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Across the pond : a comparison of the Mexican & British SMEs and their dealings with sustainability.

Victoria-Uribe, Ricardo; Lofthouse, V.A. - 2006

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are widely recognized as an importantpart of the worldwide economy, acting both as the backbone of local economiesand as consumers of natural resources. In light of this, since the 1990’s,research to investigate how to make them more sustainable through the...

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Comparing alignment factors in SMEs and large organizations: a planning integration perspective

Gutierrez, A; Nawazish, A; Orozco, J; Serrano, A; … - 2007

on Small and Medium Enterprises (SME). This paper uses the data provided by 127 participants from large and SMEs in order …

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Knowledge Management Processes in Growth-oriented SMEs: An Atlantic Canadian Perspective

MacDonald, Harry Douglas - 2010

ABSTRACTCompetitive pressure and desire for success drive enterprises in general to involve in knowledge acquisition and dissemination activities that are becoming increasingly significant in the rapid changing and globalising economic world. In addition, with the increased mobility of...

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Warehouse financing risk analysis for SMEs in China

Luo, Z; Wong, E; Tong, F; Tan, CJ; Ying, Y - 2010

-sized enterprises (SME). Its basic working mechanism is to transfer the company's assets to collaterals which are more acceptable by the …

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A Study of the Relationship in Financial Performance, Organization size, Business Classification, and Program Maturity of Six Sigma Systems

Olson, Diane J. - 2010

United States companies are facing increased competition as business continues to grow globally. This is true for large companies and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs), as well as manufacturing and non-manufacturing organizations. To remain competitive, organizations need to improve product...

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Définition et dénombrement statistique de la population des PME dans l'Union Européenne

Mertins, Verena; Sölter, Anja - 2008

This study by order of the Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) provides an overview of the SME definition … and the system of SME statistics in the European Union. The European SME definition is particularly examined with respect … the institutional design of the European SME statistics and the practical problems of collecting data at the national …

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Bank Lines of Credit in Liquidity Management - The Impact of Recall Risk for German SMEs

Schertler, Andrea; Pfingsten, Andreas; Hubensack, Carsten - 2010

We use a unique sample of self-employed and corporate clients provided by a universal bank in Germany to investigate how recall risk of recallable bank lines of credit impact cash holdings and line usage. While the bank does not require an upfront fee for providing a line of credit, which may...

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Entrepreneurship, development, and the spatial context: Retrospect and prospect

Nijkamp, Peter - 2009

Entrepreneurship has been a topical issue in the business administration literature, but in the past decade a wave of interest can be observed on the role of entrepreneurship in the economic growth literature. This paper aims to highlight the various contributions to the entrepreneurship...

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Relationship lending - empirical evidence for Germany

Memmel, Christoph; Schmieder, Christian; Stein, Ingrid - 2008

Relationship lending is a common practice in credit financing all over the world, notably also in the European Union, which has been assumed to be particularly beneficial for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). During recent years, there has been the impression that relationship lending...

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Effectiveness of Public R&D Subsidies in East Germany – Is it a Matter of Firm Size?

Reinkowski, Janina; Alecke, Björn; Mitze, Timo; … - 2010

sized enterprises (SME), we put a special focus on the effectiveness of the R&D subsidies for this latter subgroup. Here no … Innovationssystem insbesondere durch kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) getrieben wird, liegt ein besonderer Fokus der Analyse auf … sind. Unsere Matching-Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Effektivität öffentlicher F&E-Programme auch für die Gruppe der KMU gilt …

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