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Evaluating SMEs Readiness to Transform to IoT-Based Business Models

Vitkauskaitė, Elena; Varaniūtė, Viktorija; Bouwman, Harry - 2019

on a systematic literature review, and a pilot study (by using a case of one SME in Lithuania), we developed a mixed …

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Identification of Design Variables for a Supply Chain Risk Management Audit

Schröder, Meike; Beck, Johannes; Kersten, Wolfgang - 2015

-audit and an audit focused on small and medium sized enterprises (SME). …

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Diversity across EU Banking Sectors: Poorly Researched and Underappreciated

Kotz, Hans-Helmut; Schäfer, Dorothea - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 87 (2018) 4, pp. 153-179

Interest in the role of diversity in banking sectors has increased substantially since the financial crisis (and the subsequent sovereign debt crises) have hit European countries differentially. The purpose of this note is to hint at crucial research gaps in terms of appreciating consequences of...

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Effects of Small Business Support Projects: Evidence from Korea

Lee, Jinkook - In: KDI Journal of Economic Policy 42 (2020) 1, pp. 1-30

On average, small business support projects appear to improve beneficiary sales, and the growth effect is obvious when supporting young or growing firms. However, the effect is largely offset by sales reductions due to overcrowding. Small business support projects must be operated in two ways to...

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The Role of SMEs in International Trade: Selected Aspects

Malecka, Joanna - 2017

structure of SME imports and exports in the various markets are outlined by means of analyses, figures and comparisons. Findings …

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Innovation as an immanent attribute of an agile enterprise

Rzepka, Agnieszka; Olak, Andrzej J. - 2017

Each organization faces the challenge of operating in an environment that is unpredictable and turbulent. Emergence of business era caused that change had become a key feature that determines the economic environment of an enterprise. Market environment forces companies to seek strategic...

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Cedit risk analysis of small and medium-sized enterprises based on Thai data

Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad; Yoshino, Naoyuki; … - 2018

-sized enterprise (SME) sector, it is crucial for banks to distinguish healthy SMEs from risky ones. This chapter examines how a credit …

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The role of SMEs in Asia and their difficulties in accessing finance

Yoshino, Naoyuki; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad - 2018

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the Asian economy. They make up more than 96% of all Asian businesses, providing two out of three private-sector jobs on the continent. Therefore, it is vital for Asian economies' economic success that they have fully functioning...

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Problems and opportunities for leveraging SME finance through value chains in Azerbaijan

Aliyev, Samir - 2019

SME sector in the Kyrgyz Republic as well as the sector of individual entrepreneurs and peasant farmers. Four selected … gaps for the SME sector in building resilient global value chain supplies.The paper outlines the contribution of small and … SME owner/managers and higher interest rates offered by banks are among the factors restricting SME access to finance. The …

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Small and medium-sized enterprise finance in Uzbekistan: Challenges and opportunities

Tadjibaeva, Dildora - 2019

small businesses and private entrepreneurship (SME) as SMEs have the greatest potential for becoming a real basis for … of social economic importance of the SME, and discusses the current status and perspectives of SME policy. The paper also … describes the availability of and gaps in SME financing, discusses the key issues of SME finance and current financial literacy …

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