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Microfinance banks and small and medium sized enterprises access to finance: the Nigerian experience [PDF]

open access: yesBanks and Bank Systems, 2016
The paper explored the extent to which current microfinance lending impacts on indigenous SME access to finance and how the intermediation services of the microfinance banks (MFBs) contributed to or otherwise to the development of SMEs.
Lawrence Ogechukwu Obokoh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Access to finance problems for small retail businesses in South Africa: comparative views from finance seekers (retailers) and finance providers (banks) [PDF]

open access: yesBanks and Bank Systems, 2017
Small retail businesses are essential for the growth of the South African economy. Though many of these business entities need more assets to seize business opportunities, previous research studies suggest that their overall access to finance through ...
Holger J. Schmidt   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of management accounting practices and factors affecting its use: A survey of small and medium-sized enterprises in Durban

open access: yesJournal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2022
Orientation: The sustainability of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa is important, mainly because of their contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP) and their creation of work opportunities.
Sicelo Cele   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Research on each actor's awareness of procurement methods involving contractors and consultants in the design phase: Based on interviews with persons in charge

open access: yesJapan Architectural Review, 2023
This paper analyzes the benefits and problems of the early involvement contractor into projects and the use of project managers from the perspective of each stakeholder.
Riho Abe, Yuki Saito, Kazuya Shide
doaj   +1 more source

SYSTEM OF INDICATORS FOR MONITORING THE ECONOMIC SECURITY IN THE REGION

open access: yesСтратегические решения и риск-менеджмент, 2014
This article describes the process of designing system to minimize risks in order to construct the algorithm for monitoring, analyzing and evaluating the economic security in the region.
I. Е. Denezhkina, D. А. Suzdaleva
doaj   +1 more source

Prescription and the cost of laboratory tests for patients admitted to two hospitals of Kashan University of Medical Sciences in the Covid 19 pandemic

open access: yesPayesh, 2022
Objective (s): Laboratory tests, despite their essential role in the diagnosis and management of many diseases, are often costly. Therefore, this study investigated the prescription and the cost of tests for patients admitted to two hospitals of Kashan ...
Razieh Eghtesadi   +3 more
doaj  

Applying Text Mining to Analyze the Performance of PBOs on the Basis of Their Obligatory Annual Activity Statements

open access: yesProblemy Zarządzania, 2016
The paper’s aims is to investigate if the level of detail and selection of particular performance-related information by public benefit organizations (PBOs) in their obligatory annual activity statements can stimulate individual donations. The research
Tomasz Dyczkowski
doaj   +1 more source

Technical and Economic Analysis of the Supercritical Combined Gas-Steam Cycle

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
Combined cycle power plants are characterized by high efficiency, now exceeding 60%. The record-breaking power plant listed in the Guinness Book of World Records is the Nishi-Nagoya power plant commissioned in March 2018, located in Japan, and reaching ...
Marcin Jamróz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A centralised cost management system: exploiting EVM and ABC within IPD

open access: yesEngineering Construction and Architectural Management, 2020
PurposeIntegrated project delivery (IPD) is highly recommended to be utilised with building information management (BIM), specifically with BIM level-3 implementation process.
Faris Elghaish, Sepehr Abrishami
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Neo-liberalization: the impact of Chinese exports on South Africa’s sociopolitical economy [PDF]

open access: yesProblems and Perspectives in Management, 2017
On gaining independence, one of the first steps it took was to open its doors to various socio-economic dynamics. It is fair to say, therefore, that South Africa’s neo-liberal approach was necessitated by the nation’s desire to diversify its economy in ...
Samuel Augustine Umezurike   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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