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Essays on Banking for Micro and Small Enterprises [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This thesis provides new evidence concerning the way financial intermediaries fulfill the role of distributing capital efficiently to micro and small enterprise and diversify intertemporal risk at different stages of development. Chapter 2 and 3 present results about intertemporal risk sharing services provided by relationship banks to ...
openaire   +1 more source

Fascicle measurement methods do result in lengths that are significantly different

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
A recent comparison of the most prevalent methods for measuring fascicles, in situ measurement versus chemical digestion, concluded that the measurements are indistinguishable based on data from different conspecific individuals. However, our study of contralateral muscles of the same individuals shows that the methods clearly result in statistically ...
Katherine M. Clark   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leaving children behind for cross‐border education: Unveiling the emotional agency of international post‐graduate student mothers

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite growing interest in the internationalisation of higher education, the experiences of international student parents, particularly international student mothers, remain largely marginalised in research and policy. This paper examines the emotional agency of international student mothers who leave their children behind in their home ...
Anh Ngoc Quynh Phan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Green Innovation and Firm Efficiency: The Role of Institutional Quality in Italian High‐Tech Manufacturing Sectors

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to verify whether institutional quality affects the relationship between green innovation and firm efficiency within the high‐tech manufacturing sectors. To estimate jointly the parameters of a stochastic frontier and the coefficients of a model explaining technical inefficiency, we employed the one‐step estimation ...
Mariarosaria Agostino   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interfaces e Delimitações da Orientação para a Inovação de Micro e Pequenas Empresas Brasileiras

open access: yesTeoria e Prática em Administração, 2014
This article addresses the need for greater understanding of innovation between Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in Brazil. The study focuses on analysis of primary data and has for objective to analyze the interfaces and delimitations guidance for ...
Rodrigues, Tonny Kerley de Alencar   +6 more
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Cultivating Circularity: Harnessing Industry 4.0 and Stakeholder Engagement for a Sustainable Agrifood Future in Brazil

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzed Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technology applications in agribusiness and the role of strategic stakeholders, engagement methods, and other critical aspects data sharing, confidentiality, integrity, decision‐making, and sector‐specific requirements in promoting circularity.
Simone Sehnem   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Finance

open access: yes, 2017
Lending to women-owned micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as a distinct segment is still unexplored when compared to lending to MSMEs in India. Due to a lack of segmental focus and, perhaps, due to a higher perception of risk, formal financial institutions have made little effort to better understand this segment. There is a lack of awareness
openaire   +3 more sources

Digital Transformation and Informal Innovation in Africa: Reframing STI Policy for Inclusive Circular Economy Transitions

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid increasing environmental and economic pressures, Africa's transition to a circular economy (CE) presents a vital pathway to inclusive, low‐carbon development. Yet, how digital transformation, informal innovation, and science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy readiness shape CE outcomes remains underexplored.
Emmanuel K. Manu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Translating Circularity Into Strategy: A Governance Meta‐Capability Framework

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms struggle to transition to circular economy (CE) models, often citing external barriers. Yet some firms succeed, whereas others fail: Why? We argue that success depends on a specific governance capability—a meta‐capability that allows firms to (1) sense and strategically reframe CE imperatives, (2) seize opportunities by aligning diverse ...
Felix Carl Schultz   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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