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Unlocking barriers and strategies of halal certification for micro and small enterprises in Indonesia: Analytic network process approach [PDF]

Problems and Perspectives in Management
This study aims to identify and prioritize the barriers and strategies to improve halal certification accessibility for micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Indonesia.
Muhammad Anwar Fathoni, Prima Dwi Priyatno, Faizi, Fadhli Suko Wiryanto, Widarto Rachbini, Suryani   +5 more
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Barriers in financing microenterprises from the perspective of Czech and Slovak microentrepreneurs

Journal of Business Economics and Management, 2019
This paper compares how Czech and Slovak microentrepreneurs perceive the volume and ease of access to finance that they face. Having an adequate number of sources of finance and easier access to them can help improve both enterprise and country ...
Mehmet Civelek, Aleksandr Ključnikov, Peter Krištofík, Zoltán Rozsa   +3 more
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Public Policy on Microfinance in South America [PDF]

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of public policies in various countries of South America on the development of microfinance (MF). A broad definition of public policy has been used in this work, as it covers specific legislation seeking
Delfiner, Miguel Tomas, Gomez, Anabela, Peron, Silvana   +2 more
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Microenterprises and Multiple Bank Relationships: Evidence from a Survey among Professionals [PDF]

An overview of previous evidence about relationship banking to SMEs shows that multiple banking relationships prevail even at small firms, but there is hardly evidence on the number of banking relationships held by micro firms.
Doris Neuberger, Solvig Räthke
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THE COST STRUCTURE OF MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA [PDF]

, 2006
Microfinance institutions are important, particularly in developing countries, because they expand the frontier of financial intermediation by providing loans to those traditionally excluded from formal financial markets.
A Berger, A Berger, A Demirg��-Kunt, A Rai, B Armendariz De Aghion, B Armendariz De Aghion, B Armendariz De Aghion, Berger, Berger, D Gobbons, D Hulme, D M Gropper, Daniel M. Gropper, E C Perotti, G Ferrier, I Hasan, J Barth, J Brau, J Conning, J Laffont, J P Bonin, J P Bonin, J Pastor, J Pastor, J Pytkowska, J Stiglitz, J Yaron, M Ghatak, Microbanking Bulletin, R Deyoung, R Gomez, R L B Lecompte, S B Caudill, S Foster, S Fries, S Khandker, S Navajas, Steven B. Caudill, V Hartarska, Valentina Hartarska, Y Altunbas, Y Altunbas   +41 more
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Informal Microenterprises in Senegal

, 2022
This paper explores differences and similarities across formal and informal microenterprises in Senegal. It uses a new national sample of more than 500 firms, of which two-thirds are informal and over 95 percent are micro-size, employing five or fewer full-time employees.
Atiyas, İzak, Dutz, Mark A.
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Lactobacillus rhamnosus Probiotic Food as a Tool for Empowerment Across the Value Chain in Africa

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Perhaps by serendipity, but Lactobacillus rhamnosus has emerged from the 1980s as the most researched probiotic species. The many attributes of the two main probiotic strains of the species, L.
Nieke Westerik, Nieke Westerik, Remco Kort, Remco Kort, Remco Kort, Wilbert Sybesma, Gregor Reid, Gregor Reid   +7 more
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Investment in Young and Established Microenterprises in Russia [PDF]

This paper shows that imperfections in the credit market and insecurity of property rights affect nonuniformly the investment of younger and established microenterprises in Russia. The empirical analysis of investment is based on the liquidity constraint
Hartarska, Valentina M.
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The long term impact of microfinance on income, wages and the sectoral distribution of economic activity [PDF]

, 2003
This paper analyses the long-term effects of improved small-scale lending, often provided by microfinance institutions set up with the support of development aid.
Tschach, Ingo
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Eficiencia energética en microempresas de Medellín: un estudio de valoración de barreras

Lecturas de Economía, 2012
The diffusion and penetration of energy efficiency measures have positive impacts on both the competitiveness and the security conditions in which firms operate.
Juan Gabriel Vanegas López, Sergio Botero Botero   +1 more
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