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We analyze linked databases on all Small Business Administration (SBA) loans, on all SBA lenders, and on all U.S. employers to estimate the effects of financial access on employment growth. Our methods combine regressions with matching on firm age, size, industry, year, and employment history,...
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The expansion of enterprise level datasets has led to the emergence of a large body of literature on patterns of employment and job dynamics across different enterprise types. In the context of India, where MSMEs have been traditionally supported and encouraged by different policy initiatives to...
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Termination charges toward newer entrants are often set asymmetrically to exceed efficient costs for telephony traffic. Such practices are said to be beneficial to consumers as well as providing competition a quot;leg-upquot;. However claims of consumer benefit are dubious at best, while infant...
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This paper reviews issues and trends in business advice policies for business start-ups and existing SMEs, including …
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This paper provides an analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on SMEs and entrepreneurs, and the SME and …
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innovations to the market that seem too risky for established companies. The parties' plans for the Bundestag elections for SMEs …-tion programs of the parties potentially facing government participation are examined for their relevance for SMEs. Since SMEs are … administration are also becom-ing increasingly important for SMEs, the plans of the parties in the digital area are also included in …
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Financial constraints can severely limit the development of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) and are very … suggests that the scheme is successful at attracting SMEs with high-growth potential, and that – in line with signalling theory …
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It is widely recognized that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are key drivers of the Philippine economy through … their direct contributions to employment, value-added, exports, and entrepreneurial activities. SMEs also play a role in the … in the Philippines using data from 590 SMEs in Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, and Metro Davao gathered in 2019. Business …
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We use a new database, the National Establishment Time Series (NETS), to revisit the debate about the role of small businesses in job creation. Birch (e.g., 1987) argued that small firms are the most important source of job creation in the U.S. economy. But Davis et al. (1996a) argued that this...
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All OECD countries have put in place policies that support SMEs and entrepreneurs. These policies differ considerably …
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