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Micro and small enterprises and employment creation: A case study of manufacturing micro and small enterprises in South Africa

Development Southern Africa, 2013
South Africa is characterised by extremely high unemployment, at a level that has the potential to derail its future political stability. This paper explores constraints on the job creation capabilities of micro and small enterprises, specifically focusing on the consequences of existing institutional and regulatory frameworks, looking at a panel of ...
Geoffrey Wood
exaly   +3 more sources

Innovation, complementarities and performance in micro/small enterprises

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2007
This paper gives an empirical contribution to the debate on new organisational forms, complementarities and their relation to a firm's competitiveness by means of a study on the organisational evolution of Micro/Small Enterprises (MSEs), which represent more than 90% of European firms but are not yet well analysed from the organisational point of view.
COMACCHIO, Anna   +2 more
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CLASSIFICATION OF MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES

The 7th International Scientific Conference "Business and Management 2012". Selected papers, 2012
Business may be viewed as the foundation of economy of any country. Business classification as provided by the European legislation cannot be directly adapted to the actual business environment in Latvia. This leads to a discrepancy between theory and practice (it is known that mostly existing theories are attributable to the large companies ...
Deniss Ščeulovs, Elīna Gaile-Sarkane
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Understanding Micro and Small Enterprises

2021
This chapter discusses significant factors that elaborate the entrepreneurial environment in the context of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The business environment and entrepreneurial ecosystem are central to the discussion in this chapter, which emphasizes on micro- and macro-economic factors affecting the entrepreneurial process and ...
openaire   +1 more source

THE CONTINUUM OF CAPITAL FOR SMALL AND MICRO ENTERPRISES [PDF]

open access: possibleJournal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 2010
Since the 1990s, interest in the role of small and microenterprises (SMMEs) in economic development has garnered considerable attention throughout academic and practioner circles. Widely known for their potential to help stimulate economic growth and as a potential avenue for poverty alleviation, the purpose and promise of small businesses have been ...
LISA J. SERVON   +2 more
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AHP-based micro and small enterprises' cluster identification

2013 International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR), 2013
Micro and Small Enterprises' (MSEs) cluster is a group of small firms operating in a defined geographic location, producing similar products or services, cooperating and competing with one another, learning from each other to solve internal problems, setting common strategies to overcome external challenges, and reaching distance markets through ...
Netsanet Jote   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Digital Adoption, Business Performance, and Financial Literacy in Ultra-Micro, Micro, and Small Enterprises in Indonesia

Research In International Business and Finance
This study investigates the factors affecting digital adoption by ultra-micro, micro, and small enterprises (UMSEs) based on a survey of 5,035 UMSEs in 17 major provinces in Indonesia. Utilizing the survey data, we also construct a digital adoption index
Yoga Affandi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Unlocking e-commerce potential: micro and small enterprises strike back in the food and beverage industry

European Journal of Innovation Management
PurposeThe recent pandemic period (COVID-19), while negatively impacting many companies, has contributed to the growth and adoption of online platforms such as marketplaces and e-commerce.
L. Macca   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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