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Small and medium–sized enterprises play an important role in the economy in Europe. Consequently, their contribution to the realisation of sustainable development is also important. After briefly discussing the role of Corporate Social Responsibility in “getting closer to” sustainable...
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The paper investigates how sector composition and the magnitude of R&D investment in the EU may differ in 2020 in comparison to the past, if a selection of top R&D-investing SMEs were assumed to be on a fast growth track while the top R&D-investing large-scale companies continue to grow as...
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This study introduces the general situation of Hungarian SMEs, describing their main problems, their regulatory environment and the impacts of the developmental support appropriated for them between 2004 and 2008.
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categories of software: open source and commercial. An SME profile is also identified from point of view of SMEs as final …
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The present work aims at analyzing the use of social networks for the performance of SME (small and médium enterprises …, opinion searching, new ideas, and recruitment. Data also showed that few SME are using social networks for promotions and …/manager has a higher level of qualifications. In addition, the SME that most use these networks are from services and hotel …
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than 100 employees) and non-SME firms in developing East Asian countries across sectors. The main findings suggest the …
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The emergence of space as a determinant in the functional relations linked to production and growth is a recent development in theories of industrial organization. This paper primarily reviews the contesting themes in explaining changes in relative importance of space. In reference to industrial...
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The aim is to analyse the efficiency of the board of directors as a corporate governance mechanism. For this purpose, we examine the effect of board composition, size, activity, leadership structure and CEO tenure on firm performance. To test our hypothesis we use a sample of 307 Spanish SMEs,...
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Current economic crisis adversely affects small businesses. Such influence prevents creation of new companies and increases the quantity of companies, which wind up their operations. Winding-up of small businesses is often explained by insufficient "entrepreneurship talent" of their owners. At...
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