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The Role of Enterpreneurs and SMEs in Driving the Recovery

Ellis, Colin - 2011

The UK economy has not performed strongly since emerging from recession at the end of 2009, while at the same time public sector cuts have yet to really take their toll. With the Government encouraging new and small businesses to boost activity and jobs, we examine whether the UK is still a good...

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Ji, HoJun - 2012

We investigate financial vulnerability of households with small business owner managers, using 1992 to 2007 Survey of Consumer Finances datasets. Based on regression analyses of two ratios, business assets to total household assets and business income to total household income, we find that...

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A Log Linear Analysis of Factors Affecting Performance of European Manufacturing SMEs

Beneki, Christina - 2013

performance of European manufacturing SMEs by using a hierarchical log linear model. In the present study, firm performance is … associated with the outcome variable firm performance in a chi-square test analysis. The results revealed seventeen out of an … hierarchical log linear model. This paper expands the research of factors affecting the firms' performance and allows a better …

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Gazelles as Job Creators : A Survey and Interpretation of the Evidence

Henrekson, Magnus - 2013

It is often claimed that small and young firms account for a disproportionately large share of net employment growth. We conduct a meta-analysis of the empirical evidence regarding whether net employment growth rather is generated by a few rapidly growing firms -- so-called Gazelles -- that are...

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Anatomy of the Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Critical Success Factors (CSFs) in Zimbabwe : Introducing the 3E Model

Nyoni, Thabani - 2018

While most entrepreneurs around the globe acknowledge that they began their businesses either as a hobby or a secondary source of income, the mushrooming of SMEs in Zimbabwe has been prompted by unprecedented company closures which saw many workers losing their jobs. SMEs occupy a central...

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The Modular Approach to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Insolvency

Davis, Ronald B. - 2017

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Investments, Export Entry and Export Intensity in Small Manufacturing Firms

Esaku, Stephen - 2020

We analyze the effect of investment in physical capital on the firm's choice to enter the export market and increase export intensity. We specifically examine the hypothesis that firm-level investment facilitates small firms to initiate exporting and increase their export intensity. Using...

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Moderating Business Environment Influence on Individual Entrepreneurial Competence and Entrepreneurial Orientation Toward Business Performance

2017

on Individual Entrepreneurial Competence (IEC) and Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) on Business Performance … Entrepreneurial Orientation have a positive influence on Business Performance. Meanwhile, Individual Entrepreneurial Competence and … Entrepreneurial Orientation have a positive and greater influence on Business Performance in hostile environments. On the other hand …

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Financial Management Practices and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis

Nketsiah, Isaac - 2017

relevant financial management practices can affect its performance. This study examines financial management practices and … their relationship with performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. The financial … performance. The results show that receivable management, cash management, inventory management and asset management practices …

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Challenges and Opportunities of Small Business Management and Start-Ups in India

Potluri, Rajasekhara Mouly - 2019

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