Literature studies confirm that family-owned enterprises do pay attention to their stakeholders. This chapter explores the phenomenon of project risk culture in micro- and small businesses, which are owned by families. Special attention has been directed to the relationship between project risk...

Examines the economic significance of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Viet Nam and assesses the policy and legal environment for MSEs in seven key areas: specific MSE policies; business laws and regulations; taxation; labour policy; trade; finance, credit and bankruptcy polices; and...

The study aims to assess the labour absorptive capacity of the enterprise economy, to uncover the nature and scope of training, employment and income opportunities available and to identify a set of policy alternatives which could enhance its potential role in the development process - rather...

Highlights the institutional, structural and political factors which account for Italy's high level and distinctive pattern of self- employment in comparison to other industrial countries, including persistent economic dualism, labour market rigidities, a favourable regulatory framework, the...

Based on data from the IX Censo nacional de poblacion y vivienda de 1993 del INEI and the Encuesta nacional de niveles de vida de 1994 (ENNIV) of Cuanto and World Bank, Encuestas de hogares anuales del Ministerio de Trabajo y Promocion Social from 1986 to 1996 (for urban area of Lima), Encuesta...