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Strategic use of e-learning for human resource training

Capece, Guendalina; Gitto, Simone; Campisi, Domenico - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 1 (2009) 3, pp. 369-380

Nowadays, in both blended and separate channels, the emerging information technology enables curricula to be tailored to the needs of those participating in postgraduate programmes by offering more 'individual-centred education'. This article discusses one particular entrepreneurial attempt to...

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Challenges to research on entrepreneurial networking in SMEs

O'Neill, Charles - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 1 (2009) 4, pp. 467-478

Research on entrepreneurial networking could be regarded as an area of entrepreneurship where research has developed at … a much lower pace than in entrepreneurship in general. The reasons for this phenomenon could be that researchers either … (SMEs) in particular will be addressed within the context of a literature review of the status of the entrepreneurship …

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Evaluation of small business failure and the framing problem

Stanton, Patricia; Tweed, David - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 1 (2009) 4, pp. 438-453

By examining the extant literature evaluating small business failure, this paper seeks to show that research in the area has been 'framed', leading to predictable outcomes. Presentation (framing) blinkers the way a problem is perceived and reviewed. Positive labels are more likely to evoke...

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Firms' dynamics and the shadow economy in the wood industry in Slovenia

Kocjancic, Joze; Bojnec, Stefan - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 2 (2010) 2, pp. 194-209

This paper analyses the impact of the dynamics in large enterprises in the wood industry on the dynamics of small enterprises and the shadow economy in this industry. We use unique firm-level survey data for the sample of small enterprises in the wood industry in Slovenia. We find a relatively...

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Factors predicting small and medium-sized enterprises' success

Tangkittipaporn, Jiraporn - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 2 (2010) 1, pp. 113-126

The study obtaining from a sample of 338 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) showed that Chinese SME entrepreneurs' management practices have changed to a better direction and exhibited a high level of business success. However, Chinese SME entrepreneurs are still required to be equipped...

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Overcoming development adversity: how entrepreneurs led software development in India

Athreye, Suma; Hobday, Mike - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 3 (2010) 1, pp. 36-46

and bureaucracy. However, despite these difficulties there has been an explosion of technology-based entrepreneurship in …

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Industrial upgrading in sub-Sahara Africa: the competitive impact of China on supplier linkage development potentials of resident Asian entrepreneurs

Na-Allah, Abdelrasaq; Muchie, Mammo - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 3 (2010) 3, pp. 272-292

entrepreneurship in the country's apparel sector is revealed to be associated with significant negative impact on supplier linkage …

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Indian women entrepreneurs and employment – local economic impact and lessons for green economics

Taylor, Michael - In: International Journal of Green Economics 4 (2010) 1, pp. 94-112

Research undertaken in South India (Taylor, 2008), investigated the local economic impact of small businesses and considered whether female entrepreneurs in India exhibit different economic behaviour to men. This involved in-depth qualitative interviews with 20 women's businesses and 10 men's,...

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Reflecting upon the entrepreneurship initiatives in new emerging African nations: zooming the cultural lens on education systems in two former German colonies

April, Wilfred Isak - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 6 (2010) 3, pp. 163-174

This paper seeks to explore and develop an understanding why there are significant differences in terms of entrepreneurial development amongst the West African nation of Ghana and the Southern African nation of Namibia. More importantly, this paper aims to create understanding as to why Ghana...

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An investigation of entrepreneurial orientation and organisational strategies in Chinese SMEs

Tang, Zhi; Tang, Jintong; Marino, Louis D.; Zhang, Yuli; … - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 6 (2010) 3, pp. 206-223

This paper attempts to enhance our understanding of entrepreneurship in China by addressing two research questions: 1 …) Can entrepreneurship in China be understood through the constructs (e.g., entrepreneurial orientation) developed in …

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