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Unpacking social capital in Economic Development: How social relations matter

Staveren, Irene van; Knorringa, Peter - In: Review of Social Economy 65 (2007) 1, pp. 107-135

Medium scale Enterprises (SME) footwear sector in Ethiopia and Vietnam. We conclude with suggestions on how this more …

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Financing Private SME in Bulgaria

Balabanov, Todor - Department of Economics and Finance Research and … - 1998

This study looks into the prospects for financing of private Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) in Bulgaria. The …

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Empowerment of SME websites—Development of a web-empowerment scale and preliminary evidence

Sinkovics, Rudolf; Penz, Elfriede - In: Journal of International Entrepreneurship 3 (2005) 4, pp. 303-315

this construct and practical issues in the context of a cross-country sample of SME’s is empirically examined. The paper … concludes by offering implications for SME practitioners and for research. Copyright Springer Science + Business Media, Inc …

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Social and Symbolic Capital and Responsible Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Investigation of SME Narratives

Fuller, Ted; Tian, Yumiao - In: Journal of Business Ethics 67 (2006) 3, pp. 287-304

This paper investigates links between social capital and symbolic capital and responsible entrepreneurship in the context of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The source of the primary data was 144 â€˜Business Profilesâ€™, written by the owner-managers of small businesses in...

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Public Financial Institutions in Developed Countries; Organization and Oversight

Ratnovski, Lev; Narain, Aditya - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

While public financial institutions (such as public development banks) are commonly associated with developing countries, in fact they are prevalent in the developed world as well. We study a sample of public financial institutions in industrialized countries and identify dominant trends in...

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Analysis of factors influencing Czech SMEs after EU accession

Šebestová, Jarmila - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

The main goal of this paper is to present current research findings in three fields - business environment as a source of innovations, education needs and dynamics of SMEs units. The conclusion is made as some recommendations and useful strategies to support this very important part of national...

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Indian SMEs and their uniqueness in the country

Pandey, Adya Prasad; Shivesh - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

. A “one size fits all” approach will not work. Nevertheless , there can be no two opinions about the priority that SME …

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A Global Vision over Benchmarking Process: Benchmarking Based Enterprises

Sitnikov, Catalina; Giurca Vasilescu, Laura - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Benchmarking uses the knowledge and the experience of others to improve the enterprise. Starting from the analysis of the performance and underlying the strengths and weaknesses of the enterprise it should be assessed what must be done in order to improve its activity. Using benchmarking...

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Globalization tendencies in the Czech SME'S - Historical Approach (1997-2004)

Šebestová, Jarmila - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

The main purpose of this paper is to present historical development of SME’s in the Czech Republic between years 1997 …-2004. It covers sections about changing strategy approach to prepare SME’s to EU entry and nearly two years in the European … Union. The Czech economy made big changes especially in SME field, because before year 1989 in the state managed economy …

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Value based information systems for small and medium enterprises

Moga, Liliana Mihaela; Virlanuta, Florina Oana; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

The proposed paper intends to promote the knowledge in the field of small and medium enterprises information systems using a novel methodology based on Value Analyses principles, and particular on function analysis. Customer based software engineering could be a possible solution, as it has the...

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