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SME Metasys: A Business Management System for SMEs

Campos, Sérgio Vale Aguiar - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

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Institutional Capacities for Small Business Policy Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Angelelli, Pablo; Moudry, Rebecca; Llisterri, Juan J. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

This study provides a quantitative description of MSMEs in Latin America and the Caribbean. It highlights the quality of the information available in the region and, in doing so, also identifies gaps in the data. The study also presents a comparative analysis of the capacity of national MSME...

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Responding to Global Pressure: The Role of Private Partnership and Public Agencies in the Sinos Valley, Brazil

Schmitz, Hubert - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

This paper sums up the experience of a Brazilian cluster of small and medium enterprises in the Sinos Valley. It shows that cooperation amongst local enterprises strengthens their ability to compete globally and that business associations can play an important role in identifying the key...

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Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains in Latin America: The Role of Policies

Pietrobelli, Carlo; Rabellotti, Roberta - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004

This study focuses on how Latin America¿s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can participate in global markets in a way that provides for sustainable growth. In addition, it study analyzes the impact of collective efficiency on clusters upgrading and undertakes an investigation of the...

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Unlocking SME Finance in Argentina with Psychometrics

Klinger, Bailey; Castro, Lucio; Szenkman, Paula; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

carried out a pilot test of an innovative psychometric tool aimed at evaluating credit risk among SME clients of Banco Ciudad … de Buenos Aires (BCBA), one of the top three public banks of Argentina. SME responses were compared to their historical … repayment records to determine if psychometric-based credit scoring models could help ameliorate the constraints to SME finance …

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Group Support to the Microenterprise Sector: (1990-2000)

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2001

The IDB Group, guided by its Strategy for Microenterprise Development, has made the creation of a sustainable market of services to the sector one of its most important priorities during the past decade. This report presents an overview of the contributions the IDB has made to the...

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Innovative Clusters in Times of Economic Crisis. Case Study Romania

Pauna, Carmen Beatrice - In: Acta Universitatis Danubius. OEconomica (2013) 9(4), pp. 105-116

The small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are deeply affected by the current economic crisis, especially due to decrease in demand and much harder access to financing sources. Most of the small and medium-sized companies (over 90% of them) face major difficulties due to decrease in orders...

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Strategic Human Resource Management at Small and Medium- Sized Enterprises in Serbia

Szlávicz, Ágnes; Berber, Nemanja - Keleti Károly Gazdasági Kar, Óbudai Egyetem

The modern human resource management (HRM) literature and the actual management practice both emphasize the strategic approach to company’s most important assets, its human resources. The human resource management activities are nowadays linked to company’s mission, vision and strategy, and...

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General Implementation Stages of the ABC Method in the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Capusneanu, Sorinel; Topor, Dan; Rof, Letitia-Maria - In: International Journal of Academic Research in … 1 (2011) 1, pp. 43-50

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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New International Standards a Solution to Promote Green Innovation in SMEs

Domil, Aura Emanuela; Artene, Alin Emanuel - In: International Journal of Academic Research in … 2 (2012) Special 1, pp. 65-68

for any type of organization but especially for SME’s due to their enormous number as a percentage of the European economy …

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