IMPACT OF WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT ON SURVIVAL OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMES) IN NAIROBI KENYA BY GACHOGU BENSON KAMAU REG. NO:L50/82852/2012 FACILITATED BY PROF. PROF.POKHARIYAL‚ GANESH P A RESEARCH PAPER SUBMITTED TO UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) JANUARY‚ 2013 DECLARATION I Walusimbi Samuel declare that this project report is my original work and has
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Importance of Corporate Governance for SMEs By Hany Abou-El-Fotouh Today corporate governance principles are considered a key element to the success of any organization and a prescription for improving performance. Simply it is the name of the game for companies that are directed by a board of directors in order to safeguard the interest of shareholders as well as other stakeholders. There are several definitions for corporate governance. However‚ the most appropriate definition which is
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Interconnection of JSI TT activities and R4R project dr. Špela Stres “IJS Technology transfer” (IJS TT) Project Head Technology Transfer Office Jožef Stefan Institute ● ● ● ● Jožef Stefan Institute ● In general ● Activities and Mission in Technology Transfer TT Principles R4R project ● In general ● Example: R4R workshop in Ljubljana Networking effects 5.6.2008 1 TT&R4R-JSI - EREF’08 Jožef Stefan Institute 19th century: Jožef Stefan‚ a physicist‚ StefanBolzmann
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business functions. It remains a focus of all business activities. Financing SMEs has acquired enormous importance in contemporary world of finances. This is primarily due to the national focus and priority of various countries - developed and developing ones as well. In the Sri Lankan context ‚ the government has provided impetus to the authorities to increasingly cater to the emerging financial needs of the SMEs. Bank and Institutional finance are expected to be made available on easy and flexible
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Theoretical Framework: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Definition CSR is a much broader concept than business ethics. Business ethics is the application of ethics and ethical theory to the decision of business. CSR claims that businesses are more than just profit-seeking entities and‚ therefore‚ also have any obligation to benefit society. CSR is about business and other organizations going beyond the legal obligation to manage the impact they have on the environment and society
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2013 Innovation‚ Creativity and Enterprise Assignment What are barriers of innovation within SMEs? [Type the author name] [Type the company address] Innovation‚ Creativity and enterprise Assignement. Contents 1. Introduction. 2 2. Literature review. 4 2.1. Innovation. 4 2.2. SMEs. 6 2.3. Barriers of innovation in SMEs. 8 3. Findings. 9 3.1. Top barriers. 10 3.2. Financial constrains. 10 3.3. Shortage in skills in innovation management. 11 3.4. Bureaucratic obstacle. 12
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Executive Summary The name of our restaurant is “The Menu Garden” and our slogan is “The Search is Over”. We are going to establish such a restaurant where people have lots option to choose their meal and when a person comes to our restaurant their search will over after see our menu. “The Menu Garden” restaurant is a 60 seat fine-dining restaurant. We focus on our New American-Swedish menu with a touch of South Asian influence. We will be located in the booming‚ and rapidly expanding‚ borough
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medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an increasingly important role in a nation’s economy. Today they make a substantial contribution to job creation‚ innovation‚ as well as entrepreneurial skills. A report conducted by European Commision(2005) stated that in the enlarged European Union of 25 countries‚ 23 million SMEs provide about 75 million jobs and account for 99% of all enterprise. SMEs are also the vital attributes for lifting the productivity of economy. This is primarily because SMEs are been considered
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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are critical for the economic and social development of emerging markets. They play a major role in creating jobs and generating income for low income people; they foster economic growth‚ social stability‚ and contribute to the development of a dynamic private sector. As such‚ access to financial services is vital in developing a vibrant SME sector in any economy. In many emerging markets‚ however‚ access to financial services for SMEs remains severely constrained
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Strategies for SMEs in Saudi Arabia Exploring Strategies for Small and Medium Enterprises in Saudi Arabia. Ahmed Al Saleh Submitted to: RIBM Doctoral Symposium 2012 14th -15th March Ahmed Alsaleh 71 Bishops Corner Stretford Road Hulme‚ M15 4UW Manchester Tel:+44(0) 1612266875 E- Mail: A.Al-Saleh@stu.mmu.ac.uk 1 Ahmed Al Saleh Strategies for SMEs in Saudi Arabia Abstract: The small and medium enterprises sector in Saudi Arabia form the highest percentage of all the businesses
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