consumption expenditure (e.g., education, defense, and the general legal and administrative infrastructure). Because of data … some of the collective consumption expenditure is actually distributed. We focus on public spending on education, which … makes up about 5% of national income in most OECD countries. We find that, in Germany at least, education spending tends to …

part of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) internationalization strategy through a review of relevant research in … contribute to the SMEs’ flexibility as a strategy to achieve their internationalization goals. The role that logistics … capabilities play in achieving SCF as part of SMEs internationalization strategies has not been analyzed in literature from an …

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify some of existing problems associated with collaboration among SMEs of … are relevant to achieve collaboration among SMEs. Originality/value: The degree of coverage and the degree of significance … existing when SMEs have to deal with decentralized decisions (DDM). Design/methodology/approach: Through the literature review …