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What role did management practices play in SME growth post-recession?

Bryson, Alex; Forth, John - 2016

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are known to contribute significantly to aggregate economic growth. However …

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The impact of management practices on SME performance

Forth, John; Bryson, Alex - 2018

We examine the impact of management practices on firm performance among SMEs in Britain over the period 2011 … business register. We find that SMEs are less likely to use formal management practices than larger firms, but that such … returns are most apparent for those SMEs that invest in human resource management practices, such as training and performance …

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The effect of credit guarantees on R&D investment of SMEs in Korea

Heshmati, Almas - 2013

Korean government has invested significant amount of resources through credit guarantee funds to promote SMEs survival …

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Infrastructure grants and the performance of microenterprises

Chaurey, Ritam; Duong Trung Le - 2018

We evaluate the impact of a place-based infrastructure development scheme directed towards India's most "backward" districts, on the performance of microenterprises. "Backward" districts were selected based on a transparent score-based assignment mechanism. Using a Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity...

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Innovative firms or innovative owners? : determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises

Mel, Suresh de; McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2009

entrepreneur in the innovation process. -- Innovation ; microenterprises ; SMEs ; development …

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Job creation by firms in Denmark

Ibsen, Rikke; Westergård-Nielsen, Niels C. - 2011

age ; firm size ; education ; employer-employee data …

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Enterprise restructuring in Belarus

Bakanova, Marina; Estrin, Saul; Pelipasʹ, Igorʹ V.; … - 2006

We explore the impact of privatization and the entry of new firms on enterprise performance in Belarus, a transition economy in which reform and market-orientated institutional development has been limited. We hypothesize that private ownership will enhance company performance, measured in a...

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Competitive strategy, performance appraisal and firm results

Bayo-Moriones, Alberto; Galdón-Sánchez, José Enrique; … - 2016

In this study, we address the relationship between performance appraisal and competitive strategy, as well as the impact of this relationship on firm performance. The results indicate that the adoption of developmental performance appraisal and the use of administrative performance appraisal are...

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Do female executives make a difference? : the impact of female leadership on gender gaps and firm performance

Flabbi, Luca; Macis, Mario; Moro, Andrea; Schivardi, Fabiano - 2014

We analyze a matched employer-employee panel data set and find that female leadership has a positive effect on female wages at the top of the distribution, and a negative one at the bottom. Moreover, performance in firms with female leadership increases with the share of female workers. This...

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A theory of expert leadership

Goodall, Amanda H. - 2012

How much knowledge should leaders have of their organization's core business? This is an important question but not one that has been addressed in the management literature. In a new 'theory of expert leadership' (TEL), this paper blends conceptual work with recent empirical evidence. It...

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