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Methodology for the Evaluation of Competitive Potential in Small and Medium Enterprises Based on Internal Capacity Scheme

Sepulveda Chaverra, Juan - 2012

In this paper, we develop a model to determine small business competitive advantages, industry competitiveness. We develop a process to internalize this capabilities to improve small to medium size business overall performance. The results suggests that business infrastructure, research and...

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Ownership and the Internationalization of Small Firms

George, Gerard; Wiklund, Johan; Zahra, Shaker A. - 2005

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in international markets. This study argues that the … ownership structures of SMEs influence their proclivity to take risks and expand the scale and scope of their … internationalization efforts. Data from 889 Swedish SMEs reveal that internal owners (CEOs and other senior executives) tend to be risk …

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The effects of virtualness on teamwork behavioral components : the role of shared mental models

Schmidtke, James M.; Cummings, Anne - In: Human resource management review 27 (2017) 4, pp. 660-677

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Small Industries and Institutional Framework : A Transaction Costs Approach

Ramamurthy, Bhargavi; Ronnas, Per - 1998

There has been a revival of interest in small industries and their linkages with a nation's institutional arrangements among both academicians and policy makers. Extending the definition of institutions to include formal and informal rules, this paper attempts to identify these linkages using...

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Entrepreneurial innovations and taxation

Haufler, Andreas; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - 2012

Many governments promote small businesses for the dual reasons of fostering 'breakthrough' innovations and employment growth. In this paper we study the effects of tax and subsidy policies on entrepreneurs' choice of riskiness of an innovation project and on their mode of commercializing the...

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Entrepreneurial Innovations and Taxation

Persson, Lars - 2013

Many governments promote small businesses for the dual reasons of fostering ‘breakthrough' innovations and employment growth. In this paper we study the effects of tax and subsidy policies on entrepreneurs' choice of riskiness of an innovation project and on their mode of commercializing the...

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Cournot Competition, Contestability, and Hit-and-Run Entry and Exit in a Teaching Experiment

Gächter, Simon; Thöni, Christian; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2004

We describe a computerized experiment which can be used to introduce students to imperfect competition in courses on Introductory Economics, Industrial Organization, and Strategy & Management. In addition to introducing students to strategic thinking in general, the experiment serves to...

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The Leasing Decisions of Small, Privately Held Firms

Cotei, Carmen - 2017

We analyze the impact of firm's asset uniqueness and its growth opportunities on the leasing decisions of U.S. startups. To test our hypotheses, we use a unique dataset provided by the Kauffman Foundation. Our results show that startups in the high-technology sector have a lower propensity to...

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Determinants of Technological Diversification in Small Serial Innovators

Corradini, Carlo; Battisti, Giuliana; Demirel, Pelin - 2015

This paper analyses the determinants of technological diversification for small innovative companies. Using patent data from the PATSTAT database for the period between 1990 and 2006, we explore technological diversification through a panel data set comprising 811 UK based serial innovators...

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A Model of Both Large and Small Scale Innovation

Collette, Elias - 2013

Economies of scale theories suggest that large firms should undertake, over time, an increasing proportion of research and development (R&D) and by extension patents. However, there has been no increase as predicted, and in some countries small and medium enterprises have actually increased...

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