Survey SMEs

Survey SMEs
Author: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Total Pages: 103
Release: 2015-10-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9289343052

The project Survey SMEs includes a survey on what heat pump, boiler and air conditioning industry in the Nordic countries know about ecodesign and energy labelling legislation and what information they request. The report shows that the knowledge is not great and gives good implications on what and how information is preferred. The project is part of Nordsyn under the Nordic Prime Ministers' overall green growth initiative: “The Nordic Region – leading in green growth” - read more at www.norden.org/greengrowth

Handbook of Research on Sustaining SMEs and Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Handbook of Research on Sustaining SMEs and Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Post-COVID-19 Era
Author: Baporikar, Neeta
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 676
Release: 2021-02-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1799866343

A multidimensional approach to entrepreneurship, especially in the post-COVID-19 era, will have an important influence on the state of business and government, especially when considering the effects of technological development, innovation, glocalization, and nationalization policies that need to be adopted for inclusive sustainable growth, as well as the enhanced and efficient utilization of global resources. That means there is likely to be a shift in how entrepreneurship development and entrepreneurial opportunities will be perceived, developed, and resourced. The question is how to sustain SMEs and entrepreneurial innovation in the post-COVID-19 era. Thus, comprehensive research and knowledge on designing policies and approaches to ensure the sustainability of SMEs and entrepreneurial innovation in post-pandemic times are essential to sustain, stimulate, and foster SMEs, entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurial innovations. The Handbook of Research on Sustaining SMEs and Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Post-COVID-19 Era provides research dedicated to entrepreneurship with a special emphasis on the sustainability of SMEs and entrepreneurial innovations in the post-COVID-19 era. It provides discussion and the exchange of information on principles, strategies, models, techniques, methodologies, and applications of entrepreneurship in the post-COVID-19 era in the field of public and private organizations. The chapters communicate the latest developments and thinking on the entrepreneurship subject worldwide by drawing on the latest developments, ideas, research, and best practice to examine the implications of the changes taking place due to COVID-19. This book is ideally intended for entrepreneurs, global organizations, small and medium-sized enterprises, managers, executives, government officials, policymakers, researchers, academicians, and students who are interested in learning about, designing, or implementing policies that are more effective in the post-pandemic era.

Handbook of Research on Acceleration Programs for SMEs

Handbook of Research on Acceleration Programs for SMEs
Author: Lisboa, Inês
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 602
Release: 2022-12-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1668456672

The international financial crisis of 2007 and 2008 and the situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have had a great impact on many firms’ financial needs. Simultaneously, several emerging countries have bet on boosting private initiatives as a way to diversify their economies and create jobs and wealth for their populations. New forms of financing have appeared that have impacted the firm’s capital structure, cost of capital, and access to finance by underprivileged communities that are normally outside the formal economy. The Handbook of Research on Acceleration Programs for SMEs provides and shares knowledge on the financial mix, alternative forms of finance, capital structure, and more. It calls attention to relevant challenges, financial institutions, and governments to guarantee funds and economic and social development with new competencies, innovations, new ways of investing, entrepreneurship, and business models with new public policies. Covering topics such as earnings management, capital structure, and foreign exchange, this major reference work is an essential resource for government officials, business leaders and executives, economists, sociologists, students and faculty of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

Start-Ups and SMEs: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Start-Ups and SMEs: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 1687
Release: 2020-01-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 179981761X

Smaller companies are abundant in the business realm and outnumber large companies by a wide margin. To maintain a competitive edge against other businesses, companies must ensure the most effective strategies and procedures are in place. This is particularly critical in smaller business environments that have fewer resources. Start-Ups and SMEs: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a vital reference source that examines the strategies and concepts that will assist small and medium-sized enterprises to achieve competitiveness. It also explores the latest advances and developments for creating a system of shared values and beliefs in small business environments. Highlighting a range of topics such as entrepreneurship, innovative behavior, and organizational sustainability, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for entrepreneurs, business managers, executives, managing directors, academicians, business professionals, researchers, and graduate-level students.

Entrepreneurship and SME Research

Entrepreneurship and SME Research
Author: Rik Donckels
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2019-05-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 042974983X

First published in 1997, the authors of the present volume provide brand new insights and empirical findings in the field of entrepreneurship and small business research. The writers have highlighted three different key themes: entrepreneurship; start-ups and growth and internationalisation. The priority of most countries is growth, competitiveness and employment. In this context, the relevance of promoting the creation of new enterprises and understanding the very nature and development of newly created and existing SMEs is becoming more important today. The role of entrepreneurship and SMEs for economic and social development, welfare and well-being is going to be emphasised more than ever before. The same holds for research in these fascinating fields. This book gives an idea of the state of the art for the time being with its increasing conceptual, methodological and empirical complexity and diversity.

Small and Medium Enterprises Across the Globe

Small and Medium Enterprises Across the Globe
Author: Meghana Ayyagari
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2003
Genre: Pequeą y mediana empresa (PYME)
ISBN:

This paper describes a new cross-country database on the importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This database is unique in that it presents consistent and comparable information on the contribution of the SME sector to total employment and GDP across different countries. The dataset improves on existing publicly available datasets on several grounds. First, it extends coverage to a broader set of developing and industrial economies. Second, it provides information on the contribution of the SME sector using a uniform definition of SMEs across different countries, allowing for consistent cross-country comparisons. Third, while we follow the traditional definition of the SME sector as being part of the formal sector, the new database also includes the size of the SME sector relative to the informal sector. This paper describes the sources and the construction of the different indicators, presents descriptive statistics, and explores correlations with other socioeconomic variables. This paper--a product of Finance, Development Research Group--is part of a larger effort in the group to study SME-related issues.

Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2014 An OECD Scoreboard

Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2014 An OECD Scoreboard
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2014-09-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9264208259

Now covering 31 countries, this book documents the financing difficulties of SMES and entrepreneurs and monitors trends in 31 countries, along with government policy responses to deal with these challenges.

Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2015 An OECD Scoreboard

Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2015 An OECD Scoreboard
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2015-04-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9264228977

This fourth edition monitors SMEs’ and entrepreneurs’ access to finance in 34 countries over the period 2007-13, across an expanded array of indicators, including debt, equity, asset-based finance and framework conditions.