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Impact Evaluation of Innovation and Linkage Development Programs in Costa Rica: The Cases of PROPYME and CR Provee

Rodríguez-Álvarez, Juan Antonio; Monge-González, Ricardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

first seeks to increase the capacity of small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) to innovate, and the second aims to increase … backward linkages between Costa Rican SMEs and multinational companies operating in the country. The impacts of each program … selection bias. The results show that both PROPYME and CR Provee have positive and significant impacts on SME performance …

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Second-tier Government Banks and Access to Credit: Micro-Evidence from Colombia

Maffioli, Alessandro; Eslava, Marcela; Arjona, Marcela … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

Government-owned development banks have often been justified by the need to respond to financial market imperfections that hinder the establishment and growth of promising businesses, and as a result, stifle economic development more generally. However, evidence on the effectiveness of these...

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The Impact of Internet Banking on the Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises in Costa Rica: A Randomized Controlled Experiment

Inter-American Development Bank; Comisión Asesora en … - 2011

This paper uses a randomized controlled experiment in Costa Rica to determine whether IB use by Banco Nacional de Desarrollo's micro and small enterprise (MSE) clients has an impact on their performance, measured in terms of productivity, increase in sales, and cost reduction. Results from the...

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Industrial Policy in Chile

Agosin, Manuel R.; Larraín, Christian; Grau, Nicolás - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

regarding small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The horizontal instruments are (1) a guarantee program for borrowing by SMEs …

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Credit Frictions and "Sudden Stop" in Small Open Economies: An Equilibrium Business Cycle Framework for Emerging Markets Crises

Arellano, Cristina; Mendoza, Enrique G. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002

Financial frictions are a central element of most of the models that the literature on emerging markets crises has proposed for explaining the Sudden Stop phenomenon. To date, few studies have aimed to examine the quantitative implications of these models and to integrate them with an...

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Anticipation or risk aversion? The effects of the EU enlargement on Korean trade and FDI activities in Central and Eastern Europe

Jun, Jong-Kun; Hyun, Jae Hoon - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 19 (2014) 4, pp. 486-503

. Further examinations by firm size revealed that SMEs were responsible for increased Korea FDI after the enlargement while …

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Can Fast Growing R&D-Intensive Smes Affect the Economic Structure of the Eu Economy?: A Projection to the Year 2020

Voigt, Peter; Moncada-Paternò-Castello, Pietro - In: Eurasian Business Review 2 (2012) 2, pp. 96-128

compared to the past, if a selection of top R&D-investing SMEs were assumed to be on a fast growth track while the top R …&D-investing large scale companies continued to grow as before. Background of this research objective is the emerging focus on SMEs — and …, building from it an unbalanced panel. Scenarios were developed by distinguishing SMEs’ assumed growth paths vs. that of large …

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What will the Implementation of IFRS for SME bring for Agricultural Enterprises?

Bohušová, Hana; Svoboda, Patrik - In: Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionales 16 (2013) 1, pp. 89-100

SMEs and standardization of financial reporting for these businesses in the form of the IFRS for SMEs has not yet been … agricultural sector yet. This contribution deals with the potential impact of implementation of IFRS for SMEs in agricultural … activities and proposes possible methodological procedures for accounting solutions that are in accordance with the IFRS for SMEs …

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Preparation of Financial Statements for Sme’s in Romania. Interest for Cash-Flow Statement

FARCANE, Nicoleta; CĂPUŞNEANU, Sorinel; BRICIU, Sorin - In: Theoretical and Applied Economics XVIII(2012) (2012) 5(570), pp. 77-92

The purpose of this article is to obtain feedback about the transition to IFRS standards and their implementation in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises in Romania in terms of the cashflow situation. Research methodology is based on a quantitative survey carried out in order to...

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Market orientation, innovation and organizational commitment in industrial firms

Moreira, Antonio Carrizo; Silva, Pedro Miguel - In: Tržište/Market 25 (2013) 2, pp. 123-142

(innovation, organizational commitment and performance) of market orientation in industrial SMEs.This article follows a new … addressed. Consequently, this is the first study of its kind involving industrial SMEs addressing those who implement the …

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