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Universities and Entrepreneurship in Asia: The Case of Nano

Betz, Frederick; Min, Whasik; Shin, Dong - In: Journal of the Knowledge Economy 5 (2014) 4, pp. 803-819

The theoretical concepts of a national innovation system and of a quadruple helix of interactions within a system have been used to characterize American and European successes in transforming knowledge to utility—through research and development and entrepreneurship and new ventures. In this...

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Inter-firm Networking Propensity in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)

Nkongolo-Bakenda, Jean-Marie - In: Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 7 (2002) 1, pp. 99-122

worldwide leaders in their sectors (Simon, 1990; Entreprise, 1995). Moreover, few of these worldwide SME leaders started … identified co-operation as one of the most powerful means an SME operating across borders can use to overcome its constraints …

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Use of Post-Deployment Information to Improve the Effectiveness of IT Systems Implementation: The Case of Polish SMEs

Wiechetek, lukasz - ToKnowPress

effectiveness determinants of IT systems implementation in the Polish SME sector. The article includes a characteristics of the …

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Growth Of Broadband And ICT Adoption By SMEs In Atlantic Canada

FLEET, Gregory J. - In: Journal of Knowledge Management, Economics and … 2 (2012) 3, pp. 9-9

Since 2005, we have conducted three Atlantic Canada-wide surveys of SME businesses benchmarking levels of ICT adoption …

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The impact of e-commerce on Taiwanese SMEs: Marketing and operations effects

Ramanathan, Ramakrishnan; Ramanathan, Usha; Hsiao, … - In: International Journal of Production Economics 140 (2012) 2, pp. 934-943

The purpose of this paper is to distinguish the impacts of e-commerce on marketing and operations functions and investigate how these impacts have affected performance of Taiwanese SMEs. We also investigate the moderating roles of size and e-commerce experience of SMEs on the e-commerce...

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Enabling Environment for the Successful Integration of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Global Value Chains: Country Studies on Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, Studies in Trade and Investment 70

ESCAP, United Nations - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific …

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Asia and are effective job creators and income generators. In addition, SMEs play a key role in poverty reduction and inclusive economic growth. However, SMEs in the subregion often face considerable resource constraints and have limited capabilities...

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Culture and capital structure in small and medium sized firms

Lucey, Brian; KEarney, Colm; MacAnBhaird, Ciaran - Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), … - 2012

Employing 90,000 firm-level observations from 13 countries over a seven year period, and controlling for an extensive …. Uncertainty avoidance and individuality are negatively related with long-term debt, highlighting SME owners desire to avoid … implementing SME financing initiatives. …

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The internationalization profiles of Portuguese SMEs

Oliveira, Pedro; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2011

Portuguese SME, constituting therefore an important tool for political action. On the basis of the literature review and the …’: Experienced Medium Low-Tech firms; Low skill, Low-Tech firms; Young High-Tech firms) based on language skills, SME business …; Highly productive firms) has as criteria the firm size, the SME export intensity and industry. The last segmentation proposal …

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Knowledge creation and sharing as essential determinants of SMEs innovation

Koudelková, Petra; Svobodová, Petra - In: International Economics Letters 3 (2014) 1, pp. 12-20

The knowledge management and the innovation process play an important role in our changing word of business. The innovative thinking of the entrepreneurs and managers is a trend in the recent years. The paper presents a new perspective on the link of KM, collective intelligence and innovation....

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Macro Impact with Micro Money: 25 Years of Support to Microenterprise Title: Macro impacto con micro dinero: 25 años de apoyo a la microempresa

Sáenz, María Victoria; Luna, Elba N. - Inter-American Development Bank

This book presents but a few examples of the many Bank-financed productive activities carried out by the people of the region, and pays tribute to the women and men who, in their efforts to succeed, daily renew their hopes for a better future. In addition, the book pays tribute to the...

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