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Improvement of small and medium-sized enterprises thanks to coaching methods
Parmová, Dagmar Škodová - In: Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionales 10 (2007) 1, pp. 11-14
the size level of SME. Coaching instead of consulting can bring a better and quicker improvement in the development …
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Financing Resources for Egyptian Small and Medium Enterprises
Kabbani, Rola Nabil El; Kalhoefer, Christian - Faculty of Management Technology, German University - 2011
Even though small and medium enterprises (SMEs) represent the majority of the Egyptian firms, their value added is relatively low. According to previous research, SMEs face a financing gap that causes undercapitalization and represents an obstacle that hinders SMEs from growth. This paper...
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The price impact of lending relationships
Stein, Ingrid - Deutsche Bundesbank - 2011
This study analyzes the impact of bank relationships on a firm's cost of debt. We focus on relationships with the main bank. We find that a firm's cost of debt decreases with relationship strength, proxied by the share of bank debt provided by the main lender, but rises with relationship length....
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Des dynamiques territorialisées novatrices : le cas des PME agro-alimentaires
Fourcade, Colette - In: Revue d'économie régionale et urbaine juin (2008) 2, pp. 193-210
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the capacity of small enterprises working in agricultural and agro-food productions to frame local networks. These patterns of innovative collective strategies are likely to induce new types of local dynamics. The research is based on the survey of...
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Banking concentration, information asymmetries and credit rationing: The Argentinean case
Arroyo, Martín R. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper highlights the importance of the information efficiency in the banking sector as a way to ensure his correct operation as financial intermediary and the correct functioning of the economy in general. The problems of information in the banks distort their relation with the financing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008927062
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Perceived financial barriers and the start-up decision: An econometric analysis of gender differences using GEM data
Stephen, Roper; Jonathan M., Scott - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Although accessing finance is key to the foundation of any business, particular concerns have been expressed about the ability of UK women-owned firms to obtain external finance. In this paper we use an econometric approach to explore the effect of perceptions of financial barriers to start-up...
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THE SME OWNERS’ PERCEPTION ON CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: AN APPROACH BASED ON COGNITIVE MAPPING
Aegerter, Delphine - In: Revista Tinerilor Economisti (The Young Economists Journal) 1 (2007) 7, pp. 112-121
having an impact on the firm’s perennial life. In spite of the large diffusion of the CSR topic and the importance of SME in … national markets, the main researches focus on large companies. SME deserves its own tools. With the more direct impact of the … manager decision, SME constitutes a privileged field of research for a cognitive approach of the corporate responsibility …
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Reaching Out: Exploring SME Exporting Opportunities and Challenges
Chambers, Edward J.; Shaw, Williams J. - Western Centre for Economic Research (WCER), School of … - 2008
This study by the Western Centre for Economic Research (WCER) examines small business exports to US and other international markets based on a 2007 survey of 387 firms with less than 100 employees. Most firms were in the manufacturing sector, supplemented by a few firms in professional and...
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Partnerships for Women's Health - Striving for Best Practice within the UN Global Compact / United Nations University Research Brief 1/2009 (www.unu.edu)
Timmermann, Martina; Kruesmann, Monika - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Every minute, at least one woman dies from pregnancy and childbirth complications; a further 20 suffer injury, infection or disease. Despite medical advances, and years of policy declarations, this tragic situation remains particularly severe in developing countries, violating a fundamental...
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Drivers of change or cut-throat competitors? Challenging Cultures of Innovation of Chinese and Nigerian migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in different West African countries in recent years has been met with growing resistance by established local entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter because of distinctive socio-cultural traits, or whether...
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