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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"business support"”.
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A comparative analysis of diagnostic tools and techniques for manufacturing business support
… to the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS), a business support service in the UK. Operational aspects of the MAS are also explored. The lessons of the MAS are then applied in the larger context of business support through policy recommendations for the UK Department of Trade and Industry.
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A process evaluation of the City of Cape Town Business Support Voucher Programme
… evaluation of the City of Cape Town (CoCT) Business Support Voucher Programme (BSVP) which assessed whether this programme was implemented as intended. The BSVP aims to provide access to quality business support services and products to entrepreneurs in order to empower them to develop and …
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Plan de negocio para la creación de una empresa de consultoría para pymes denominada business support
… un modelo de negocio para la empresa denominada “BUSINESS SUPPORT”, y su posterior puesta en funcionamiento. Esta empresa, tendrá como objeto social la consultoría y asesoría en diagnóstico financiero, transformación digital y ciberseguridad. Estos servicios serán dirigidos a empresas pyme en la …
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The role of co-production in strategy formation: a study of business support for small enterprises in Dorset.
This study addresses co-production in business support, arising from interventions between small enterprise owner/managers and business support intermediaries, and the effect on strategy formation. There is a significant amount of literature in the distinct areas of co-production; strategy; and …
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Developing an asset-based, equitable system and culturally inclusive collaborative approach to enable market access and preparedness support for the sustainable growth of Ethnic Minority-led MSEs
… and what would facilitate engagement in capacity support and equitable market access for ethnic minority-led micro-small enterprises and the strategic importance of the alternative approaches including practice implications.<br/><br/><b>Volume One of Two - Portfolio of …
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How is Welsh Government supporting Anchor Companies in Wales?
… of foreign direct investment, embeddedness, business support and the provision of grant and subsidies. It goes on to examine how is Welsh Government supporting Anchor Companies in Wales by asking four questions of them; namely, how satisfied are they, are the right business support structures …
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Social and commercial enterprise interactions: Insights from UK business incubators
… social and commercial enterprises co-located in business incubators, and asks: how and why do social and commercial enterprises interact in a business incubator? The research provides qualitative insights for a rich understanding of the network dynamics, subtle interactions and influences that …
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Business start-up dilemma: support nascent entrepreneurs or deliver contracts?
… is an independent and critical assessment of the Business Link Start-up Service (BLSS) in the creation of new ventures in the East Midlands. The BLSS was part of the region’s £70m annual investment in business support (2007-10). THE BLSS was delivered in the five counties of the East Midlands …
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Digital Infrastructure Policy and Small Business Digitalisation: Evidence From the UK Gigabit Broadband Rollout During Covid-19
… broadband infrastructure programme and COVID-19 business support grants, I employ difference-in-differences identification strategies to assess heterogeneous policy effects across firm size categories. Drawing on theoretical frameworks from infrastructure economics, resource-based views of firm …
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Supplier Development framework analysis in South Africa's upstream oil & gas sector
… departments, industry associations, small business support organisations, and international respondents involved in supplier development programmes within the Oil & Gas sector. The aim of the research was to investigate the difficulties that confront local small businesses, and examine …
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Barriers and facilitators of youth entrepreneurship in the tourism sector in South Africa
… study was motivated by the need for innovative business support models to facilitate youth to take up opportunities in the tourism sector which is experiencing high growth according to research surveyed. The research was conducted in South Africa by means of telephonic interviews with five …
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Overcoming financial exclusion: Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) and the balancing of financial and social objectives
… CDFIs become embedded in local financial and business support networks. The analysis is based upon detailed comparative research of CDFIs located in the US and the UK; interviews were undertaken with CDFIs, their clients and a quantitative analysis of a CDFIs loan portfolio was undertaken. The …
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Established and emerging group build (Baugruppen) development processes
… and social value over short-term profit. New business opportunities emerge for architects and developers as generators of, and consultants on, group build projects. With an eye toward implementing an established German group building model in an American context, I outline the typical steps in …
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UK support for small firms: an examination of business advisors' heuristics
Ibis thesis concerns business advice to small and medium sized businesses (SNIEs). SNIEs account for the overwhelming number of businesses in OECD economies. Consequently, governments have come to see the SNIE sector as increasingly important to 'national competitiveness' and job creation, and …
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Assessing awareness and innovation challenges in SMEs: a case study in the Geoscience Sector
… competitors and ultimately the survival of the business. In this context, a SME in the geoscience sector has embarked in the plan for increasing its innovation capacity. Nonetheless, different challenges are always present, including internal and external barriers. Therefore, the current study …
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The role of tourism in sustainable rural development: A multiple case study in rural Taiwan
… Due to dependence on central government support, the public-private partnership appears problematic; however, the strong level of business support networks and community organisations engaging in tourism strengthens local initiative in promoting sustainable development. The effects of …
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Predicting Loan Defaults in Development Financing in South Africa
… of all clients in the loan book, offering business support to SMEs, and thorough due diligence process amongst others.
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SMME access to finance in South Africa
… of the population, self-employment through small business presents the only realistic solution. But successful start-up and sustainability of such enterprises requires readily available access to robust and effective microfinance and business support programmes. This research studied SMME access …
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Exploring the factors that influence the success of youth-owned MSMEs funded through microfinance funding: the case of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA)
… explores how microfinance and non-financial support, such as mentorship and training, impact the sustainability and growth of youth-owned businesses. At its heart, the study gives voice to six young entrepreneurs, sharing their lived experiences and the real-world complexities they face. …
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Exploring factors that sustain succesful women-owned informal micro businesses in the Western Cape
… sustain successful women-owned informal micro businesses. This explorative qualitative study was conducted in Cape Town in the communities of Philippi and Khayelitsha. Face- to- face in-depth interviewing was carried out on a purposive sample of sixteen women-owned informal microbusinesses …
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