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Magad, Ahmad Mohamed. "Strategic planning in SMEs in Singapore : SME multi-agency alliance, environmental impact and SME performance." Thesis, Henley Business School, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.274792.

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Rydiander, Sandra, and Filip Lindholm. "Tillämpningav SIQ Managementmodell i SME : Tillämpningav SIQ Managementmodell i SME." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för kvalitets- och maskinteknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-37389.

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Forskningen   utgår från framtidens utmaning att öka kunskaperna kring kvalitetsutveckling   och lyfta detta både som ledningsfråga och strategisk ägarfråga. Detta ur ett   SME-perspektiv som har begränsade resurser och kunskaper att ta sig an   kvalitetsutveckling. Studien   syftar till att öka förståelsen för hur kvalitetsutveckling, med hjälp av SIQ   Managementmodell, kan bidra till en hållbar resultatutveckling inom ett SME,   med erfarenhet av kvalitetsledningssystem genom ISO 9001. Studien är   baserad på en kvalitativ fallstudie av ett SME. Initialt skedde   litteraturundersökning och
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Lu, Yunli, and Zhisheng Zhou. "A Critical review of SME internationalization : through two Swedish/Chinese SMEs." Thesis, University of Gävle, Department of Business Administration and Economics, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-4964.

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<p><strong>Background</strong></p><p>The internationalization of SMEs can be expected to gain further momentum because the world economy is becoming increasingly integrated with continued declines in government-imposed barriers and continued advances in technology</p><p> </p><p><strong>Purpose</strong></p><p>The purpose of this paper is to design a theoretical framework for the internationalization of Small and Medium Enterprises, research, analyst and discuss.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Theoretical Framework </strong></p><p>We have created a model of the internationalization of SMEs which includes
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Vorel, Lukáš. "Internet marketing in SME." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-18169.

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This thesis aims to explore concrete ways of application of internet marketing for promotion of a small service oriented business-to-business (B2B) company in broader context of the so-called new economy. To support the validity of the presented applications the thesis first draws on well-established theory of marketing concepts. In the second part of the paper, the role of internet marketing in business strategy of small and medium sized enterprises is explored. The thesis then continues with detailed description of particular tools of internet marketing and discusses their relevance and most
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Ottová, Veronika. "Analýza IFRS pro SME." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-162267.

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The aim of this thesis is the analysis of the International Financial Reporting Standard for Small and Medium Enterprises (IFRS for SME). The first part deals with reasons for the Standard, its contents, structure and its relationship to the full version of IFRS. Next section is focused on individual parts of financial statements in accordance with IFRS for SME, description of rules and principles for reporting and comparison with full IFRS. Theoretical foundings are illustrated on the financial statements of MES-IMPILO, company which uses IFRS for SME. Final chapters examine possibilities of
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Silberbauer, Christian. "The favourable characteristics of a balanced scorecard for smes within an internal banking rating : a case study of a german sme SME." Universidade de Fortaleza, 2009. http://dspace.unifor.br/handle/tede/81587.

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Made available in DSpace on 2019-03-29T23:28:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-06-25<br>Since the enforcement of the institutional framework Base II, in the beginnings of 2007, banks are required to individually evaluate credit risk (CR) for every loan they disburse in order to comply with the new standard and remain competitive. When compared to international levels, German small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) show a high debt proportion which creates the challenge to satisfy the increased information needs of banks to secure efficient bank lending; otherwise, t
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Do, David, Caroline Svedberg, and Jens Karlsson. "Characteristics of SME outsourcing : A quantatitive study of manufacturing SMEs in Småland." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, EMM (Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Management), 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-481.

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Wang, Jinhua. "SME financing in Zhejiang Province." Thesis, Durham University, 2016. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/11675/.

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This thesis laid the emphasis on Zhejiang Province which SMEs play a dominant role and is characterized with informal finance. The current financial system provided little opportunity for the SMEs to raise fund; companies in temporary illiquidity or facing solvency crisis obviously could not possibly rely upon internal capital for financing. Then, informal finance should be deeply studied. Guiding the informal finance to alleviate the SMEs financing difficulties could make contribution the financial and social stability at large. Therefore, it is a meaningful topic to be studied, both in theor
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Gyanwali, Milan. "SME growth in a recession." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/42331.

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This study examines how a small and medium enterprise (SME) achieved growth in the recession of 2008-09. During the recessionary period, businesses in the UK faced a challenging environment with critical financial shortages and credit squeeze. SMEs, being generally more susceptible in the times of recession, were particularly badly affected. Undeterred by such a difficult economic condition, the case study firm was able to achieve substantial growth in the recession. Although there are a significant number of studies on the growth dynamics of SMEs, they either concentrate on the natural growth
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Mareček, Jaromír. "Informační systém procesně řízené SME." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-114155.

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The thesis deals with the development of an information system in terms of small and medium-sized process-driven organizations. The main objectives of the study is to analyze the requirements of IS process-driven SMEs, further analyze the problems in the creation of this IS, generalize the obtained conclusions and formulate methodical recommendations for the creation of the information process-driven SMEs. The thesis consists of the first, more theoretical part and the second more practical part, which is based on the knowledge formulated in the first part. The thesis builds on experience gain
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Ježek, Michal. "Řízení úvěrových rizik segmentu SME." Master's thesis, Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-262903.

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Diploma thesis Credit risk management of SME segment is engaged in the credit process in the segment of entrepreneurs and small business owners, and also part of the segment of the public and nonprofit sectors in an existing bank operating in the Czech market. In the theoretical part there are defined basic approaches in bank risk management and their divisions. Follows overview of the different approaches. Another part is more detail devoted to credit risk. Credit risk is then solved by the credit case, incl. analysis of the credit approval process. Emphasis is also placed on the rating proce
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Analoui, Farhad, and Mohammed I. Al-Madhoun. "Empowering SME Managers in Palestine." Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3784.

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No<br>SMEs create employment, wealth and a potential for future growth. In Palestine they can also mean survival and freedom. In Palestine they are not a choice but a necessity for sustainable development. But by their nature SMEs are vulnerable in a business environment characterized by uncertainty. To give the managers of SMEs in Palestine a realistic chance of success they need training to enable them to meet the challenge of running their enterprises effectively. Drawing on original research undertaken within Palestine this book explores how the challenge is being met (and consider
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Thai, Thelin Jenny, and Vadman Ebba Florin. "Harmonisering av redovisningen för SME : Är regelverken princip eller regelbaserade?" Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-10407.

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En önskan om en enad internationell uppsättning av redovisningsstandarder har uppkommit på senare tid på grund av globaliseringen. FASB har i ett försök att närma sig IASB regelverk implementerat mer principer i US GAAP medan IASB har implementerat fler regler i IFRS. Trenden pekar mot harmoniseringen för att lyckas med en enad internationell uppsättning redovisningsstandarder. Globaliseringen påverkar inte enbart börsnoterade företag utan även små och medelstora företag (SME). Arbetet för harmonisering av små och medelstora företags (SME) regelverk har dock inte berörts i lika stor grad. Stud
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VALL, Lucas. "Determinants of Productivity of the Japanese SME Sector: The Impacts of Active and Passive SME Policies." 名古屋大学大学院国際開発研究科, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/11807.

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Hallberg, Amanda, and Oliwia Kastman. "Kapitalstruktur hos svenska SME : En kvantitativ av studie av 12 861 företag inom SME kategorin "små"." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-22212.

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Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att studera hur små- och medelstora företags kapitalstruktur påverkas av företagets lönsamhet, ålder, tillväxt, materiella anläggningstillgångar, storlek och bransch. Metod: Studien genomför en kvantitativ undersökning med en deduktiv ansats. Med utgångspunkt i tidigare forskning utformas sex oberoende variabler för att sedan testa dess påverkan på kapitalstrukturen. Data samlas in från företagens årsredovisningar med hjälp av databasen Retriever och behandlas i Microsoft Excel. Data analyseras sedan med hjälp av korrelationsanalyserna Pearson´s r och Spearman
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nima, Ghasri, and Strid Carl. "Försörjningsstrategier och dess påverkan på SME : En studie på hur försörjningsstrategier för SME kan öka konkurrenskraften." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Malmö universitetsbibliotek, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-45665.

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ABSTRACT In this case study, various strategic methods that influence procurement, purchase and choice of suppliers are discussed. The aim of the study is to provide a clear picture and depiction of different strategies and tools that SMEs can use to increase competitiveness. In this study, a qualitative research method has been used where no measurements or tests have been conducted. The analysis in this case study concludes that the choice of suppliers and procurement strategies for a small and medium enterprises (SME) is not always an easy task, a lot of components should be considered when
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Dy, Sov Ann. "Importance of SME development in Cambodia." Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.595304.

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This research is concentrated mainly on Cambodian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). SMEs are said to playa vital role in economic development and income growth in Cambodia, as they have been the primary source of job creation, not only in urban areas but also in rural areas. However, there are still considerable controversies over whether SMEs are more efficient than large enterprises (LEs) in contributing to economic development in Cambodia. The purpose of this study is to investigate the importance of SMEs in development taking Cambodia as a case study. Three hypotheses are investigated t
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Nicolas, Théo. "Essays on SME finance and banking." Thesis, Paris 1, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PA01E049.

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Dans un environnement économique encore fragilisé par la Grande Récession, les PME apparaissent comme un moteur essentiel de l’activité et de l’emploi. Dans cette thèse, j’examine les déterminants et les conséquences des contraintes financières des PME afin d’identifier les formes de financement bancaire les mieux adaptées à leurs situations. Le premier chapitre analyse les effets des modèles d’activité bancaire sur le financement des PME et montre que les banques de trading augmentent les contraintes de crédit de court terme ainsi que les coûts de financement. Surtout, l’externalité négative d
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Costa, Ruben Manuel Silva Matos Sobral da. "SME internationalization : the case of JIX." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/19048.

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Mestrado em Gestão/MBA<br>O principal objetivo desta tese é obter uma definição estratégica e um plano de internacionalização, que guiarão uma Pequena e Média Empresa (PME) portuguesa no seu processo de internacionalização. Desta forma, será possível definir uma estratégia e metodologia de internacionalização tendo em conta os objetivos de expansão internacional e os principais objetivos comerciais da empresa, nomeadamente: i) alcançar receitas de 5 milhões de euros por ano, dentro de 4 anos; ii) com 100% das vendas no mercado externo e iii) abrangendo 50% do mercado mundial. Num mundo cada v
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Tuominen, J. (Janne). "Capability development in an internationalizing SME." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201711293188.

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Internationalizing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are often struggling with limited resources. These resources might also set the limits for the opportunities to grow. Capabilities and resources have been studied within context of MNCs, but, SMEs have been left with less attention. Capability development gives a good perspective for the internationalizing SME, and it might give answer for the question of why some internationalizing SMEs perform better than others. Capability development process starts from understanding resources and capabilities of the SME. Resource-Based View and
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Skřivánek, Václav. "Kritické faktory implementace IS v SME." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-12538.

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The topic of this diploma thesis is "Critical success factors of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises" Firstly, the terms enterprise resource planning system, small and medium sized enterprise and critical factor are defined. Part of this thesis is also dedicated to the importance of those systems in small and medium sized enterprises and the supply of products on the market is described as well. The importance of enterprise resource planning systems for this segment of customers is still growing and the number of products offered is quite wide. Customers
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Hlohinová, Monika. "Analýza komunikačného mixu v segmente SME." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-18186.

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The main goal is to carry out a detailed analysis of the communication strategy of a company working in construction industry in the Czech market. Analysis is focused on the issue of the communication mix and appropriate application of instruments, depending on specific projects. Also included is a comparison of instruments used in the communication mix of the company with instruments used in the field on the domestic or foreign markets.
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Hornof, Johan. "Web-Based Information System for SME." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-74867.

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Nowadays, every single company needs to operate with large amount of data to support daily operation. Although there is pretty good market offer with information systems for managing various kinds of data, only small part of them is suitable for the company that does not deal with sale of goods but provides services, particularly marketing services or IT services (e.g. programming). This thesis describes the design and development of such a system which has a main goal to satisfy the needs of small to medium companies whose needs are still different than what currently marketed products can of
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Gronský, David. "Analýza úvěrového procesu v segmentu SME." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-193560.

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This diploma thesis deals with an analysis of the credit process in small and medium enterprises. First part describes financial risks, to which banks are exposed with a special emphasis on a credit risk. The next chapter describes the process of a risk management, particularly its individual phases such as identification, measurement, securing and monitoring. The third part discusses each phase of the loan process that represents the risk mitigation strategy on the level of a single trade. In the forth part a loan application of a particular applicant is being thoroughly analysed. The last, f
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Pelletier, Baptiste Jean Jeffrey. "Internationalization of SME and entry mode choice in Brazil: the case study of Ameco, a French SME." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/11042.

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Gäck, Madeleine, and Mahmutovic Emma Rijalda. "Belöningsystem i Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) : Vilken påverkan har belöningar på medarbetarnas motivation i SME företag?" Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-45205.

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Sammanfattning Titel: Belöningssystem i Small and Medium- Sized Enterprises (SME) - Hur påverkarbelöningar medarbetarnas motivation? Ämne: Kandidatuppsats i företagsekonomi - inriktning verksamhetsstyrning, 15 HP Författare: Madeleine Gäck &amp; Emma Rijalda Mahmutovic Nyckelord: Motivation, motivationsteorier, SME, Belöning. Problemformulering: Vilken påverkan har belöningar på medarbetarnas motivation i SMEföretag? Syfte: Uppsatsens syfte är att få en djupare förståelse för hur belöningar används i SME företagför att anställda ska känna motivation i sitt arbete samt undersöka för- och nackde
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Ahmed, Khondoker Emran, and Suman Karmakar. "Challenges in the initial stage of internationalization : A study of Swedish and Bangladeshi SMEs." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-19549.

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Internationalization is a topic of much importance because of its complex nature. In this study, the focus is on the initial challenges that the SMEs have to face when they go international. The literature suggests that, due to the simple structure and comparatively weaker financial base of SMEs, they face many hurdles when entering into a foreign market. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate what challenges a Swedish and a Balangedishi SME are faced with in the initial stage of the internationalization process. We have used a qualitative method and collected empirical data through inter
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Entezarghofran, Yashar. "SME business analysis. : A railway case study." Thesis, KTH, Industriell produktion, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-141018.

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The purpose of this thesis is to study and investigate one department of a SME -active intechnical documentation at railway industry-on the challenges of applying and implementing some strategic management tools on its organization. To understand these challenges, a business planning process has been designed, implemented and documented during the thesis. This process has given the author the ability to answer the research question based on limited experience from this especial case study. However finding of this thesis can be an initial step to study the issue deeper with a group of different
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Nicholls, Tom. "How SME takeover targets affect regional productivity." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2010. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/55503/.

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This thesis uses a new data set (BSD) of nearly all British firms that allows the study of small businesses in a spatial context, with particular attention to the market for SME control. The aim is to understand whether this market contributes to the productivity gap between core (London and the South East) and peripheral regions in Britain. It might do so if larger firms attempted to compensate for a lack of internally generated innovation by acquiring and absorbing productive small enterprises. Regular culling of top performing small firms in the periphery by 'outside' businesses could then
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Zuelli, Nicola. "Manufacturing process optimization within a furniture SME." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2010. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=12804.

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Kaufmann, Alexander, and Franz Tödtling. "SME innovation and support in Upper Austria." Institut für Wirtschaftsgeographie, Abt. Stadt- und Regionalentwicklung, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 1999. http://epub.wu.ac.at/264/1/document.pdf.

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This report is the Austrian contribution to the European TSER research project "SMEPOL" ("SME policy and the regional dimension of innovation"). The objective of this project is to analyze innovation policies aiming at SMEs, to evaluate their effectiveness and to propose potential improvements. For this purpose, important innovation support instruments for SMEs in several European regions - Upper Austria, the Triangle region in southern Jutland (Denmark), Lombardy and Apulia in Italy, Limburg in the Netherlands, Wallonia, northern and south-eastern Norway, Valencia in Spain, parts of London an
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Abouzeedan, Adli. "SME Performance and Its Relationship to Innovation." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-71349.

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Current SME performance models suffer from a number of disadvantages. The models use intensively a business ratio approach, they look at SMEs as a homogenous group, they consider firms to be closed systems, they do not directly incorporate the impact of an enterprise’s innovation activities, and finally they are complex and rely on sophisticated statistical refining methods making them unpractical to use by SME managers. There are four major challenges when one tries to build SME performance models that lack these deficiencies. The first challenge is that the desired performance evaluation mod
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Vogt, Oliver. "Collaborative electronic purchasing within an SME consortium." Thesis, Durham University, 2008. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1328/.

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The main function of purchasing is to assure the supply with required goods and services. Large organisations have both finances and knowledge to implement optimised purchasing resources, typically using information and communications technology (ICT) to improve efficiency. On the contrary, within individual small and medium sized enterprises electronic purchasing is conducted predominately through supplier's sales web sites.
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Abrahamsson, Caroline. "Swedish SME companies revisited ten years after." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-33063.

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Huallpa, Edgar Apaza. "Emissão magnética espontânea (SME) na transformação martensítica." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3133/tde-08122016-084445/.

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A presente tese de doutorado avalia a Emissão Magnética Espontânea (SME), fenômeno descrito recentemente no grupo de pesquisa do professor Hélio Goldenstein e que já demonstrou ser uma ferramenta promissora para monitorar a transformação martensítica nos aços. O SME é utilizado para monitorar a velocidade de propagação de plaquetas de martensita; identificar a temperatura em que ocorre o inicio da primeira transformação (Ms); observar martensita induzida por deformação ou tensões durante a deformação de aços contendo austenita metaestável e também estudar a transformação isotérmica da austenit
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Shi, Jiwei. "Enterprise development : SME growth through e-business." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2010. http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/5947/.

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The opportunity for SMEs growth through its use of e-b/c has long been advocated by government, practitioners and academics. This research identifies the opportunities, benefits and impact of developing a e-business/ e-commerce framework/tool for this. It reviews e-business/ecommerce definitions, driving forces, initiatives, uptake, progress, barriers, success factors, models, strategies and best practice. It also reviews the characteristics and the importance of small and medium sized enterprises and their impact on the economy. In addition, the research explores the purpose and use of benchm
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Slavětínský, Radek. "Analýza cloudových řešení Business Intelligence pro SME." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-358847.

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The thesis is focused on the analysis of presently offered products supporting Business Intelligence (BI) which are affordable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Current BI solutions available to SMEs are mostly offered via Cloud computing, specifically in the form of Software as a Service (SaaS) as it requires low initial acquisition costs. The objectives of this thesis are to analyse the work in applications for BI in cloud that can be used by SMEs and to analyse in detail the comparison the worldwide extended reporting tools distributed as SaaS in the lower price category. The t
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M'zungu, Simon David Munyaradzi. "SME Brand Management: Strategic and Operational Perspectives." Thesis, Griffith University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367331.

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Corporate brands are widely accepted as valuable intangible assets of organisations, which require competent management to create and safeguard their equity. There is a large body of corporate branding literature, which is fragmented along several disciplinary domains and biased towards large organisations. While the economic contribution of the small-to-medium enterprise (SME) sector in both emerging and developed economies is recognised, corporate branding research has neglected this sector. SME corporate brand management research could enhance the economic efficiency of the sector. However,
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Gasparini, Giulia <1990&gt. "Internationalization process of Italian SME in Brazil." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/4997.

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Nowadays internationalization is a strategy adopted by many firms in different sectors. Nevertheless it is a delicate process that needs attentive analysis and a particular focus on the target country. The purpose of this research is to define the international strategy of Italian small-and-medium enterprises addressing the Brazilian market. Starting from the choice of the final market, and going back to the obstacles encountered and goals reached. In conducting interviews in the field, addressing a questionnaire directly to the firms, it is possible to collect the data related to the strateg
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Poblete, Leon, and Elin Grimsholm. "Internal and External factors hampering SME growth : a qualitative case study of SMEs in Thailand." Thesis, Gotland University, Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hgo:diva-529.

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<p>Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Thailand are very important to economic growth and considerably essential to generate employment as in many other developing countries. SMEs account for 99.5% of the overall enterprises in Thailand while their contribution to the overall employment account for around 76% of all jobs. However, SMEs growth rate is still at a low level. Hence, this is qualitative study of the external and internal factors hampering the growth of SMEs in Thailand. Regarding external factors, there are a number of obstacles constraining their growth such as access to
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Agyeiwaa, Owusu Jacqueline, and Aguirre Gonzalez Victor Raul. "ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMEs: A Case Study from a Ghanaian SME." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-28512.

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Aim: The purpose of this research is to develop an in-depth understanding on the environmental factors that influence the internationalization of SMEs in an emerging African market environment. Methods: The study was conducted by using a qualitative research design. To fulfil the purpose of this research, the researchers adopted the use of a single case study to explain the different aspects of the topic being studied within the emerging market context. The research was supported with primary data obtained directly from the company through interviews and also with secondary data in order to
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Schmuck, Ludger, and Veronika Vintish. "SMEs offline: why? : A multiple-case study of Swedish micro SMEs." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-111569.

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The Internet is becoming a more and more influencing factor in our everyday life. It affects many of our daily tasks and it is a determining factor we built our decisions on. Especially in Sweden, retrieving information about products or services online prior to the purchase is a matter of course and emphasizes therefore its importance. A website offers a costefficient potential for smaller firms with limited resources to be visible for consumers and to compete on the larger market. However, the website adoption has been neglected amongst 41% of Swedish micro Small- and Medium sized Enterprise
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Rizza, Adam. "Business Intelligence i SME och stora organisationer : En studie om skillnaden mellan BI användande i SME och stora organisationer." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för datavetenskap, fysik och matematik, DFM, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-22028.

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Omvärlden ändras snabbt, vilket sätter press på moderna organisationer. Organisationer kan därför använda sig av Business Intelligence (BI) till att fatta bra och effektiva beslut. Enligt författare till litteratur, skribenter på Internettidningar, och debattörer på Internet, kan det dock vara skillnad på hur BI används i små och stora organisationer, då dessa inte har samma förutsättningar till BI användande (Chang, 2009). Vid påbörjandet av denna studie var det oklart hur SME och stora organisationer använder BI, samt på vilket sätt BI användande i SME och stora organisationer skiljde sig, o
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Lin, Kunyi, and Wang Zheng. "Internationalization Process and Strategy Of Born Global SME." Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Business and Engineering (SET), 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-1597.

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<p>The purpose of this paper is to explore the internationalization process of Chinese Born Global SMEs and attempt to reveal the uniqueness. Base on the literature review and former studies, in this paper the Born Global SME internationalization process is assumed to depend upon the firms’ entrepreneurs’ experience, background and network; Product characteristics; Degree of Internationalization; Environment and Globalization.</p><p>In the study, a qualitative study was conducted in order to generating the understanding why and how Chinese Born Global company internationalization. </p><p>More
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Pettersson, Linnea. "Implementeringen av REACH : Fallstudie på ett SME-företag." Thesis, Stockholm University, Stockholm Resilience Centre, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-7829.

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<p>The importance of chemical use is enormous for areas such as agriculture, industry and medicine and hence a prerequisite for our modern society. In order to protect humans and the environment from the negative effects of chemical use, chemical regulations have been used at a relatively early stage in our history. The purpose of REACH, the new chemical regulation of the European Union, is to generate new knowledge of chemicals within the European market and to increase the responsibilities of the enterprises when it comes to risk management. Whether the enterprises will implement the regulat
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Taylan, Can. "Innovationsprocesser i SME-företag : Från idé till kommersialisering." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för ekonomi och företagande, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-13160.

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Objective: For a long-term and viable economic development to take place in a country it needs to promote creativity and innovation in enterprises. The study applies the process model to study the process of innovation in innovative companies in Sweden. The study also applies the technology commercialization model to indicate the ability of companies to commercialize the technology to the market. Main purpose: The purpose of this work is to study how companies in Sweden proceed with an idea generation and if they manage to commercialize these ideas. Method: This study used a qualitative approa
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Johansson, Markus, and Robin Harding. "Functionality assessment of inventory management software for SME." Thesis, KTH, Industriell Management, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-131212.

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For numerous companies today, one of the key elements for successful competing in the market is an optimized inventory management. Inventory management is about satisfying the customer need, while keeping the inventory costs as low as possible. This report discusses the functionality assessment of inventory management software for small to medium sized enterprises (SME). It is an investigation motivated by the fact that high-end inventory management solutions are becoming financially available for SME via the SaaS technology. The main question that this study aims to answer is therefore what f
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Hector, Niclas, Jakob Hägg, Philip Hultegård, and Kerim Hanna. "Leverantörsvalets kriterier i SME : I en bytesekonomisk kontext." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-44212.

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The European economy today is built on small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s) and SME’s recieve a lot more attention in the litterature now. Even though SME’s have earned more attention in the litterature there is a significant lack of information regarding purchasing and supplier selection in these companies’. This report aims to create bigger understanding of SME’s and their purchasing by showing how seven swedish SME’s select their suppliers. The report also try to create understanding regarding the trade economy, that is believed to exist in the certain region where the companies’ in t
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Major, Edward. "Tailoring Foresight to the needs of the SME." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.323926.

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Mkhaiber, Achraf. "Bank size, locality, SME lending and local economies." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2017. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/419978/.

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This thesis contains both macro- and microeconomic analyses of banking organisational structure, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) lending and local economic development. The first examination is based on a bank-level analysis to investigate the impact of bank size on bank propensity to small and micro business lending. Secondly, I review the regional banking-growth literature and highlight the need for original investigations of the effects of local small business lending, as a measure of local banking development, on local economic development, emphasising the importance of distribut
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