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SaaS cloud computing in small and medium enterprises: A comparison between Germany and New Zealand

Dillon, Stuart; Vossen, Gottfried - 2014

Cloud sourcing and cloud computing have become de-facto standards in recent years for a range of applications. Cloud solutions are attractive for a number of reasons including ease of use, pricing, availability, scalability, and reliability. In particular, small and medium enterprises (SMEs)...

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Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen: Stütze der gewerblichen Wirtschaft in Europa

Schiersch, Alexander; Kritikos, Alexander - In: DIW Wochenbericht 81 (2014) 13, pp. 277-287

Die kleinen und mittelgroßen Unternehmen (KMU) rücken immer stärker ins Zentrum der europäischen und deutschen … Unternehmen schaffen soll. Auch die Bundesregierung will die Leistungskraft und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der KMU stärken. Erst seit … DIW Berlin hat die aktuellsten verfügbaren Daten ausgewertet und untersucht, wie sich die KMU in den vergangenen Jahren …

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South Africa's post-apartheid microcredit-driven calamity: Comparing 'developmental' to 'anti-developmental' local financial models

Bateman, Milford - 2014

Microcredit was once universally lauded in international development community circles as a 'magic bullet'. Using the example of South Africa, this paper shows that microcredit has actually been an 'anti-developmental' local financial model, and one of the most calamitous financial sector...

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Does finance really matter for the participation of SMEs in international trade? Evidence from 8,080 East Asian firms

Jinjarak, Yothin; Mutuc, Paulo Jose; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2014

than 100 employees) and non-SME firms in developing East Asian countries across sectors. The main findings suggest the …

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Ongoing trade facilitation improvement: Its impact on export-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises in Indonesia

Tambunan, Tulus T. H. - 2013

Trade facilitation refers to all measures that can be taken to facilitate cross-border trade flows, but there is no standard formal definition of trade facilitation. This paper examines whether export-oriented MSMEs have access to trade facilitation and how helpful trade facilitation is in...

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Chancen und Risiken von CSR im Mittelstand

Icks, Annette; Levering, Britta; Maaß, Frank; Werner, Arndt - 2015

Die Studie erörtert Chancen und Risiken, die mit der Anwendung der Unternehmensführungsstrategie CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) verbunden sind. Eine Vielzahl an Gefahren in CSR-aktiven Unternehmen - darunter das Risiko des Greenwashings - werden identifiziert, systematisiert und...

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Federalism and innovation support for small and medium-sized enterprises: Empirical evidence in Europe

Becker, Lasse; Bizer, Kilian - 2015

Private innovative activities receive public innovation support from different political levels. Few studies have empirically evaluated the influence of political systems on the reception of public innovation support and no other studies have evaluated innovation support across Europe with CIS...

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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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