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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"small and medium-sized enterprise"”.
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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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Post-Acquisition Acculturation Study - A Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Experience
… research study. Four diverse acquisitions of small to medium sized enterprise were studied post facto to understand the socio-cultural implications of acculturation and stress on employees pre-, during and post-acquisition process. The study suggests ways to explain and analyze the phenomenon. …
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN DEVON AND CORNWALL'S SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE SECTOR
… one of the most important strategic, economic and social concerns facing global society today. Although literature on environmental management theory and sustainable development philosophy has increased apace throughout the 1980s and 1990s, very few of these writings have documented the case of …
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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) adoption in a hybrid service and manufacturing Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) : an action case study
There is a growing need for understanding business process re-engineering within SMEs such as the service management companies and this calls for more research focusing on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and implementation. The aim of this study is to highlight the impact of an in-depth business …
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Supply chain management in small and medium sized companies : opportunity or obstacle?
… chain management expertise can be developed and embedded in a small and medium sized enterprise that will both enhance the efficiency of the existing business and create an additional business opportunity. In order to achieve this, the following aims have been set. A review of the latest …
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What Makes Small Business Develop in U.S. and China? ——An Exploratory Comparative Analysis of Georgia, US and Guangxi, China
As the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) points out, small business is critical to U.S. economic recovery and strength, to building America's future, and to helping the U.S. compete in today's global marketplace. In 2007, U.S. small business constituted 99.7 percent of all businesses, about …
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An examination of debt financing of growth oriented SMEs in Nigeria
This thesis examines the relationship between Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SMEs) financing and business growth in Nigeria. Specifically, the research examines the external debt financing needs and debt financing gaps experienced by growth oriented SMEs, the role of finance in SMEs growth and …
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Entrepreneurship policy for entrepreneurs : a cognitive approach to the entrepreneurial environment
… stimulates economic growth, creates jobs, and provides opportunities for independence and self-realization. Over the last 10 years, policy makers around the globe have been actively pursuing the elusive goal of an entrepreneurial economy. Often building on existing Small and Medium-Sized …
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Europos Sąjungos 2007 – 2013 m. paramos poveikio verslo sektoriui vertinimas /
… improving business productivity, business growth and development, with particular emphasis on small and medium-sized enterprise development potential. Business is one of the most important factors of economic growth, with a substantial impact on the overall Lithuanian economic development, job …
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Managing the Environmental Change Process: How to Use Waste Minimisation as an Effective Tool for Business Improvement
… - but what does it really mean for the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Sector? While this concept has received considerable attention in the academic literature, legislation and common language, it has perhaps inevitably lost some of its precision. Within business ventures in the …
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Towards an Augmented Reality-based Cyber-Physical Production System Planner
Investment in automation by small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) manufacturers in the United States has lagged behind their larger counterparts for decades, despite comprising a majority of the nation’s manufacturing industry. The cyber-physical production systems (CPPSs) introduced by Industry …
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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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Entrepreneurship in Russia: patterns and problems of its development in the post-Soviet period
The development of a robust small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector has been widely seen as important to Russia’s socio-economic transformation. This has been clear from state policies and rhetoric that claim to support the development of entrepreneurship and publicly advocate its …
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Innovation capability and firm performance heterogeneity in the small and medium sided enterprise sector
… capability to innovate so as to help understand the innovation of small medium sized enterprise (SME) as a contributor to firm productivity. In this study, I propose and estimate a structural model containing the link between innovative activities and firm performance measured by labor …
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How do small and medium-sized enterprises (Smes) within the UK prepare for and manage the consequences of a cyber-attack? A study on cyber resilience
Cyber resilience is essential for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME), those with fewer than 250 employees, to protect themselves against cyber-attacks and to ensure their continued operation. This research focusses on how United Kingdom (UK) based SMEs prepare for and manage the consequences …
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Vstup podniku na zahraniční trh
Diplomová práce se zaměřuje na návrh strategie vstupu vybrané společnosti na zahraniční trh. Společnost sídlí v Brně a specializuje se na výrobu malých domků (tiny houses). Teoretická část se věnuje tématům jako je expanze, strategická analýza a hodnocení rizik. Analytická část zkoumá externí a …
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Business sustainability: understanding the influence of managers and stakeholders on adopting sustainability practices in Nigerian SMEs
The importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in any economy must be balanced, yet hardly the sector attracts the needed attention for sustainability. This has led to unacceptable high mortality rates for the sector, especially in emerging contexts. Nevertheless, SMEs and sustainability …