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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"Small firm"”.
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Developing SMEs through large firm-small firm linkages
This thesis aims to explore the prospects for small and medium enterprise (SME) development using inter-finn linkages between large and small finns in Kenya A wide range of strategies has been adopted already for the development of small enterprises globally, but limited use appears to have been …
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Differential information, expectations, and the small firm effect
… and Brown (1983). The theory is tested using the small firm effect. The excess returns found using ex post data are regressed against proxies for differential information and expectations. The residuals from these regressions are then tested to determine if the small firm effect is still observed. …
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Marketing, strategy, and the small firm: A systematic inquiry
The purpose of this dissertation was to empirically investigate and better understand the linkage between business orientation, strategic posture, marketing strategy, and performance. The theoretical model employed explicitly incorporated a contingency approach to theory development, and as such …
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The personal networks of small firm entrepreneurs in Malaysia: an exploratory study
The study demonstrates that Bumiputera entrepreneurs have a huge social resource which can provide them with a variety of help and support in business. A model for networking management has been developed in order to understand the relationship between entrepreneurs and their personal networks. …
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Constraints to Small Firm and Medium’s Contribution to Economic Growth in Zambia
Small to medium scale enterprises (SMEs) arguably drive economic growth and job creation in developing countries, but factors that hinder their growth are generic or specific to sectors and remain a crucial area of research. This study examines factors constraining SMEs from optimally contributing …
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Expediting organizational transformation in the small firm sector : lessons from the metalworking industry
… of new work organization practices in the small firm, manufacturing sector through an in-depth examination of the metalworking industry in western Massachusetts. An original survey of 46 firms was conducted as were detailed firm-level case studies. Four key questions were addressed through …
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Local-level policies for small firm sector development in Russia and Hungary: a comparative analysis.
… In this context, the development of new small firms assumes critical importance as they are viewed as key agents in the process of structural change in the transition economies. However, the development of small firms continues to be stymied by a number of internal and external factors. …
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When the marginal becomes mainstream : lessons from half-century of dynamic small-firm growth in Ludhiana, India
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1996.
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Reimagining small firm growth for a post-growth context: a regional study of artisan food producers at farmers' markets
… food and threatens the livelihoods of small food producers. At the intersection between food, people, and the environment are locally embedded spaces such as farmers’ markets. This study reimagines firm growth from the perspective of artisan food producers who operate at farmers’ …
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The growth of a small firm, its implications for management style, and the influence on corporate character by the senior executive
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1978
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The commercialisation of small firm technologies in Western Australia : A case for user-producer interaction and the integration of large industrial users with small technology producers
… of this study was to: * examine how grantee firms of the Western Australian Innovation Support Scheme (WAISS) have overcome their impediments to commercialisation; * examine how the process of user-producer interaction has enabled grantee firms to commercialise their technologies; * examine …
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THE ROLE OF SMALL FIRMS IN EMPLOYMENT AND INNOVATION GENERATION, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY OF SOUTH WEST ENGLAND
This thesis examines the role of small firms in two key areas of economic activity, employment creation and innovation generation, through an exploration of existing literature and an empirical study of small firms in the electronics manufacturing industry of South West England. The work focuses …
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The Role of the Marketing Interface in the Development of Libyan Small and Medium-sized Tourist Enterprises
… the significance of the marketing interface for small and medium-sized enterprises in the Libyan tourism industry. The choice of Libya as the context for this research is highly relevant for two reasons. First, no similar studies concerning Libya have been previously undertaken. Second, the …
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Essays on Business Partnerships
… The Dynamic Incentives of Entrepreneurs and the Small Firm Effect (with Barton H. Hamilton, Carl Sanders and Andres Hincapie)The small firm effect is the tendency of workers in small firms, as opposed to large firms, to become business owners. Using the National Longitudinal Surveys 1979, we …
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University-industry relationship: From the perspective of small firms
… relationships from the perspective of small firms. Traditionally university-industry relationships research features large firms rather than small firms, which leaves the strategies applied by small firms to establish and develop relationships with universities poorly understood. This …
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A study of factors leading to growth in small firms. An examination of factors that impact on growth of small manufacturing in least developed countries: The case of Ghana.
… is to examine the factors that lead to growth in small firms in a Least Developed Country (LDC). The research is based on the manufacturing sector in Ghana. The main objectives of the research are to identify the key variables that lead to small firms' growth and to ascertain the critical barriers …
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Essays in Economic Theory
… under complete information. In my model, two firms decide whether to invest in RandD. The patent arrives randomly according to a Poisson process, and the large firm has a higher hazard rate than the small firm. I find the unique sub-game perfect Nash equilibrium strategy for this game. At the …
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An examination of the antecedents to small and medium enterprise co-operation, and their effect on network propensity and behaviour.
Business co-operation in the small firm sector has in recent years been the beneficiary of both considerable academic debate and public sector funding for its facilitation. This thesis reviews the pertinent literature in the fields of business co-operation, trust, commitment and personality …
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An application of the flexible specialisation methodology to the furniture industry in the Western Cape
… structure which has been termed the small firm variant of FS. The fieldwork for the empirical part of the case study was carried out on a sample of 20 furniture manufacturing concerns drawn from three clusters of furniture enterprises in Epping, Lansdowne and Blackheath. The criterion …
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