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SaaS cloud computing in small and medium enterprises: A comparison between Germany and New Zealand
Dillon, Stuart; Vossen, Gottfried - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Westfälische … - 2014
Cloud sourcing and cloud computing have become de-facto standards in recent years for a range of applications. Cloud solutions are attractive for a number of reasons including ease of use, pricing, availability, scalability, and reliability. In particular, small and medium enterprises (SMEs)...
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South Africa's post-apartheid microcredit-driven calamity: Comparing 'developmental' to 'anti-developmental' local financial models
Bateman, Milford - Österreichische Forschungsstiftung für Internationale … - 2014
Microcredit was once universally lauded in international development community circles as a 'magic bullet'. Using the example of South Africa, this paper shows that microcredit has actually been an 'anti-developmental' local financial model, and one of the most calamitous financial sector...
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Credit Appraisal Procedure of SME Loan: An Empirical Investigation on Selected Private Commercial Banks in Bangladesh
Florin, Narzia - In: Journal of Applied Management and Investments 3 (2014) 4, pp. 193-200
services. The present study intends to investigate the various aspects of the credit appraisal procedure of SME loan by private …
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AN OVER VIEW OF THE BOOK INDUSTRY IN ROMANIA
MACARIE, FELICIA CORNELIA - In: JOURNAL STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABES-BOLYAI NEGOTIA (2007)
enterprises (SME). This contemporary truth is accepted by the majority of economics specialists. In a recent research “The socio … (428 persons from the SME leadership with employees from 0 to 250) are aware of the fact that the SMEs are not ready to … Commission (EC) initiated a new policy document of the SME published in 11.11.2005 named “The Implementation of the Common …
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A CHARACTHERIZATION OF PORTUGUESE SME COMPARING EUROPEAN UNION - CASE STUDY ABOUT SETÚBAL REGION
MARTINS RODRIGUES, JORGE JOSE; GOMES VALENTE DA COSTA, … - In: JOURNAL STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABES-BOLYAI NEGOTIA (2007)
Portuguese SME for the domestic economy, referring their social and economic role, as well its weight in Gross Domestic Product … (SME) comparing its performance indicators with the reference indicators of EU’s SME. The higher education institution … to analyse an important stakeholder cluster of our community – the SME. We work with a significant sample of regional SME …
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Business Benefits, Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development in SME Trough Implementing and Combining ISO 14000 with ISO 26000
Bostan, Ionel; Artene, Alin Emanuel - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XII (2012) 1, pp. 819-822
The negative effects of the global crisis can be seen on SME’s because of their size and their difficulty to access … finance. SME’s need to be aware of the impact that their activities have on the environment which will turn into a great … opportunity to explore the economic advantages that emerges from implementing an environmental management system. If an SME has …
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Balancing European SME Managers’ Training Contents: Perceived Importance & Training Needs
Morgado, Leonel; Varajão, João; Dominguez, Caroline; … - In: Business Systems Research 5 (2014) 2, pp. 4-22
programs for European SME managers. Methods/Approach: In six European countries a survey focusing on SME managers’ views on the … research could help training institutions to develop courses aimed at SME managers. The balancing approach proved to be an …
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Credit rationing and relationship lending. Does firm size matter?
Cenni, Stefano; Monferrà, Stefano; Salotti, Valentina; … - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 53 (2015) C, pp. 249-265
Using survey based data, we investigate factors influencing credit rationing within a bank-based financial system. We show that rationing depends on various dimensions of the firm-bank relationships and that the effects of relationship lending on rationing are not identical for different firm...
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DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE. THE CASE OF ROMANIA
IUHASZ, GIOVANA; DORIN, COSMA - In: Annals - Economy Series 1I (2015) January, pp. 69-75
During the past years, developing countries have become extremely interesting for researchers, as well as for capital investors. Dominated by growth and industrialization, but lacking macroeconomic indicator stability or sufficiently mature financial markets, these countries make it acutely...
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ASSESSMENT OF THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN ROMANIA DURING 2013-2014
ALINA, NAFTANAILA CRISTINA; VIORICA, BRAGA; GEORGETA, … - In: Annals - Economy Series 1I (2015) January, pp. 245-249
Small and medium enterprises contribute significantly to achieve the fundamental objectives of any national economy. They play an important role in the economy for reasons such as: to encourage innovation and flexibility; to integrate easily into a regional industrial network, which contributes...
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