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Small Business Administration and Job Creation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The Small Business Administration (SBA) administers several programs to support small businesses, including loan guaranty programs; disaster loan programs; management and technical assistance training programs; and federal contracting programs ...
Dilger, Robert Jay
core   +2 more sources

Exploring barriers to utilizing local agricultural products in the catering industry

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Both the proportion and expenditure of dining out and takeaway in Taiwan have been increasing year by year. This study investigates the factors influencing the catering service providers (CSPs) procurement of domestically produced or imported food materials.
Wan‐Yu Liu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT EVOLUTION, DENSITY AND SPECIALIZATION PERSPECTIVES OF SMES SECTOR IN THE WESTERN PART OF ROMANIA [PDF]

open access: yes
Starting from the role of small-and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector that is widely recognized at European level in the generation of economic growth, regional development and work places, the present work of research aims to investigate the ...
Badulescu Alina, DODESCU Anca
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Small Business Administration and Job Creation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
[Excerpt] The Small Business Administration (SBA) administers several programs to support small businesses, including loan guaranty programs, disaster loan programs, management and technical assistance training programs, and federal contracting programs.
Dilger, Robert Jay
core   +1 more source

Relative cost of ginning cotton using saw, conventional roller, and high‐speed roller gins in the United States

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract The primary objective of this study was to investigate whether the cost of processing cotton using high‐speed roller gins is comparable to saw gins. The results from a “true” random effect model estimated using proprietary data voluntarily shared by cotton gins operating in Arizona and California showed that the average cost inefficiency for ...
Ram N. Acharya   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

EVALUATION OF NATIONAL BANK OF ROMANIA MONETARY POLICY CREDIBILITY [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper, using the models from the economic literature, the authors study the credibility level of National Bank of Romania (NRB) during the time span Mars 2007 - Mars 2008.
Rus Veronica, Toader Valentin
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Determining the influence of belonging to a wine protected designation of origin on profitability

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract To guide consumers, wineries need credible attributes about the quality of their wines and its origin. In Spain, protected designations of origin (PDO) guarantee that the wine has been produced in a certain wine region in accordance with specific and officially regulated quality criteria thus providing elements of guarantee to the consumer ...
Jordi Moreno Gené   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence in Ecuadorian SMEs: Drivers and Obstacles to Adoption

open access: yesInformation
This study analyzes the current state of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption among micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Ecuador, with a focus on its application across core business functions.
Reyner Pérez-Campdesuñer   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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