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Showing 1 to 20 of 470 for “"SME"”.
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Measurement of SME risk and its relationship with SME operating characteristics: An empirical study in Malaysia
SMEs are inherently risky organisations reflected in high birth and death rates in many countries. This risk of failure is exacerbated by the financial and operational opacity of SMEs, which hamper efforts by authorities and investors to evaluate and value objectively SMEs. Despite a wide spread …
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Importance of SME development in Cambodia
… on Cambodian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). SMEs are said to playa vital role in economic development and income growth in Cambodia, as they have been the primary source of job creation, not only in urban areas but also in rural areas. However, there are still considerable …
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Enterprise Development : SME Growth Through E-Business
The opportunity for SMEs growth through its use of e-b/c has long been advocated by government, practitioners and academics. This research identifies the opportunities, benefits and impact of developing a e-business/ e-commerce framework/tool for this. It reviews e-business/ecommerce definitions, …
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Evaluating barriers to SME financing in Pakistan
… obstacles faced by Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) in Pakistan in obtaining finance from the formal financial sector despite a strong policy support from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the government. The reason for their obscurity is that both are demand-side issues, difficult to …
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THE INTERNATIONALISATION DECISION OF THE ENDOWED SME
To date the prevailing view on SME internationalisation assumes that SMEs operate under resource-constraint limitations. To some extent, the development of knowledge is hindered by this generally accepted assumption. This research aims to contribute to knowledge by offering an understanding of how …
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A role delineation study for the SME
… included in the body of knowledge developed by SME/AME/Shingo for their three levels of certification examinations in lean manufacturing. A modified Delphi technique was used to gather data and describe what experts in the field consider important for candidates to know and become certified in …
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Corporate Governance: a Strategic Tool for SME Sustainability?
The importance of corporate governance in SMEs is a result of SMEs being the backbone of a nation’s economy. Approximately 99 per cent of all the businesses in developed Western economies are so classified. Instructively, based on findings reported in existing literature relating to the UK, half of …
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Identifying Factors Influencing SME Business Continuity in Oman
… aim being to identify factors that influence SME BC, while recognising practices and interventions that sustained the SME landscape in Oman during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the study contributes to SME BC knowledge, practices, and setting standards in Oman. The primary source of data …
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The factors influencing SME failure in South Africa
… is present among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), this is due to the fact that entrepreneurs are not able to turn their businesses into sustainable venture. SMEs play a significant role is a number of economic development issues that face South Africa as a nation. The SME sector has …
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Explorations and extensions of synchronic modal equivalencing (SME)
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1997.
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Developing business school/SME collaboration: the role of trust
… manage their inter-organisational relations with SMEs and what, if any, are the mutual advantages from these collaborative relationships. The findings aim to inform the best practice of how collaboration between these sectors can be encouraged and enhanced. This study explores the collaborative …
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SME financing in dollarised multicurrency system: Zimbabwe case study
… of capital for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) financing in a dollarized multicurrency system. The overarching research question was premised on whether equity is the ideal source of capital over debt capital for SMEs financing. The Pecking Order and Credit Rationing Models were used to …
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SME Lending - Asymmetries and Opportunities in the Brazilian Market
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a crucial role in a global society. They account for a significant portion of employment and contribute to innovation and economic growth both in developed and emerging economies. Strength SMEs have a direct impact on job creation and stimulate …
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Executive Influence on Employee Training Effectiveness in Saudi SME Firms
… emerging economies, small to medium enterprises (SMEs) form the bulk of the private sector in KSA, and the skilled workforce and quality management continues to constrain Saudi’s capacity to generate growth and jobs. In addition, Saudi’s private sector training has been characterised as …
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Evaluating memetics : A case of competing perspectives at an SME.
Memetics, which posits a cultural replicator similar to the gene in biology, has been proposed as a theory with which to study cultural phenomena such as organisations. However, much of the theory of memetics has been developed without empirical testing. Consequently, its application to …
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Barriers to SME lending in Nigeria finding context-specific solutions
… bank in Nigeria that newly entered into the SME credit market using semi-structured interviews and documentary data to explore the obstacles to SME lending and possible solutions. Based on a thematic analysis of the data, the research found that a well-regulated finance industry within the …
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Access to finance and SME growth in the formal sector
… and the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the formal sector, focusing on Gauteng, South Africa. SMEs encounter significant challenges in accessing finance, especially compared to larger corporations, which creates a persistent discrepancy between financial supply and demand in the …
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Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) Participation in Public Procurement
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) dominate the Single Market contributing to local employment generation and innovative supplies and services development. Yet, SMEs are continuously disproportionately underrepresented in public markets. On average EU member states spend approximately 14% of …
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