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The Impact of Knowledge Management Strategies on the Relationship between Intellectual Capital and Innovation : Evidence from SMEs

Hayaeian, Sahar; Hesarzadeh, Reza; Abbaszadeh, Mohammad Reza - 2021

developing the effect of intellectual capital (IC) on innovation for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Specifically … SMEs.Design/methodology/approachThis study analyzes survey responses from 170 owners/managers of SMEs in Iran. The study … innovation.Originality/valueThis paper is an empirical attempt in SMEs to combine IC and KM strategies to strengthen innovation …

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Transaction Costs and Trolls : Strategic Behavior by Individual Inventors, Small Firms and Entrepreneurs in Patent Litigation

Ball, Gwendolyn G.; Kesan, Jay P. - 2014

The role of individual inventors, small firms and entrepreneurs in the patent courts has become controversial for two, somewhat contradictory reasons. First, there is the view that small parties may be at a serious disadvantage in the courts since they do not have the financial resources to...

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Intellectual Capital, Innovative Performance and the Moderating Effect of Entrepreneurial Orientation Among Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Jordan

Alzuod, Mohammad - 2020

(SMEs). Data was gathered by using a questionnaire survey. The questionnaire was distributed to a sample of 600 managers …/owners from Jordanian SMEs. 325 usable questionnaires were returned. Partial least squares-structural equation modeling technique …

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Young enterprises and bank credit denials

Mascia, Danilo V. - 2018

By employing a sample of 20,956 observations of non-financial SMEs headquartered in the Euro area, between 2009 and … are particularly difficult for young SMEs located in Southern and Central Europe, as well as for those operating in the …

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E-entrepreneurship and economic development: The case of EU countries

Rusu, Valentina Diana; Roman, Angela - In: Open Economics 3 (2020) 1, pp. 1-24

The aim of our paper is to identify how entrepreneurs from European Union (EU) countries use information and communications technologies (ICTs) in their business activities. We also propose to identify if there are differences in the use of ICTs by entrepreneurs, according to level of economic...

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Business closure and financial loss : who foots the bill? ; evidence from German small business closures

Metzger, Georg - 2010

This paper explores how different reasons for business closure impact the probability that financial loss will be suffered by creditors. Using German small business data, the study finds that business closure due to financial problems is strongly correlated with a likelihood of financial loss....

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Unternehmensnachfolgen in Deutschland : aktuelle Trends

Moog, Petra; Kay, Rosemarie; Schlömer-Laufen, Nadine; … - 2012

Da in Deutschland im Jahr 1989 letztmalig eine großzahlige, bundesweite Unternehmensbefragung zum Thema Nachfolge durchgeführt wurde, bestand Bedarf an aktuellen Daten. Deshalb hat der Stiftungslehrstuhl für allgemeine BWL, insbesondere Unternehmensnachfolge an der Universität Siegen in...

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Transfer of know-how to small and mid-size businesses in Georgia : White paper: Georgia

Grigolia, Maya; Labadze, Lasha; Minarik, Pavol; … - 2015

The report summarizes the conditions of the small and medium size enterprises (SME) sector in Georgia, identiies main problems in their development and provides recommendations for further interventions based on the Czech experience, research of existing literature and own survey among SME...

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Promoting the financing of SMEs and start-ups in Korea

Jones, Randall Sidney; Kim, Myungkyoo - 2014

depends on making SMEs, which account for 87% of employment, more dynamic. The productivity gap between large firms and SMEs … SMEs. …

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A Darker Side to Decentralized Banks : Market Power and Credit Rationing in SME Lending

Canales, Rodrigo - 2011

We use loan-level data to study how the organizational structure of banks impacts small business lending. We find that decentralized banks ― where branch managers have greater autonomy over lending decisions ― give larger loans to small firms and those with “soft information”. However,...

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