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Returns to capital in microenterprises : evidence from a field experiment [PDF]

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Small and informal firms account for a large share of employment in developing countries. The rapid expansion of microfinance services is based on the belief that these firms have productive investment opportunities and can enjoy high returns to capital ...
de Mel, Suresh   +2 more
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Strategies to Reduce the Racial and Gender Wealth Gaps in North Carolina [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Suggests strategies to close gaps in median net worth by race/ethnicity, gender, and marital status, such as promoting low income-targeted programs, addressing discrimination in home and business ownership, and long-term community economic ...

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Financing businesses in Africa : the role of microfinance [PDF]

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This paper evaluates how microfinance performed in providing business financing in 27 Sub-Saharan African countries. It uses data from the 2009 and 2010 Gallup World Poll, a nationally-representative survey of at least 1,000 individuals per country ...
Aggarwal, Shilpa   +2 more
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Caracterización de la microempresa del sector urbano de la ciudad de Quevedo- Ecuador

open access: yesRevista Nicolaita de Estudios Económicos, 2018
La presente investigación tiene como objetivo caracterizar a las microempresas, a través de una investigación exploratoria de carácter descriptivo. La encuesta se realizó a una muestra de 359 microempresas distribuidas en las nueve parroquias urbanas de ...
León Benigno Arguello Núñez
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CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT EVOLUTION, DENSITY AND SPECIALIZATION PERSPECTIVES OF SMES SECTOR IN THE WESTERN PART OF ROMANIA [PDF]

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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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Innovative Firms or Innovative Owners? Determinants of Innovation in Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises [PDF]

open access: yes
Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have restricted standard ...
de Mel, Suresh   +2 more
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Realities of Microenterprises' ICT Use for Business Activities and for Acquiring Online Government Support: A Study in Western Cape Province, South Africa

open access: yesThe African Journal of Information and Communication, 2019
This article provides findings from a study, in South Africa's Western Cape Province, of microenterprises' experiences and perceptions of use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for general business activities and for acquiring online ...
Muhammad Ameer Osman   +2 more
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