order to outline the characteristics of small businesses‚ and also to explain the importance of these small businesses to the Australian economy. This report aims to achieve its purpose through the use of several Australian small businesses as examples. The businesses examined are: “Laservision Australia”‚ “Luken and May”‚ and “Peter Alexander”. Characteristics of Small Businesses Although there is no universally accepted definition of a small business‚ small businesses are generally identified through
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survey on the Strategic and Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) and Growth of Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Underlying the importance and future of SMEs in India‚ their contribution to our economy and the efforts of SME owners/ top management in the growth of the firm‚ we are seeking information about the role of Strategic & Entrepreneurial orientation on the growth of SMEs. This questionnaire is designed to gather information about the interplay of strategy and entrepreneurship and how their dimensions
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classification of small and medium scale industries in global context Meanings of Small and Medium Industries differ from country to country‚ depending on one or more of thresholds laid down in respect of investment‚ employment‚ turnover etc. The issue of what constitutes a small or micro and medium scale industry is a major concern in the literature (Ward‚ 2005). Different writers have usually given different definitions to this category of 25 business. Small and medium scale industries have indeed
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and effectiveness of small and medium scale enterprises as an instrument of economic growth and development in Nigeria has long been under scrutiny. This intense scrutiny has been against the backdrop of the low performance and inefficiency that characterized small and medium scale enterprises particularly in assessing its role on economic growth and development. Despite government institutional and policies support to enhancing the capacity of small and medium scale enterprises‚ SMEs has fallen short
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Introduction: This is a scientific reasearch paper about Small and Medium Sized Enterprises‚ and their internationlization in central and middle eastern Europe done by Máté Galambos and Marcell Bakos. Our work is mainly concered with the research question of how these enterprises go international and what supports do they need in order to make it in the global market. Naturally we have to clarify the meaning of internationalization itself. ‘Internationalisa-tion’ refers to all activities that put
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International Journal of Business and Management Vol. 6‚ No. 5; May 2011 Drivers for Information and Communication Technology Adoption: A Case Study of Nigerian Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Idisemi Apulu (Corresponding author) School of Technology‚ University of Wolverhampton Wulfruna Street‚ West Midlands‚ WV1 1LY‚ United Kingdom Tel: 44-776-578-5662 E-mail: i.apulu@wlv.ac.uk Dr. Ann Latham School of Technology‚ University of Wolverhampton Wulfruna Street‚ West Midlands‚ WV1 1LY‚ United Kingdom
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A STUDY ON “LICIT SECT TYCOONS IN SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES” AT “IPDOME STRATEGY.PVT.LTD” By ABSTRACT The study deals with “A STUDY ON LICT SECT TYCOONS IN SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES AT IPDOME STRATEGY” The main objective of this study is to know about the legal problems faced by the small and medium enterprises and to enhance their growth. The Small and Medium Scale Enterprises/Industries (SMEs) are functioning as a lifeline in industrial sector in tamilnadu due to their significant
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PRUDENTIAL REGULATIONS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES FINANCING BANKING POLICY AND REGULATION DEPARTMENT STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN THE TEAM NAME DESIGNATION TELEPHONE NO. & E-MAIL Muhammad Kamran Shehzad Syed Irfan Ali Inayat Hussain Mohsin Rasheed Allauddin Achakzai Executive Director Director (BP & RD) Director (BID) Joint Director Jr. Joint Director (92-21) 9212512 kamran.shehzad@sbp.org.pk (92-21) 9213580 syed.irfan@sbp.org.pk (92-21) 9211059 inayat.hussain@sbp.org
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engine of economic growth in both developed and developing countries‚ as they generate more employment opportunities with relatively small investment than large-scale firms do. SME provide low cost/ investment employment because the unit cost of persons employed is lower for SMEs than for large-size units; and they are more labor intensive than large-scale enterprises‚ since labor uses either manual‚ or semi automatic‚ and seldom uses automatic processes of production. According to the ESP (2009)
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IMPACT OF MICROFINANCE ON FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT OF MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRI ABSTRACT Microfinance is the provision of savings accounts‚ loans‚ insurance‚ money transfers and other banking services to customers that lack access to traditional financial services‚ usually because of poverty. It is the provision of financial services to the low income households and micro and small enterprises. The general objective of this study was to investigate the impact of Microfinance on financial empowerment
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