The purpose of this paper is to investigate the capacity of small enterprises working in agricultural and agro-food productions to frame local networks. These patterns of innovative collective strategies are likely to induce new types of local dynamics. The research is based on the survey of...

This paper highlights the importance of the information efficiency in the banking sector as a way to ensure his correct operation as financial intermediary and the correct functioning of the economy in general. The problems of information in the banks distort their relation with the financing...

This study by the Western Centre for Economic Research (WCER) examines small business exports to US and other international markets based on a 2007 survey of 387 firms with less than 100 employees. Most firms were in the manufacturing sector, supplemented by a few firms in professional and...

Every minute, at least one woman dies from pregnancy and childbirth complications; a further 20 suffer injury, infection or disease. Despite medical advances, and years of policy declarations, this tragic situation remains particularly severe in developing countries, violating a fundamental...

The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in different West African countries in recent years has been met with growing resistance by established local entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter because of distinctive socio-cultural traits, or whether...

The key-factor in profitability of the small and medium modern enterprises is the intellectual capital and non-corporal actives of those. The empirical formers studies confirm that the intellectual capital has a great impact to the performances of the small and medium modern enterprises. The aim...