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Entrepreneurial talent and venture performance: A meta-analytic investigation of SMEs

Mayer-Haug, Katrin; Read, Stuart; Brinckmann, Jan; Dew, … - In: Research Policy 42 (2013) 6, pp. 1251-1273

As the broad link between small and medium-sized firm activity and key policy goals such as employment or economic growth has become generally accepted, the conversation has focused on a more nuanced understanding of the entrepreneurial engines of economic activity. A significant body of...

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Innovation in knowledge-intensive industries: The double-edged sword of coopetition

Bouncken, Ricarda B.; Kraus, Sascha - In: Journal of Business Research 66 (2013) 10, pp. 2060-2070

This study researches an important topic for knowledge-intensive SMEs that operate in clusters. Results from a sample of 830 SMEs as well as from qualitative validation interviews indicate that coopetition, the simultaneous pursuit of cooperation and competition, has a varying impact on...

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Intergovernmental Relations and Local Competitiveness in Latin America

Cruz, Rafael de la - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007

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Connecting Innovation, Clusters, & Regional Development

Drabenstott, Mark - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007

Power Point: Connecting Innovation, Clusters, & Regional Development

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A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF SMES IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY CONTEXT

ROBU, Maximilian - In: CrossCultural Management Journal (2013) 27, pp. 150-155

In a highly dynamic and competitive environment as the online one, SMEs need to adapt and change their behavior, requiring a rethinking of classification criteria. Social media is changing the way people interact, but also changing organizations and how they operate. Social networks are no...

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The Change in Size of SMEs in Light of Succession

Bogdány, Eszter; Balogh, Ágnes; Csizmadia, Tibor; … - ToKnowPress

SME leaders face specific tasks generated by challenges of our time. As a result organizations are to move towards …

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The Role of University-Level Business Education in Overcoming the Challenges of SMEManagers in Serbia

Kocevar, Maja; Sternad, Dietmar Horst - ToKnowPress

, Serbian SME managers see considerable deficits in the current system of university-level business education, specifically … economy, which is strongly SME-based. …

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SEGMENTATION OF SME PORTFOLIO IN BANKING SYSTEM

Mihaela, Namolosu Simona - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2013) 1, pp. 1786-1796

service model for these companies. SME portfolio of a bank is not homogeneous, different characteristics and behaviours being … identified. The current paper reveals empirical evidence about SME portfolio characteristics and segmentation methods used in … are segmenting the SME portfolio by a single criterion: the annual company (official) turnover; others are considering …

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Pure Perseverance: A Study of Women's Small Businesses in Colombia: Understanding Success Factors of Women's and Men's Small Businesses in Bucaramanga, Colombia

Powers, Jennifer; Magnoni, Barbara - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

Supporting women's businesses has become a topic of growing interest to governments and mainstream development institutions in recent years. Declarations to address women's unequal access to economic opportunity at the G-20 Summit, the development of UN Women, and the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women...

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How Theory Meets Practice: An Analysis of the Capital Structure of Spanish SMEs

Riportella, Clara Cardone; Papis, Leonardo Cazorla - In: Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 11 (2006) 2, pp. 73-94

The article analyzes the factors determining the capital structure of the Spanish small and medium enterprises [SMEs]. The analysis is grounded on the agency theory, the signalling approach and the pecking order theory. In particular, the article provides a qualitative and quantitative analysis...

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