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Towards a Framework to Improve IT Security and IT Risk Management in Small and Medium Enterprises

Mühe, Stephan; Drechsler, Andreas - In: International Journal of Systems and Society (IJSS) 4 (2017) 2, pp. 44-56

In this article, an IT risk management (ITRM) framework for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is designed and evaluated. The framework's objective is to provide an uncomplicated and accessible ITRM approach primarily aimed at SMEs without a dedicated ITRM. The framework combines essential...

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Does Internal and External R&D Affect SMEs Innovation Performance? Micro Level Evidence from India and Pakistan

Rehman, Naqeeb Ur - 2015

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of internal and external R&D on SMEs innovation performance. Micro level data was obtained from Enterprise Survey. For analysis, bivariate models have been used. The results show that internal and external R&D positively affects the product...

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What Is a Small Business?

Osteryoung, Jerome S.; Newman, Derek - In: Journal of Small Business Finance 2 (1993) 3, pp. 219-231

This paper argues that a definition of small business is important for both research and governmental policy. A chronological history of definitions is discussed along with their limitations. A new definition of small business is advocated when a business has personal guarantees and has no...

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An Empirical Investigation into the Size of Small Businesses

Osteryoung, Jerome S.; Pace, R. Daniel; Constand, Richard L. - In: Journal of Small Business Finance 4 (1995) 1, pp. 75-86

A fundamental understanding of small businesses begins with an adequate definition of what constitutes a small business. Often the definition of a small business incorporates the definitions employed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) which, in part, uses the number of employees as the...

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Territorial Competitiveness in Romania – The Role of Economic Clusters

Pauna, Carmen Beatrice; Chilian, Nona Mihaela - 2012

Analyzing the competitive performance of Romanian industry, one may say that Romania has an economy based mainly on the manufacturing industry, characterized by features such as: • high labor intensity, especially in industries such as textiles, knitwear, apparel, leather and footwear; •...

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Financial investment constraints: A panel threshold application to German firm level data

Tarassow, Artur - 2015

This article tests the hypothesis that financial supply-side shifts help to explain the low-investment climate of private firms in Germany. The core contention is that a firm's financial position contributes to its access to external finance on credit markets. Special emphasis is put on small...

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Are Regional Institutional Factors Determinants Of The Capital Structure Of Smes?

Palacin-Sanchez, Mariajosé; Di Pietro, Filippo - 2013

This paper analyses the role that institutional factors play in explaining differences in the capital structure of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across regions belonging to a single country. Specifically, it studies the effect of the development of the financial sector and of the...

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One approach to the assessment of the financial situation of SME in regions

Vostokov, Evgeny - 2014

The assessment of a financial position of SME has very much importance as for the analysis of current situation in a … full-scale research of SME situations in large regional economy on the basis of traditional statistical methods. Such …

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Social Change and Entrepreneurship in Turkey: A Review of National Development Policies

Sag, Mehmet Akif; Bilsel, Sami Guven - 2014

production area has become common. Therefore, ?small and medium enterprises' (SME) are started to be seen as enterprises that can … country creates its own SME. Accordingly, this subject should be considered in terms of social culture since the SME …-society relation involves originality for every society. Existing SME literature deals with SMEs independently from cultural structures …

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SME's cluster identification in Russia

Barinova, Vera; Zemtsov, Stepan - 2015

as areas of geographical concentration of small and medium businesses (SME). We also wanted to check whether the existing …

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