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- Mamut Unveils Payroll Software With Payback
- Payroll functionality has been introduced to Irish business customers by Mamut Enterprise, a provider of business software for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises SMEs, in conjunction with Irish software company Payback. Payroll functionality has been introduced to Irish business customers by Mamut Enterprise, a provider of business software for Small and...
- White papers 2005-12-09
- SMEs & Voluntary Environmental Performance: 2003 Golf Course Business Value Survey
- Audubon International AI has managed a set of education and certification programs for homes, businesses, schools, and entire communities. Through this program, golf courses implement a set of projects based on program guidelines designed to take those businesses beyond what they are legally required to do to protect the environment....
- White papers 2004-03-31
- Managing Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Investment Funds in Latin America and the Caribbean: Lessons Learned and Recommended Best Practices
- Drawing from the findings of monitoring evaluations conducted for the Multilateral Investment Fund MIF and others between 1996 and 2003, this paper sets forth some of the key lessons learned to-date from the operation of various Latin America and the Caribbean LAC- based Small and Medium sized business Enterprises SME...
- White papers 2003-11-19
- Voluntary Disclosure of Sales by Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: An Extended Analytical Model
- Small and Medium sized Enterprises SMEs are allowed to publish their financial statements in an abridged format. One of the main characteristics of the abridged profit and loss account is that disclosure of sales is not mandatory, but is left entirely to the discretion of the SME. This paper studies...
- White papers 2002-02-01
- The Determinants of Debt and (Private-) Equity Financing in Young Innovative SMEs: Evidence From Germany
- Financial theory creates a puzzle. Some authors argue that high-risk entrepreneurs choose debt contracts instead of equity contracts since risky but high returns are of relatively more value for a loan-financed firm. On the contrary, authors who focus explicitly on start-up finance predict that entrepreneurs are the more likely to...
- White papers 2004-06-01
- Managing Knowledge in Business Networks
- The knowledge-intensive and networked society?s ability to manage knowledge flows is crucial for companies to gain competitive advantage. Knowledge management KM is a philosophy for effective utilisation of knowledge resources, offering tools for companies to better acquire, create, share, store, process and use knowledge flows when trying to reach a...
- White papers 2006-02-08
- Digital Knowledge Networks: Linking Communities of Practice With Innovation
- With embedded knowledge flows and innovation linked to communities of practice as well as technology, Australian Small and Medium Size Enterprises SMEs have the potential to both collaborate and compete by taking advantage of knowledge platforms founded on digital technologies and new relationships. A conceptual model is introduced that maps...
- White papers
- Talent Management: The Special Challenges of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
- This paper looks at talent management in Small and Medium sized Enterprises SMEs. Since the widespread recognition of the importance of human capital ("Talent") in organizations, there has been an outpouring of papers and books on the topic. However, most literature is written for large firms. This is no small...
- White papers 2004-09-01
- The Survival Strategies of SMEs in the Digital Age
- This paper presents some strategies for SMEs to prepare themselves to function more effectively in the electronic economy. It also suggests the transforming architecture and IT infrastructure to support new ways of creating value on e-Business Strategy for SMEs. Finally, this paper shows some elements of the new value of...
- White papers 2002-10-15
- Large Scale Innovation - Reengineering Methodology in SMEs: Positivistic and Phenomenological Approaches
- The aim of this paper is to conduct an exploratory study into how SMEs apply Reengineering. In particular, the approach of SMEs to Reengineering definition and methodology are examined. Reengineering has developed from a background in large enterprises. Existing methodologies mainly assume a large organization setting with large-scale resources dedicated...
- White papers 2004-10-07
- Promoting Entrepreneurship and Innovative SMEs in a Global Economy
- This paper is an executive summary of background reports for the Istanbul Conference and sets out some policy messages and recommendations that have emerged from preparatory work in the OECD Working Party for SMEs and Entrepreneurship. The wide variation in stages of economic development, institutional arrangements and political context across...
- White papers 2004-06-03
- Credit Insurance for European SMEs: A Guide to Assessing the Need to Manage Liquidity Risk
- Today, bank lending is the most important source of SME finance in Europe. Changes in the banking sector and the economic downturn have made banks more reluctant to lend to risky SMEs. Therefore SMEs must consider alternative ways for funding their business and for managing the liquidity to run their...
- White papers 2003-12-02
- Branding as a Competitive Strategy for Demand Management in SME
- Ability to predict future demand is a need that businesses work towards irrespective of their size. Creating a favourable competitive stance for firm s output is also a crucial goal of businesses. These two goals are of particular importance for enterprises operating in an environment characterised with rapid changes, shorten...
- White papers 2001-04-02
- E-finance in a Developing Country Like India
- This paper begins with a backdrop outlining the importance of Small and Medium Enterprises SMEs in a developing country like India, the distinctive profile and needs of an SME customer and the unique challenges in SME banking. Against this backdrop the paper then highlights the weaknesses in traditional lending models...
- White papers 2001-10-19
- Search of Competitive Advantage How Do Small Businesses Find Business Opportunities?
- This paper provides new insights about where SMEs can find new business opportunities. The aim of this paper is to present the sources of opportunities and organise these sources into a model which can assist SMEs in finding opportunities. It examines the different sources of opportunities at all the relevant...
- White papers 2004-06-10
- SWOT Analysis Concerning the Use of Nanomaterials in the Energy Sector
- The study presented in this paper has the objective to give a general overview on the use of nanomaterials in the energy sector and does not pretend to be exhaustive. It will give to Small and Medium sized Enterprises SMEs the possibility to have a concise description of the development...
- White papers 2005-09-01
- Managing For Growth: Research Agenda For The Future - Enabling Sustainable Success In Canadian Smes
- The objective of this paper is to outline a study that will generate data to provide new insights into innovative Small and Medium Enterprises SMEs in Canada. Specifically, the study will address three broad research questions: What are the basic characteristics of innovative SMEs and their roles in the Canadian...
- White papers 2003-10-29
- Avoiding Business Failure: A Guide for SMEs
- The purpose of this paper is to examine the most common internal and external causes of business failure for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises SMEs; look at the effects of failure for the business and its stakeholders; provide practical guidance to entrepreneurs of SMEs by analysing the most appropriate preventive...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- The Adoption of Information Systems in SMEs: Organizational Issues and Success Factors
- This paper approaches the issues of introducing ICTs Information and Communication Technologies into Small and Medium Enterprises, with the aim of finding some conditions that make the organizational context able to manage the change process needed to really get the potential benefits of these technologies. The final objective is to...
- White papers 2003-06-11
- The Vision and the Reality - Why the Current Approach to CRM Is Marginalising Return on Investment
- While Customer Relationship Management CRM technology has promised much, the reality for many has been disappointing. Industry analysts estimate 50-60% of implementations fail, or produce marginal return on investment. Exposure to Small and Medium Enterprises SME suggests that this rate may well be significantly higher. The irony is that the...
- White papers 2005-01-01
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