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Building Bridges: Linking universities with the manufacturing industry [PDF]

open access: yesGateways, 2009
This article explores ideas for linking university research entities with small- and medium-sized manufacturing industries. In an environment such as the Western Cape, South Africa, where well established teaching and research activities in science and ...
Robert Knutsen   +2 more
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Innovation Strategy Based on Industry 4.0 and Digital Transformation in SME Companies in Iran [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Digital Content Management, 2023
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have become a vital factor for national competitiveness and firms and companies, and the world is increasingly moving towards a knowledge-based economy.
Adel Sepehr   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of Exchange Options for Attracting External Financing by Small and Medium Businesses [PDF]

open access: yesТехника и технология пищевых производств, 2021
Introduction. The choice and justification of options for attracting investments are relevant for the development of any organization. The research objective was to assess exchange-traded options for attracting investment by small and medium businesses ...
Elena N. Starchenko   +1 more
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Foresight for Small and Medium Enterprises in the Context of the Circular Economy

open access: yesForesight and STI Governance, 2021
Small, medium, and micro enterprises make important contributions to economic growth and employment. Based on evidence from of the tire processing industry in Ecuador, this article assesses the development prospects for such companies in the context of ...
Wendy Anzules-Falcones   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The evolution of spatial patterns of university-industry collaborative innovation in the Yangtze River Delta [PDF]

open access: yesZiyuan Kexue, 2023
[Objective] The objective of this study was to reveal the multi-scale spatial patterns, organization, and evolution of university-industry (U-I) collaborative innovation in the Yangtze River Delta region, and propose policy recommendations for the ...
YANG Fan, DU Debin, DUAN Dezhong, SHI Wentian
doaj   +1 more source

Small and Medium Enterprises and Global Risks: Evidence from Manufacturing SMEs in Turkey

open access: yesInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2020
This study investigated how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in a country perceive major global risks. The aim was to explore how country attributes and circumstances affect SME assessments of the likelihood, impacts, and rankings of global risks, and
Ali Asgary   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strategy and additive technologies as the catalyst for outsourcing, process innovation and operational effectiveness.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
PurposeThere is rising interest in Industry 4.0 as a factor in the competitiveness of the organization. Although many companies are aware of the importance of Industry 4.0, the development of such initiatives in Colombia is slow.
Thomas Tegethoff   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESS AS A MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC ALLIANCES [PDF]

open access: yesAkademičnij Oglâd, 2021
The article considers the peculiarities of the construction and functioning of international strategic alliances and the reasons that hinder the participation of Ukrainian small and medium-sized businesses.
Vadym V. Tatarinov   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Methodological aspects of rural economy diversification in the context of modern civilizational transformations [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2021
The purpose of the study is to provide theoretical and methodological justification for the directions of rural economy diversification in the context of modern civilizational transformations and new trends in economic development.
Podgorskaya Svetlana
doaj   +1 more source

The diversity of smallholder chicken farming in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania reveals a range of underlying production constraints

open access: yesPoultry Science, 2022
: The poultry industry in Tanzania has grown steadily over the past decade. We surveyed 121 chicken farming households along an intensification gradient from backyard to semi-intensive and intensive production systems based on rearing system and assumed ...
Wilson C. Wilson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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