This study investigates the impact of internal and external research and development (R&D) on the innovation performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India and Pakistan. Micro-level data was obtained for 3,492 Indian and 696 Pakistani SMEs from the World Bank's Enterprise...

Finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) has been a concern for all stakeholders including entrepreneurs, financial institutions, and government organizations. The key objective of the study was to identify various challenges faced by MSMEs in sourcing of finance during...

The paper analyzes the link between human capital and firm-level productivity in five Asian countries. It draws on a dataset of over 4,000 enterprises and considers both the prior educational attainment of workers and in-service training programs of enterprises. Differences between small,...

In many developing countries the skill base is a cause of concern with respect to international competition. Firm-provided training is generally seen as an important tool for bridging the skills gap between labour force and private sector demand. Yet little is known about how successful such...

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...

(VF)L’épargne salariale est moins répandue en PME que dans les grandes entreprises. A partir de sept études de cas de PME et d’entretiens auprès de deux gestionnaires de l’épargne salariale, deux représentants de syndicats et un expert-comptable, cet article propose des explications...

(VF)Toutes approches confondues, un type idéal de tableau de bord incorporant des indicateurs physiques et centré sur le pilotage de la performance émerge aujourd’hui de la littérature. La question se pose de savoir si cette conception « idéale » développée au sein du champ...