERT, P.; SARENS, G.; ROMMEL, J. - Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Gent - 2006

for personal characteristics of the SME executive (age, education), organizational structure, firm maturity and ownership …

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Sourcing of Accounting: Evidence from Belgian SMEs

EVERAERT, P.; SARENS, G.; ROMMEL, J. - Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Gent - 2006

regularly used, where the workload is more or less equally divided between the SME and the external accountant. A total … keep their accounting tasks internally. The smaller the SME, the more it relies on an external accountant by choosing for a …

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PRACTICES OF STRATEGIC FORESIGHT IN BIOTECH COMPANIES

MIETZNER, DANA; REGER, GUIDO - In: International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim) 13 (2009) 02, pp. 273-294

This paper deals with the practice and requirements of strategic foresight in biotechnology firms. Processes and the degree of method application of strategic foresight are less investigated in small- and medium-sized enterprises. Based on case study research of 30 biotechnology companies in...

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The role of banking and financial policies in promoting micro, small, and medium enterprises

Cizkowicz, Piotr; Rybinski, Krzysztof - In: Journal of Financial Transformation 24 (2008), pp. 183-191

The results of empirical research confirm that a well-functioning and developed financial sector fosters economic growth. Additionally, financial deepening has a significantly larger impact on the poorest parts of societies, thus playing a critical role in reducing income inequality and poverty....

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The Strategic Role of Marketing Communication in he SME: the Case of Fornari SpA

Cioppi, Marco; Buratti, Andrea - Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Urbino - 2009

In this paper we discuss the strategic importance of communication and Intranet for theItalian Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs). We analyse the case of Fornari SpA, an Italian medium size clothing and shoes manufacturer that uses internet as a communication tool. The aim of this study is to...

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E-business in Slovenian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Sulcic, Viktorija - In: Management 3 (2008) 4, pp. 347-361

intensity of Slovene SME’s use of ebusiness as well. The second part of the paper is based on a research conducted with a sample … of 49 Slovenian small and mediumsized enterprises. By performing a data analysis, we show the prevalence of SME …

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MODELLING IN INNOVATION PROCESS

Pachura, Aneta - In: Annales Universitatis Apulensis Series Oeconomica 2 (2008) 10, pp. 39-39

SME competitive advantage is the resultant of actions aimed at full adaptationto the changing demands of external and … internal environments. It may be assumed that theprocess of shaping the basic SME success factors is determined by corporate … activity is one of the most important factorof SME development. …

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