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ROMANIAN SMES VERSUS THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS-IMPEDIMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

Oltean, Livia - In: Annals - Economy Series 4II (2012) December, pp. 176-179

This paper studies the way small and medium sized enterprises have reacted towards the global financial crisis. It also attempts to study the impact this crisis had on both the activity of these enterprises and on the business mentality in Romania. The article studies the reasons which...

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Knowledge and rent spillovers through government-sponsored R&D consortia

Nishimura, Junichi; Okamuro, Hiroyuki - Center for Interfirm Network, Institute of Economic Research - 2013

R&D consortia (collaborative R&D projects among private firms, universities, and public research institutes) have been attracting increasing attention as an effective means of promoting innovation. Especially for SMEs, such collaboration provides important opportunities to access and obtain...

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IS THE WEBSITE MARKETING STRATEGY CORRELATED WITH THE COMPANIES OUTCOMES? EVIDENCE FROM ROMANIAN IT INDUSTRY

Anca, Constantinescu-Dobra - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2012) 1, pp. 1134-1140

With a constant yearly growth of more than 20% over the last five years and adding up to10% of the GDP, the Romanian Information Technology (IT) sector has an important potential for development. Emphasizing on websites marketing in this sector could enhance more profitability. Even though this...

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CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF MODERN MANAGEMENT METHODS IN PLANNING THE MARKETING ACTIVITY WITHIN THE SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES

Valerica, Olteanu; Valeriu, Curmei Catalin - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2012) 1, pp. 1072-1078

This paper aims to highlight, from a marketing perspective, the manner and conditions in which small and medium-sized enterprises can use modern management methods in planning the marketing activity. Using modern methods of management are particularly important for managers of these...

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What does it take to achieve RM53 billion of timber product export by 2020?

Jean-Marc, Roda; Zakaria, Noor Aini; Fui, Lim Hin; … - In: EAS Strategic Options 2011 (2011) 11, pp. 14-15

The MalaysiaÕs wood-based industry is expected to contribute substantially to national income earning through value-added products such as furniture, mouldings, panel products as well as buildersÕ joinery and carpentry. During the Second Industrial Master Plan (IMP2, 1996Ð2005), it was...

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Developmental Directions of the Clusters in Hungary

Nahlik, Gábor; Németh, Erzsébet; Dániel, Zoltán András - In: Annals of the University of Petrosani, Economics 9 (2009) 4, pp. 87-98

Clusters are created in order for companies and institutions to exploit beneficial interrelations. This means the development of a common image, regularly organized meetings, joint planning, and the implementation of tasks. Therefore, the members of the cluster execute a contract through an...

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SMEs in Argentina: Who are the Exporters?

Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Martincus, Christian Volpe - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2009

There exists a growing body of literature which looks at export decisions made by firms. Most studies focus on developed countries and do not explore whether different behavioral patterns prevail over the firm size distribution. This paper aims at filling this gap in the literature by analyzing...

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The Impact of Information Technology in Trade Facilitation on Small and Medium Enterprises in the Philippines

Dios, Loreli C. de - Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade … - 2009

The paper is focusing on electronic lodgment through web-based applications of value-added service providers as the IT-based trade facilitation measure, the survey of Customs Brokers conducted in this study revealed that lodgment time in the Philippines dropped to one hour or less as a result,...

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Labour relations in comparative perspective: Special focus on the SME sector (part 2)

Makó, Csaba; Csizmadia, Péter; Illéssy, Miklós - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 11 (2006) 3, pp. 267-287

the micro- small and medium sized enteprises (SME). In the first section, the author describes the key social partners and … section of the paper deals with the particular features of the LRS in the SME sector. The strong informality of social … dialogue is the key institutional pattern of LRS in the SME sector. …

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Gender specifics in entrepreneurs' personal characteristics

Sirec, Karin; Mocnik, Dijana - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 17 (2012) 1, pp. 11-39

This paper explored Slovenian entrepreneurs' personal characteristics to understand the existing gender gap in transitional countries, testing the proposed model among small and medium-sized company owners (N = 201; 32.3% female, 67.7% male). The research operationalized entrepreneurs'...

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