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CMF in Review: 2006-2011

Hooten, Christopher; Pietrobelli, Carlo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

This paper presents a retrospective review of several key areas of work of the Capital Markets and Financial Institutions Division (CMF) of the Inter-American Development Bank. Presented with each chapter as an independent piece, the paper analyzes the operations portfolio of CMF from 2006 to...

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Innovation Policy and Employment: Evidence from an Impact Evaluation in Argentina

Castillo, Victoria; Maffioli, Alessandro; Rojo, Sofía; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

This paper presents the evaluation of the Enterprise Restructuring Support Program in Argentina. The aim of the program was to increase the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises by cofinancing technical assistance that can be classified as either support for process innovation or...

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Sustainable Product Service Systems in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): Opportunities in the Leather Manufacturing Industry

Pardo, Ricardo J. Hernández; Bhamra, Tracy; Bhamra, Ran - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 2, pp. 175-192

This paper presents an approach to identify opportunities to develop sustainable Product Service Systems (PSS) involving Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The purpose of the research is to build understanding of how the integration of product and service design and the use of Information and...

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Barriers to innovation in SMEs: Can the internationalization of R&D mitigate their effects?

Tiwari, Rajnish; Buse, Stephan - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement, … - 2007

Technological advancements, especially in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have enhanced greatly the competition spurred by the globalization of the world economies. Even small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are no more immune to the challenges that the globalization brings...

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General implementation stages of the ABC method in the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Căpuşneanu, Sorinel; I; Topor, Dan; Rof, Letiţia Maria - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This article highlights the analysis and implementation stages of the ABC method in small and medium sized enterprises in Romania. It presents the historical development of the ABC method and its implementation issues identified in the economic entities. It stresses the importance of the ABC...

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Innovation and Employment Growth in Costa Rica: A Firm-level Analysis

Monge-González, Ricardo; Rodríguez-Álvarez, Juan Antonio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

This paper studies the degree to which innovation by Costa Rican manufacturing firms creates or displaces employment, how different innovation strategies affect employment, and how these effects vary by firm size and type of employment demand characteristics (skills and gender). In particular...

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Financial Crisis, Trade Finance, and SMEs : Case of Central Asia

Pasadilla, Gloria O. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

This paper surveys studies of the importance of Central Asian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the economy …

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Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Taipei,China’s Industrial Structure and Firm Activity

Hou, Jack W. - Asian Development Bank Institute, Asian Development Bank - 2011

Given the dominance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Taipei,China (97.6% of business establishments, and 77.1% of employment), it is of vital importance to develop ways to aid SMEs in surviving the current global economic crisis. Indeed, the government can utilize this crisis to...

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The Internationalization of Small and Medium Enterprises in Regional and Global Value Chains

Lim, Hank; Kimura, Fukunari - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

globalization and economic integration in East Asia, there is significant potential for the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector …

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The internationalization profiles of Portuguese SMEs

Oliveira, Pedro; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2011

Portuguese SME, constituting therefore an important tool for political action. On the basis of the literature review and the …’: Experienced Medium Low-Tech firms; Low skill, Low-Tech firms; Young High-Tech firms) based on language skills, SME business …; Highly productive firms) has as criteria the firm size, the SME export intensity and industry. The last segmentation proposal …

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