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Selling, Passing on or Closing? Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intentions on Exit Modes [PDF]

open access: yes
Exit is an important part of the entrepreneurial lifecycle. In contrast to numerous previous studies on entry, however, little attention has been paid to entrepreneurial exit, and much less on exit modes thus far.
Hiroyuki Okamuro, Martina Battisti
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The growth of the small and medium-sized enterprises in the Polish economy and their influence on the labour market [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The article has been structure as follows. Section 2 provides the characteristics and importance of the small and medium-sized enterprises. Section 3 outlines the main provisions of the European Charter for Small Enterprises.
Kwiatkowska Walentyna
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Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation and Circular Economy Transitions: Evidence From the UK Textile and Clothing Industry

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to a circular economy (CE) in the textile and clothing (TC) industry is frequently attributed to sustainability‐oriented innovation (SOI), yet empirical understanding of the systemic conditions under which SOI enables CE remains underdeveloped.
Krishnendu Saha   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Green Innovation and Firm Efficiency: The Role of Institutional Quality in Italian High‐Tech Manufacturing Sectors

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to verify whether institutional quality affects the relationship between green innovation and firm efficiency within the high‐tech manufacturing sectors. To estimate jointly the parameters of a stochastic frontier and the coefficients of a model explaining technical inefficiency, we employed the one‐step estimation ...
Mariarosaria Agostino   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The economic importance of migrant entrepreneurship: An application of data envelopment analysis in The Netherlands

open access: yesTown and Regional Planning, 2011
In the Anglo-Saxon literature in the past decade, much attention has been paid to the economic importance of ethnic (migrant) entrepreneurship. This type of self-employment appears to provide a vital and creative contribution to the urban economy.
Mediha Sahin   +2 more
doaj  

Entrepreneurship in transition countries: a review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the key issues surrounding entrepreneurship development in transition countries focusing on six main themes. Though it can be argued that the transition countries started from more or less the same point
Aidis, R.
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Marketing in SMEs: a '4Ps' self-branding model [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which traditional marketing theory and practice can be applied in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and consider how owner-managers perceive their own role in marketing within a ...
Cheng, R   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Resource‐Centered Transformation Paths: The Role of Digital Transformation in Optimizing SME Resources for Sustainable Entrepreneurship

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The critical role of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in driving economic growth through employment generation and innovation cannot go unseen, especially the efforts of small firms in promoting sustainable entrepreneurship. With more market and consumer focus on sustainability and the shift toward eco‐friendly products, SMEs can ...
Nasser Hadi Alajmi
wiley   +1 more source

An Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Enterprise Growth Market (EGM) as an Alternative Capital Market in Tanzania, A Case of Selected Companies

open access: yesInternational Journal of Advanced Business Studies
The two main obstacles to Tanzanian growth, according to the 2010 Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Survey Report, are a lack of operating capital and restricted access to financial markets.
Evelyne F. Magambo
doaj   +1 more source

East-West co-operation of small and medium sized enterprises: evidence from the Berlin region [PDF]

open access: yes
Globalization opens new opportunities also for small and medium sized enterprises (SME). However, empirical information on SMEs' international activities is still fragmented.
Sander, Birgit
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