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東海地域における中小企業の経営力強化のための 金融機関と自治体等の取り組みの現状と課題 ―中小企業アンケート調査の概要－
Yamori, Nobuyoshi; Tomimura, Kei; Takaku, Kenya - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper reports a survey result conducted in May 2012. We sent a questionnaire to 3,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), whose main business sector is manufacture and which locate in Aichi Prefecture, one of the largest economic regions in Japan. 803 SMEs answered this...
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Business Owners’ Preferences in Marketing Practices and their Impact on Firm Performance
Ghouri, AM; Saleem, F; Malik, A - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This short paper is the extended part of Ghouri, et al. (2011) study. This paper presents the finding about the owners of restaurant and catering businesses marketing practices. This study showed their mindset about the marketing practices. The findings suggest that owners of restaurants and...
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The Development of SMEs in Turkey
Nurrachmi, Rininta Nurrachmi; Abd Samad, Khairunnisa; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
observe the SME condition, its contribution to economic development in Turkey as well as to explore the constraints, issue and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260097
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2013 Budget Initiatives to SMEs and Entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka
Dissanayake, D.M.N.S.W. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
postulates recent budget proposals to enhance SME performances in Sri Lanka. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261084
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The effect of high performance work systems on small and medium size enterprises
Ivars, Pascual; Vicente, Jose; Martínez, Comeche; … - In: Journal of Business Research 68 (2015) 7, pp. 1463-1465
This study analyzes the processes that explain high performance work system (HPWS) effect on company performance in small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). This study tests this relationship in SMEs by selecting three high performance work practices (HPWP) and an outcome variable based on the...
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Monthly Report No. 10/2014
Astrov, Vasily; Gligorov, Vladimir; Grübler, Julia; … - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2014
Graph of the month Europe Brent Spot Price, fob per barrel, in current USD and euro and real year 2005 euro (p. 1) Opinion corner Russia-Ukraine conflict do Western sanctions have any effect? (by Vasily Astrov, Vladimir Gligorov, Peter Havlik, Michael Landesmann and Olga Pindyuk; pp. 2-6)...
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THE VULNERABILITY OF SMES IN THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
Nicolae, Nicolae , ŢÂU; Raluca Ionela, Raluca Ionela … - In: Annals of Spiru Haret University, Economic Series 5 (2014) 2, pp. 9-16
The vulnerability of small and medium enterprises is closely related to their reduced volume of activity and insufficient financial resources available to them. Therefore, these types of organizations are more likely to be the subject of the changes that occur in the market. Although there are...
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Research on the Status of SMEs of Ya'an in the Internal Control
Xiao, Qiu - In: Journal of Management and Strategy 2 (2011) 3, pp. 86-90
After visiting some SEMs and conducting a questionnaire survey of them, the author used the descriptive statistical analysis to analyse the data and found that SEMs emphasized the impacts of the external environment, the construction of the internal control system, and the control of the...
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HOW SME UNIQUENESS AFFECTS CAPITAL STRUCTURE: EVIDENCE FROM A 1994-1998 SPANISH DATA PANEL
Mira, Francisco Sogorb- - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2002
The principal aim of this paper is to test how firm characteristics affect Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) capital …. Our results suggest that non?debt tax shields and profitability are both negatively related to SME leverage, while size …, growth options and asset structure influence positively on SME capital structure; they also confirm a maturity matching …
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EFFECTS OF PRODUCT INNOVATION AND ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES ON COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: EVIDENCE FROM UK SMALL AND MEDIUM MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES
SIQUEIRA, ANA CRISTINA O.; COSH, ANDY D. - In: International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim) 12 (2008) 02, pp. 113-137
. Considering the path-dependence in developing capabilities and innovation, we use a longitudinal sample of 300 UK manufacturing …
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