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Innovative Clusters in Times of Economic Crisis. Case Study Romania

Pauna, Carmen Beatrice - In: Acta Universitatis Danubius. OEconomica (2013) 9(4), pp. 105-116

The small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are deeply affected by the current economic crisis, especially due to decrease in demand and much harder access to financing sources. Most of the small and medium-sized companies (over 90% of them) face major difficulties due to decrease in orders...

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Strategic Human Resource Management at Small and Medium- Sized Enterprises in Serbia

Szlávicz, Ágnes; Berber, Nemanja - Keleti Károly Gazdasági Kar, Óbudai Egyetem

The modern human resource management (HRM) literature and the actual management practice both emphasize the strategic approach to company’s most important assets, its human resources. The human resource management activities are nowadays linked to company’s mission, vision and strategy, and...

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The impact of the crisis on the SME sector in Romania-The back-up of innovation and entrepreneurship development

SZABO, Zsuzsanna K. - In: Romanian Journal of Economics 33 (2011) 2(42), pp. 90-108

It is widely recognized that the economic recovery largely depends on the improvement of the SME sector. In the order … presents first a short review of the national economy and the role of the SME sector. The paper presents also the situation of … the SME sector after 2008 and a SWOT analysis in order to identify targets for the next period in concordance with the …

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Sectoral Innovation Systems in Low-tech Manufacturing: Types, Sources, Drivers and Barriers of Innovation in Malaysia’s Wooden Furniture Industry

Ng, Boon-Kwee; Kanagasundaram, Thiruchelvam - In: Institutions and Economies (formerly known as … 3 (2011) 3, pp. 549-574

Drawing upon the framework of Sectoral Innovation Systems, this study explores the patterns of technological innovation among small and medium-sized wooden furniture manufacturers in Malaysia from two perspectives viz., sources of knowledge and technology and capability of forming linkages. The...

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Information Availability, Information Quality and the Financial Structure of Belgian SME's

Van Campenhout, Geert; Van Caneghem, Tom - Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, … - 2009

information are positively related to SME leverage. In addition, we find that leverage is positively related to asset structure …

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Lagging SME participation in European research programs: An empirical assessment of its determinants for the Netherlands

Faber; Dijk, Jaco van; Rijnsoever, Frank van - Utrecht University, Department of Innovation Studies - 2012

factors that influence the likelihood of this SME participation. These hypotheses are empirically tested using a survey of 247 …

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JEREMIE- A NEW WAY TO PROMOTE SME ACCES TO FINANCING

Opritescu, Madalina - In: Annals of University of Craiova - Economic Sciences Series 3 (2012) 40, pp. 171-176

This article highlights the importance of SME access to financing from a sustainable development point of view as a …

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Internationalisation Strategies of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. The Case of Belgium

Onkelinx, J.; Sleuwaegen, L. - In: Review of Business and Economic Literature LVI (2011) 2, pp. 128-147

different strategic types of SME. …

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The internationalization process of SMEs: A muddling-through process

Schweizer, Roger - In: Journal of Business Research 65 (2012) 6, pp. 745-751

Examining the explanatory power of Lindblom's muddling-through concept, the paper contributes to the literature on SMEs' internationalization processes by exploring the underlying rationality of decisions made. The conducted case study shows that whereas several of the studied firm's decision...

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Growth Of Broadband And ICT Adoption By SMEs In Atlantic Canada

FLEET, Gregory J. - In: Journal of Knowledge Management, Economics and … 2 (2012) 3, pp. 9-9

Since 2005, we have conducted three Atlantic Canada-wide surveys of SME businesses benchmarking levels of ICT adoption …

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