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STRATEGY COMPETENCES AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT IN THE HUNGARIAN SMEs SECTOR

KURUCZ, ATTILA - In: JOURNAL STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABES-BOLYAI NEGOTIA (2010)

understanding of the factors affecting SME growth and performance in two different contexts. This paper draws on survey and …Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) are potentially the most dynamic sector of the economy. SME represent 99% of … million people. These small organizations are responsible for the creation of one in every two new jobs. SME produce …

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Capitale umano dei fondatori, endogeneità del finanziamento pubblico e crescita delle giovani imprese hi-tech italiane

Ermini, Barbara - In: STUDI ECONOMICI 2008/96 (2008) 96, pp. 73-107

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the determinants of the growth of 510 Italian NTBF during the time span 1990-2001. Firstly, it considers the relation among growth, size and age of firms. Secondly, it focuses on the role that human capital of founders and selective public funds play...

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On Some «Dimensions» of the Theory of the Firm

Stramaglia, Annamaria - In: Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali (2010) 2, pp. 199-223

The present work contributes to the debate on the theory of the firm. We focus our attention on three aspects: the role of the entrepreneur, the importance of co-ordination mechanisms within and outside the firm, and the fact that the growth of the firm may be governed by stochastic processes....

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A successful businessman is not a gambler. Risk attitude and business performance among small enterprises in Nigeria

Willebrands, Daan; Lammers, Judith; Hartog, Joop - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 33 (2012) 2, pp. 342-354

This paper analyses the effect of risk attitudes of firm owners on business performance among small enterprises in …

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Market opportunities and owner identity: Are family firms different?

Cucculelli, Marco; Marchionne, Francesco - In: Journal of Corporate Finance 18 (2012) 3, pp. 476-495

We test the hypothesis that ownership of a firm does not affect the firm's ability to seize market opportunities once decisions about productive structure are taken into account. By grouping firms in size clusters having a similar distance between the actual and the optimal size, we assess how...

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Risk attitude, product innovation, and firm growth. Evidence from Italian manufacturing firms

Cucculelli, Marco; Ermini, Barbara - In: Economics Letters 118 (2013) 2, pp. 275-279

We study the impact of individual risk attitude on the relationship between product innovation and firm performance, in …

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The role of psychic distance stimuli on the East-West FDI location structure in the EU. Evidence from Spanish MNEs

Palmero, Alfredo Jiménez; Herrera, Juan José Durán; … - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 18 (2013) 1, pp. 36-65

Eastern Europe nowadays represents an important and attractive economic area for foreign direct investment. Determinants of investments have converged with those of other European countries. However, it has been argued that a differentiated East-West structure still exists in Europe. This study...

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Leadership Styles: Inertia and changes in the Czech Republic

Auer-Rizzi, Werner; Reber, Gerhard - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 18 (2013) 1, pp. 9-35

Social Darwinism suggests that in crisis situations leaders have to be replaced by better fitting leaders. An opposing school argues that leaders, based on their personality, are successful in all situations and therefore can master all situations including a crisis. A third view concludes that...

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Why some Russian industrial companies innovate regularly: Determinants of firms’ decisions to innovate and associated routines

Gurkov, Igor - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 18 (2013) 1, pp. 66-96

Through a survey of CEOs of Russian industrial companies administered in the second half of 2011 we have tried to understand the forces that lead some firms to decide to engage in more innovative activities than others and examined the types of routines associated with this decision. We found...

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Business Experience and Start-up Size: Buying More Lottery Tickets Next Time Around?

Coad, Alex; Frankish, Julian; Nightingale, Paul; … - Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), School … - 2012

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