Working capital management and AIM listed SME companies profitability: a mixed research method approach. [PDF]
This research was undertaken to achieve two main objectives. The first objective was to investigation whether working capital management (WCM) is associated with profitability of Alternative Investment Market (AIM) listed Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)
Afrifa, Godfred
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"Mind the gap": graduate recruitment in small businesses [PDF]
, 2003 The purpose of the study was to analyse the perceptions that small business owner-managers held of graduates and graduate skills. The research focused on the tourism, hospitality and leisure sectors and used two methods, focus groups and a survey of ...
Pittaway, L A, Thedham, J R
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ASSESSING THE LINK BETWEEN COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOR AMONG SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE OWNERS: EVIDENCE FROM KOGI STATE, NIGERIA [PDF]
Business Excellence and ManagementThis study aimed at cognitive flexibility on entrepreneurial behavior. The study assessed the effect of managing complex entrepreneurial situations on risk-taking behaviors of SME owners and examined how adopting new strategies to difficult ...
Dare Joseph ENIMOLA +2 more
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Small- and Medium-Size Enterprise Financing in Eastern Europe
, 2002 There is currently a large interest in understanding firms' access to finance, particularly in the financing of small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). But the financing patterns of SMEs across countries is not well understood.
L. Klapper +2 more
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Development of a change framework to study SME web site evolution [PDF]
, 2007 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.It has been suggested that the adoption of e-commerce by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) follows a sequence of stages with each representing ...
Alonso Mendo, Fernando
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Women in small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurship in Japan
Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2020 The article undertakes a gender analysis of small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurship in Japan to find out whether they affect gender inequality, women and economy; what women empowerment could bring to the development of SME, entrepreneurship ...
S. M. Rebrey
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Applied Sciences, 2020 The medical technology (Med-Tech) industry turnover has reached a record high, attracting a great deal of capital investment, while mergers and acquisitions continually increase.
I-Ching Fang +4 more
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The impact of clusterization on the development of small and medium‐sized enterprise (SME) sector
, 2009 The impact of clusterization on the development of SME sector has been analysed in this study. The cooperation of companies at national level and on a global scale is becoming more and more important as a tool of economic development.
V. Navickas, Asta Malakauskaitė
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Factors influencing ERP implementation in Indian SMEs: An empirical analysis [PDF]
Management Science Letters, 2011 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is essentially a commercial software package that enables the integration of transaction - oriented data and business processes throughout an organization. In order to remain competitive in this global business scenario,
Rana Basu +2 more
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The impact of size on small and medium-sized enterprise public sector tendering
, 2015 This article examines the relationship between firm size and public sector tendering. The findings show that size, measured by employee number, significantly influences small and medium sized enterprises’ (SMEs) tendering resources, behaviour and success;
A. Flynn, David McKevitt, P. Davis
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