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Innovation and exports in Vietnam's SME sector
Nguyen, Anh Ngoc; Pham, Ngoc Quang; Nguyen, Chuc Dinh; … - In: The European Journal of Development Research 20 (2008) 2, pp. 262-280
Innovation has long been considered an important factor for creating and maintaining the competitiveness of nations and firms. Common knowledge holds that innovation causes an increase in exports. However, contradicting empirical evidence is reported in the literature on the links between...
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Development of Rural Manufacturing SME Clusters in a Developing Country: The Indonesian Case
Tambunan, Tulus - In: Journal of Rural Development/Nongchon-Gyeongje 31 (2008) 2
identify critical success factors of development of rural manufacturing SME clusters in Indonesia. From a number of cases, it …
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An integrated approach for TQM implementation in SMEs
Pereira, Zulema Lopes; Pedroso, Leonilde Marques - In: Enterprise and Work Innovation Studies 1 (2005) 1, pp. 83-92
This paper tackles the broad issue of TQM implementation in SMEs. It includes a review of two models aimed at improving organisational performance, the EFQM Excellence Model and the Balanced Scorecard, which have been widely used in large organisations. Both models are examined as to their...
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Tamaño, estructura y coste de financiación de las empresas manufactureras españolas
Segura, Julio; Toledo, Liliana - In: Investigaciones Economicas 27 (2003) 1, pp. 39-69
In this article we analyse the impact of firms’ size on their financial and cost structure. We use a panel of 2000 Spanish manufacturing firms for the period 1991-1998. We find that the marginal cost of external finance of firms varies inversely with their size. Also the smaller the firm the...
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Foreign Banks in Eastern Europe: Mode of Entry and Effects on Bank Interest Rates
Claeys, Sophie; Hainz, Christa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Credit markets in many Eastern European countries are now dominated by foreign-owned banks. We analyze the development for foreign ownership and its impact on lending rate in ten Eastern European countries between 1995 and 2003. Currently, the majority of loans from foreign banks is granted by...
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Transformation of a Woodworking and Furniture Industrial District in Kampala, Uganda: Dichotomous Development of SME Cluster and Large Firm Sector
Yoshida, Eiichi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008
furniture SME district in Uganda has created a learning environment for artisans to start up their own workshops. In the … dispersedly from SME district and have a negative image to SME. This dichotomy has been created partly through spatial division of …
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Définition et dénombrement statistique de la population des PME dans l’Union Européenne
Mertins, Verena; Sölter, Anja - Volkswirtschaftliches Seminar, … - 2008
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 to the … institutional design of the European SME statistics and the practical problems of collecting data at the national level. The …
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Dinámica industrial, crecimiento económico y PyMEs
Acevedo, Cardona; Gamboa, Gano; AS, C. - In: Observatorio de la Economía Latinoamericana (2005) 50
by company size in the industrial growth of the Colombian SME’s (small and medium enterprises). The purpose is to model …
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The Food Processing Industry, Globalization and Developing Countries
Wilkinson, John - In: The Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development … 1 (2004) 2, pp. 184-201
Transformations in the food processing sectors of developing countries are increasingly seen as strategic from the point of view of export earnings, domestic industry restructuring and dietary issues. This article reviews a selection of the literature on these themes. It begins with a discussion...
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Atlas of wooden furniture industry in Jepara, Indonesia
Roda, Jean-Marc; Cadène, Philippe; Guizol, Philippe; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this document, we study the industrial district of Jepara, Indonesia. It is specialised in furniture production, for the Indonesian consumption, as well as for worldwide exports. We summarize the main features of the dynamics of the firms involved in the Jepara industrial complex with a...
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