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Banking concentration, information asymmetries and credit rationing: The Argentinean case

Arroyo, Martín R. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

banks distort their relation with the financing demand and especially with the sector of the SMEs, what really means an … institutions, the generation of different types of information and the way how it affects the sector of the SMEs. By means of …

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Perceived financial barriers and the start-up decision: An econometric analysis of gender differences using GEM data

Stephen, Roper; Jonathan M., Scott - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Although accessing finance is key to the foundation of any business, particular concerns have been expressed about the ability of UK women-owned firms to obtain external finance. In this paper we use an econometric approach to explore the effect of perceptions of financial barriers to start-up...

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THE SME OWNERS’ PERCEPTION ON CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: AN APPROACH BASED ON COGNITIVE MAPPING

Aegerter, Delphine - In: Revista Tinerilor Economisti (The Young Economists Journal) 1 (2007) 7, pp. 112-121

having an impact on the firm’s perennial life. In spite of the large diffusion of the CSR topic and the importance of SME in … national markets, the main researches focus on large companies. SME deserves its own tools. With the more direct impact of the … manager decision, SME constitutes a privileged field of research for a cognitive approach of the corporate responsibility …

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Reaching Out: Exploring SME Exporting Opportunities and Challenges

Chambers, Edward J.; Shaw, Williams J. - Western Centre for Economic Research (WCER), School of … - 2008

This study by the Western Centre for Economic Research (WCER) examines small business exports to US and other international markets based on a 2007 survey of 387 firms with less than 100 employees. Most firms were in the manufacturing sector, supplemented by a few firms in professional and...

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Partnerships for Women's Health - Striving for Best Practice within the UN Global Compact / United Nations University Research Brief 1/2009 (www.unu.edu)

Timmermann, Martina; Kruesmann, Monika - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Every minute, at least one woman dies from pregnancy and childbirth complications; a further 20 suffer injury, infection or disease. Despite medical advances, and years of policy declarations, this tragic situation remains particularly severe in developing countries, violating a fundamental...

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Drivers of change or cut-throat competitors? Challenging Cultures of Innovation of Chinese and Nigerian migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa

Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in different West African countries in recent years has been met with growing resistance by established local entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter because of distinctive socio-cultural traits, or whether...

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Strategic alignment: a performance tool (an empirical study of SMEs).

Jouirou, Nihel; Kalika, Michel - Université Paris-Dauphine

partnership strategy or cooperation practice) and organizational structure of an SME could have a decisive influence on its … performance. We constructed a model and tested it empirically using data from 381 SMEs operating in different sectors. A … alignment of IT with corporate strategy and organizational structure could generate the best performance levels for an SME. …

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Strategic alignment: a performance tool for SMEs.

Jouirou, Nihel; Kalika, Michel - Université Paris-Dauphine

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Collateral, relationship lending and family firms

Steijvers, Tensie; Voordeckers, Wim; Vanhoof, Koen - In: Small Business Economics 34 (2010) 3, pp. 243-259

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The local matrix as a tool for credit relationship with Smes

Triscari, Giuliano - In: BANCARIA 01 (2010) January

.This method can help to give a tailor-made response to enhance the credit quality, the competitive edge of Smes and the value of …

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