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Motivación, iniciativa empresarial e innovación en las microempresas canarias

open access: yesRevista Atlántida, 2013
El comportamiento empresarial forma parte del comportamiento humano y las acciones humanas son, fundamentalmente, la consecuencia de factores cognitivos y motivacionales, es decir, de los conocimientos, de las habilidades y de los deseos. En este trabajo
Rocío Peña Vázquez, Dra.   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Sustainability Practices by the Banking Sector to Support Small Organizations Toward SDG 9

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The banking sector plays a critical role in fostering sustainability by directing capital toward environmentally and socially responsible projects. Yet, there is a perceived need for studies that shed some light on their activities in this field.
Walter Leal Filho   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of human capital and learning in Mexican microenterprises: The experience of the state of Baja California

open access: yesEstudios Fronterizos, 2014
This work aims at understanding the structure of human capital and learning in low value added microenterprises of Baja California and to determine the role of such factors in microenterprise performance, in order to establish a diagnosis on their ...
Martín Ramírez Urquidi   +2 more
doaj  

Innovation Management: The Need of a Model for Manufacturing Micro - Enterprises

open access: yesKvalita Inovácia Prosperita, 2017
Purpose: Innovation is an important element in enterprise productivity. This study aims to carry out a conceptual analysis on the role of the process of innovation management in the development of manufacturing microenterprises in general.
Diana Katiuska Peña Ponce   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Loud, Proud and Prosperous! Report on the Mobility International USA International Symposium on Microcredit for Women with Disabilities [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
[Excerpt] MIUSA designed the International Symposium on Microcredit for Women with Disabilities in response to recommendations from women leaders with disabilities at WILD, at the Symposium in Beijing, and from our own experience with US-based ...
Mobility International USA (MIUSA)
core   +1 more source

Innovation and Microenterprise Growth in Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper addresses two prominent issues on the development of small enterprises in Africa. Which factors inhibit or foster innovation activities in small enterprises? Do innovators create more jobs? We use a large set of microenterprises survey data from Ethiopia that comprise 1000 observations with ten and fewer workers.
openaire   +3 more sources

Overcoming barriers? The mixed results of social innovation accelerator programs for women entrepreneurs

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Entrepreneurship accelerators are increasingly promoted as structural interventions to close gender gaps, yet studies have not established a differential impact of participation for women. This prior evidence—drawn from high‐tech, male‐dominated settings—may overlook how outcomes differ in more feminized domains such as social
Nilanjana Dutt, Sarah Kaplan
wiley   +1 more source

EXPLORING THE ADVANCEMENT AND ROLES OF ISLAMIC MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

open access: yesInternational Journal of Industrial Management, 2020
This paper discusses the advancement and roles of microfinance institutions, specifically Islamic microfinance institutions in microenterprise development in Nigeria.
Umar Aliyu Maishanu, A.K Siti-Nabiha
doaj   +1 more source

Unpacking China's Digital Ascent in the Global South: The Case of Huawei in North Africa

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite frequent concerns in Western policy and media circles about the risks of using Chinese telecommunications suppliers, firms like Huawei have encountered little resistance from governments or citizens in the Global South. Empirical research explaining this acceptance remains limited.
Tin Hinane El Kadi
wiley   +1 more source

The institutional paradox of a substantivist conception of the economy in public policy: Insights from public procurement for solidarity economy in Ecuador

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecuador's 2008 Constitution advanced an ambitious substantive economic vision through Buen Vivir (Good Living), recognizing a plural economy which encompasses private, public and solidarity economy (SE) sectors. This paper aims to analyze public procurement programs in Ecuador, one of the flagship Buen Vivir policies for SE promotion.
Maria‐José Ruiz‐Rivera   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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