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ABC, 123: Can you text me now? The Impact of a Mobile Phone Literacy Program on Educational Outcomes.
Aker, Jenny C; Ksoll, Christohper; Lybbert, Travis J. - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2010
We report the short-term results from a randomized evaluation of a mobile phone literacy and numeracy program (Project ABC) in Niger, in which adult literacy students learned how to use mobile phones as part of a literacy and numeracy class. Students in ABC villages showed substantial gains in...
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Education, Technological Progress and Economic Growth
Koh, Winston T.H; Leung, Hing Man - 2012
An important role of education - and the resultant accumulation of human capital - for a less-developed economy is to … education, the accumulation of physical capital and technological progress. In the model, investment in education and the … technology diffusion and the expansion of the technology frontier. The allocation of effort to education, the optimal savings …
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Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding in the Manufacturing and Services Sectors
Allon, Gad - 2019
In the last few years, we have seen the emergence of two new ways in which firms interact with outside stakeholders, namely crowdsourcing and crowdfunding service providers. In this article we define crowdsourcing and crowdfunding terms, compare new business models with the traditional ones,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012869696
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The Role of an SME’s Green Strategy in Public-Private Eco-Innovation Initiatives : The Case of Ecoprofit
Hansen, Erik G.; Klewitz, Johanna - 2018
Increasingly, eco-innovation is a major challenge for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). To diffuse eco …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014170203
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The evolution of digital transformation in SMEs in the manufacturing industry in the different blocks of the BM Canvas since the beginning of the pandemic
Bednářová, Markéta; Tesařová, Mariana; … - In: Business, mangagement and economics engineering : BMEE 21 (2023) 1, pp. 48-62
Purpose - The following article focuses on assessment of the evolution of digital transformation in SMEs in the … the pandemic to the current state. The individual data is obtained from a survey conducted among 18 SMEs. Small and medium … shows the evolution of digital transformation in the different building blocks of the BM Canvas for SMEs in the …
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Brand Experience, Trust Components, and Customer Loyalty : Sustainable Malaysian SME Brands Study
Ong, Chuan Huat - 2015
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been competing for survival in the business arena among established … significance contribution from SMEs in the service sector to the nation economy, this study will examine the relationship between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013013329
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The relationship between strategic management practices and the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana
Addae-Korankye, Alex; Aryee, Bernard Agyei - In: Verslas : teorija ir praktika : Vilniaus Gedimino … 22 (2021) 1, pp. 222-230
SMEs in Ghana. Purposive sampling technique was employed to sample 190 SMEs in Accra, though 150 SMEs responded to the … management practices on the performance and hence growth of SMEs in Ghana. The study revealed a significant positive relationship … between strategy formulation and growth of SMEs in Ghana. The study also found a significant positive relationship between …
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Effect of innovations in human resource practices, innovation capabilities, and competitive advantage on small and medium enterprises’ performance in Thailand
Jedsada Wongsansukcharoen; Jutamard Thaweepaiboonwong - In: European research on management and business economics 29 (2023) 1, pp. 1-13
This study examines the performance of wholesale and retail small and medium enterprises in Thailand, which are integrating innovations in human resource practices, innovation capabilities, and competitive advantage. The data sample comprises 260 small and medium enterprises located in the...
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How efficient is the implementation of structural funds committed to enhancing ICT adoption in SMEs?
Henriques, Carla Oliveira; Viseu, Clara - In: Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and … 8 (2022) 3, pp. 1-33
communication technologies (ICTs) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). To achieve this goal, we employed a novel three … ICT specialists seem to be related to an underuse of ERDF funds dedicated to boosting ICT in SMEs. These findings might be … related to the administrative burden and the lack of ability of SMEs to deal with the various procedures for applying for and …
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How efficient is the implementation of structural funds committed to enhancing ICT adoption in SMEs?
Henriques, Carla Oliveira; Viseu, Clara - In: Journal of open innovation : technology, market, and … 8 (2022) 3, pp. 1-33
communication technologies (ICTs) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). To achieve this goal, we employed a novel three … ICT specialists seem to be related to an underuse of ERDF funds dedicated to boosting ICT in SMEs. These findings might be … related to the administrative burden and the lack of ability of SMEs to deal with the various procedures for applying for and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013369133