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Official reports, academic papers and many case studies on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries show that large enterprises (LEs) produce better products than those by SMEs, partly because the first enterprises have better technology, which make them more innovated...
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This essay will studies different concepts and definition of small businesses in different countries. It will examine Europe, Russia and its post-soviet neighbors, north America and Japan. Aim of this study is to understand why there are differences between states and what they mean in economy....
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As cross border B2C e-commerce is widely spreading, three strategic steps toward global B2C e-commerce (overseas direct sales) has been proposed to small businesses to enhance their economic status for research purposes. Step one covers the attempt to enter and sell among foreign global open...
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This paper studies the effect of bundling products and services on the export performance of firms. Using a unique sample, we document several facts about German small and medium enterprises (SMEs). First, bundling is a relatively rare activity, which is unevenly spread across sectors. Second,...
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This microenterprise research aims to explore the role of microenterprises by comparing both countries' situations (Korea vs. Mexico) and trying to observe through official statistics how these governments are applying different policies, and determining how this government decisions impact...
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Despite much literature on the internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), extant studies … examined traditional SMEs, internationalization patterns, and typologies of SMEs entering foreign markets. Therefore, the aim … technology orientation and export performance, moving forward with empirical results. To the best of our knowledge, our model is …
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internationalization. As a strategic-making process, entrepreneurial orientation (EO) has received much attention in current business …). Further discussed in this research is the extent to which SMEs need to possess knowledge or competencies related to all the …
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challenges faced by SMEs in exporting their products (internationalization) and possible strategies that may be employed to solve …
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Nigeria is a viable country for business and good investment to make more income irrespective of the lingering economic crisis, the country is currently going through. Nigerian economy in the 21st Century is faced with diverse and massive challenges. This is giving Nigeria's economy huge...
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This paper examines the effect of export intensity on a firm's capital structure using a sample of 7,676 Portuguese SMEs. Results obtained from a system GMM estimation method show that the leverage ratio is negatively affected by export intensity. We document that firms with more growth...
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