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Christauskas, Ceslovas, and Regina Miseviciene. "Cloud–Computing Based Accounting for Small to Medium Sized Business." Engineering Economics 23, no. 1 (February 15, 2012): 14–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ee.23.1.1220.

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Small to medium sized business enterprises are young and constantly changing their sphere of activities depending on fluctuations of the market. The enterprises daily use accounting information, which is used in enterprise’s financial situation evaluation, correct decisions making, enterprise’s financial situation analysis according to the results received, making plans for future and controlling the whole enterprise. Accounting information systems play a significant role in providing the financial information for decision making within an organization. The systems are simultaneously providing information for a variety of other decision makers in production, human resources, finance, management, marketing, and supply chain logistics. Unfortunately, accounting systems often do not support business properly. The causes may be: systems mostly are too large and complex to comprehend them in entirety and traditional information technologies are not efficient. There is a need to adopt the newest technologies in small to medium sized business. In the paper investigated study showed the newest trends in accounting information systems for small to medium sized business. One of the newest trends in the information technologies world is cloud computing based technology. Accounting transfer to "cloud" is a new and innovative solution that can help save significant funds small and medium-sized enterprises. Small to medium businesses can get a lot of advantages with the newest technology. However, it has its own risks too. The paper indicates advantages and dangers of the newest technology within the business. Investigation of accounting systems for small and medium sized enterprises in Lithuania in the cloud-computing context is a part of the research. Lithuanian companies have a great opportunity to use cloud computing capabilities. But only one developer of accounting systems offered the cloud based accounting program. Results of the research summarized only by main accounting software. Investigation was carried out by using systematic and comparable literature review of accounting information systems faced to small to medium sized business. The investigation also shows that there are not so many scientific papers on the newest cloud computing trends in Lithuania. Accordingly, this research was mostly based on literature review sourced from the internet.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ee.23.1.1220
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Hubeis, Musa. "Dissemination Technology For Small-Medium Scale Enterprise." Business and Entrepreneurial Review 5, no. 1 (October 19, 2016): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.25105/ber.v5i1.961.

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<p>Small-medium scale enterprises enterprises (SME) found in developing and developed countries is still facing classical handicap such as technology, finance, managerial and market accessibility, in spite of its high flexibiliry, responsiveness, dynamic and resistance. Therefore, designing and management of SME in context of technology dissemination needs to understand business dimension as enterprise description, product/service, market, enterprise location, competition, management, personnel, budget, research and development. Beside general technology, both SME in general and specific are closely related to: (1) Technology choice covering technology complexities, capital intensity, and human resource (HR) quality; (2) Technology learning strategy based on learned technology position combination, both process and products with faced competition, through existing learned technology, technology integration, technology development and basic research; (3) Enterprise unit covering enterprise scale, HR, organization,<br />location, product type, enterprise unit, experiences, competition level and business network; (4) Performance indication of business unit and business man, and technology diffusion institutions; (5) Linkages of business with characteristics of authority, functional, normative and diffusion. Dissemination pattern of integrated and sustainable technology is expected to establish network among development subjects intensively and dynamically, to compile agenda of transfer technology, implement technology that is appropriate and develop learning organization for technology dissemination activities.</p>
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Mallett, Oliver, and Robert Wapshott. "Small business revivalism: employment relations in small and medium-sized enterprises." Work, Employment and Society 31, no. 4 (March 22, 2017): 721–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0950017017690503.

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This e-special issue focuses on employment relations in the context of ‘small business revivalism’ and an ‘enterprise culture’ that has sought to establish a so-called ‘entrepreneurial economy’. Economic restructuring and other political, social and economic changes in the 1970s and 1980s led to an increase in the number and prominence of small and medium-sized enterprises, with implications for the working lives of many people who are now more likely to work as self-employed, freelancers or members of smaller organizations. This e-special issue presents research from Work, employment and society that considers important elements of these changes, including debates about the influences of businesses’ external and internal environments, family relations and government policy. This introduction provides a general overview of the field of employment relations in small and medium-sized enterprises and the 11 articles included in the e-special issue.
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Kurdgelia, Natia. "SOME ASPECTS OF COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SME STANDARDS IN THE EU AND GEORGIA." Economic Profile 15, no. 20 (December 25, 2020): 113–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.52244/ep.2020.20.13.

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There are different attitudes towards small business definition. Basically, the laws of the countries are based on the criteria on the basis of which this or that enterprise belongs to the small business sector. However, in EU countries, small and medium enterprises are considered as small businesses and they are considered in one context. The concept of small and medium business combines number of employees, annual turnover and annual balance. The official definition of small and medium enterprises in Georgia is partially in line with EU standards. The concepts of small business and micro business are established only in terms of tax policy, while in institutional and quantitative or qualitative terms its definition is not officially definite.
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Swasty, Wirania. "Business Model Innovation for Small Medium Enterprises." Winners 16, no. 2 (September 30, 2015): 85. http://dx.doi.org/10.21512/tw.v16i2.1561.

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Indonesian economy through Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is expected to absorb labor and contribute to the growth of Gross Domestic Product. However, SMEs lack both managerial and technical skills. This research is about business model innovation for SMEs especially in fashion and garment industry. Study used qualitative approach by mentoring four selected SMEs in Babakan Penghulu Village– Cinambo Sub-District, Eastern Bandung. The tools used to analyze them including PEST analysis, Porter’s Five Forces,Resource Based View, Value Chain Analysis and Business Model Canvas. Finding suggests SMEs to have business model innovation derived from value proposition. SMEs should build their own brand awareness. Moreover, as garment and fashion industry, design can be a particularly important part of the Value Proposition. SMEs could communicate its value propositions and inform their service through its official websites and other social media. Since the intangible resources include brand and design, thus SMEs should build brand image and innovate year by year. SMEs must hire designers and launch a series of new products offers under the signature of their own brands. Ideation to strengthen strategies derives from value proposition building block as a starting point. Moreover, Business Model Canvas makes strategy more focused and measurable. Business model innovation is expected to increase overall performance of SMEs.
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Mohamad, Azlina, Adriana Mohd Rizal, Musli Sahimi, and Rohaida Basiruddin. "Business Discontinuity Among Small and Medium Enterprises." Advanced Science Letters 21, no. 6 (June 1, 2015): 1763–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/asl.2015.6200.

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Kvitka, Anton, and Anna Kramarenko. "From big business to small and medium-sized enterprises: factors and prospects." Problems and Perspectives in Management 16, no. 2 (April 24, 2018): 42–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.16(2).2018.04.

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The article considers changes in organizational structure (in the context of a shift in favor of small business), the main factors and long-term prospects of these changes. Enhancing the role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in many countries of the world is described. The concept of SMEs, as well as the range of indicators measuring organizational structure, is defined. Modern trends that indicate the increasing role of small and medium-sized enterprises are shown. On the basis of dynamics of economic indicators in Europe and the United States, the increasing role of small and medium enterprises is investigated. It is shown that the increase in the share of the service sector is the result of market saturation. The influence of the service sector on the shifts in the organizational structure in the period of global economic changes, as well as the influence on the increasing share of more flexible and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises in total employment and income, is argued. Increased competition in the process of saturation of the market is shown as one of the factors of the development of personal needs that promote individual entrepreneurs, inventors and innovators, for whom a complex and rigid structure of large organizations is the factor which limits the growth and interferes with their becoming the engines of scientific and technological progress. It is proved that in conditions when large corporations find themselves unable to identify a new micro niche quickly, small and medium enterprises are becoming the most convenient form for the realization and promotion of innovation. The transition from the dominance of large corporations to the dominance of SMEs in the process of substitution of technological modes is investigated. The increasing role of small and medium firms in the context of long-term trends of economic development is considered.
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Venter, J. M. P., and B. de Clercq. "A three‐sector comparative study of the impact of taxation on small and medium enterprises." Meditari Accountancy Research 15, no. 1 (April 1, 2007): 115–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/10222529200700007.

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In his 2006 State of the Nation Address, President Thabo Mbeki indicated that the regulatory environment for small businesses would be improved, as this sector plays an important role in the national strategy for accelerated and shared growth. The aim of this study is to determine whether the size of an enterprise and the sector in which the enterprise operates has an impact on how the enterprise’s tax responsibilities are administered and managed. A survey was conducted amongst small and medium enterprises in the manufacturing, retail and business services sectors in Gauteng. The study focused on Gauteng because the majority of small, medium and microenterprises (SMMEs) are located in this province. The study found that most small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the business services sector outsource their tax responsibilities because they lack the time needed to manage these functions. It was also found that the size and type of organisation affects the role taxation inputs play in business decisions. The SMEs included in the survey preferred a reduction in interest and penalties charged as a taxation relief measure.
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Kvitka, Anton, Anna Kramarenko, Denys Davydov, Maryna Pasmor, and Olga Diachek. "Digital business research for small and medium-sized enterprises: The case of Ukraine." Problems and Perspectives in Management 19, no. 1 (February 26, 2021): 177–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.19(1).2021.15.

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The use of available digital tools, the entrepreneur’s personal human capital, and the formation and filling of niche markets are seen as the main factors of enterprises’ prosperity. Thus, the study aims to identify the impact of business research on the dynamics of operational and commercial efficiency of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). The online survey and regression analysis methods based on the data obtained were used. The study revealed that SMEs constantly need to perform data analysis, but despite the need for business intelligence, enterprises rarely use Big Data (cloud technologies). Most small businesses that conduct business research use digital tools, which poses acute problems of staff development and building an effective model for outsourcing research agents. Currently, the economic efficiency of business research is not clearly visible, which is due to the influence of strong external factors, as well as a low level of innovation and research activity of economic agents.
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Rudyk, N. V. "Small and Medium Business amidst Economic Turbulence: Ukraine’s Experience." Business Inform 10, no. 513 (2020): 163–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.32983/2222-4459-2020-10-163-172.

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In Ukraine, the importance of small business for the economy and the need to stimulate it are being realized at the level of both the scientific community and public administration. The situation with the pandemic has complicated the conditions of functioning of small and medium-sized busines entities (hereinafter SMEs), but at the same time has justified the need to support it not only in the situation of collapse, but also as a matter of socio-economic stabilization and the prospect of reducing the unemployment rate. The status and conditions of SME functioning, its importance in various spheres of economic activity and in the labor market are researched. The emphasis is on modern trends in the functioning of SMEs, financial relations between the State and SME entities. A comparison of classification characteristics of SMEs was conducted in accordance with the Tax and Commercial Codes of Ukraine. The conditions of operation of small and medium-sized businesses on a simplified taxation system are compared. The latest legislative changes related to the stabilization policy of the State are taken into account. To identify the main trends of small business development, an analysis of the dynamics of the quantity, composition and structure of business in terms of its size, as well as the dynamics of the number of small enterprises and individual entrepreneurs by the largest groups in accordance with the classification of domestic economic activity in the country was carried out. The significance of SMEs in the employment structure is defined in the plane of enterprises and in terms of their size; the need to stimulate entrepreneurship in conditions of global instability is proved. A chronological analysis of the introduction of fiscal instruments for supporting the State in an emergency situation was carried out. In view of international experience, alternative quarantine preferences are considered as possible measures of the State support.
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Hung, Pui-ling Elsa. "Government support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31967206.

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Jensen, Joan, and n/a. "Electronic Commerce and Small and Medium Business Enterprises." University of Canberra. n/a, 2005. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20070517.130605.

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The aim of this research was to discover the issues influencing the adoption of e-commerce by small and medium business enterprises (SMEs) in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The demand aspect of the theory of diffusion of innovation enabled the formulation of a number of research propositions which formed the focus for this research. Seventy-five randomly-selected SMEs within the ACT were interviewed. Of these seventy five, fifty had adopted e-commerce and twenty-five had not. Findings complemented results from other studies, but also added to them. Factors from the demand aspect of the theory of time, resources (personnel, financial, technological), business organisation, size, return on investment, push by outside agencies or clients, and communication channels were found to be of little importance. Of greater importance were characteristics of the SME operators themselves (such as their innovativeness, their relative youth and educational level), the size of their business, the number of years it had been operating, and marketing issues. A prime consideration was that of attaining and maintaining a competitive edge over their competitors. Security and privacy issues were of little consideration prior to the adoption process, but became of much greater importance once SMEs had adopted e-commerce. Some things discovered by this research that have not appeared in the reporting of other studies included: � The importance of tertiary education for the primary decision-makers in the organisation; � The role banks played in the adoption process; � The high cost and difficulty of compliance with government regulations, especially regarding the employment of staff; and � The lack of use of specifically established communication channels, set up by government bodies or associated industry organisations to educate and inform SMEs about the potential and process of e-commerce. Results of this research have implications for a large number of associated stakeholders � government, educational institutions, and trade, industry and professional associations � and as such deserve to be widely disseminated.
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Yeung, Ka-wing Ricky. "IT implementation in small and medium manufacturing enterprises /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18873406.

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Mayanja, Jamiah. "Business ethics in Ugandan small and medium-sized enterprises." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/8521.

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SMEs have been acknowledged by governments globally as a prime source of economic growth and development. In Africa there has been a noticeable increase in the number of SME establishments. In Uganda, SMEs are the most popular business choice and play a major role in the national economy. Although SMEs significant economic contributions are generally acknowledged, being ethical and successful has become a challenge, as many SMEs in Uganda have not fully adopted and integrated ethics into their business strategies. Understanding the reasons for the increased unethical behaviour in SMEs is central to their continued business success. The primary objective of the study was to investigate the factors that influence ethical business conduct in Ugandan SMEs. From a comprehensive literature review, three main independent variables (staff-, business- and external environment factors) were identified as variables influencing ethical business conduct (dependent variable) of SMEs. A hypothetical model was developed to determine whether the independent variables have an influence on the dependent variable. Twelve hypotheses were formulated to test the relationships between three staff factors, five business factors, four external environment factors and ethical business conduct. The study sought the perceptions of SME owners or managers in the Kampala District and utilised the quantitative research paradigm. A survey was conducted with the aid of a structured self-administered questionnaire distributed by three fieldworkers. A combination of convenience and snowball sampling was utilised. The final sample comprised 384 respondents. The validity of the measuring instrument was ascertained by using exploratory factor analysis. The Cronbach‟s alpha values for reliability were calculated for each of the factors identified during the exploratory factor analysis. A total of ten valid and reliable factors were retained. Pearson product-moment correlation and multiple regression analysis were used to test the correlation and statistical significance of the relationships hypothesised between the various independent and dependent variables. One statistically significant relationship was found between the staff factors (employee attitude) and ethical business conduct. Two statistically significant relationships were found between the business factors (knowledge acquisition and management practices) and ethical business conduct. Three statistically significant relationships were found between the external environment factors (legal requirements, industry norm and media power) and ethical business conduct. External environmental factors seem to have a greater influence on SME ethical business conduct in Uganda. Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was used to identify if significant relationships exist between the eight demographic variables and seven reliable and valid independent variables. Furthermore, post-hoc Scheffé tests identified where the significant differences occurred between the different categories. Cohen‟s d-values were calculated in order to assess the practical significance of the mean scores. A total of twelve practical significant relationships were identified. SME owners or managers should consider employing staff with the right attitude to uphold sound ethical business values. They should implement ethical management practices to promote ethical business conduct amongst employees and ensure that employees are made aware of what is regarded as acceptable ethical business behaviour. SME owners or managers should adhere to legal requirements and industry norms to be known as businesses exhibiting ethical behaviour and utilise media to instil and guide ethical values in employees. Lastly, they must pay attention to the role that demographical variables such as: gender, level of education, current employment status, number of years in business and number of employees, play in behaving ethically in business.
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Chijioke, Matthias Ikenna. "Strategies to Sustain Small-and-Medium Sized Business Enterprises." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3146.

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Eighty-five percent of all firms operating in Nigeria are small-and medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) and contribute almost 55% to the gross domestic product (GDP) in Nigeria. Capital flight and other growth inhibitors pose threats to the sustainability of SMEs in Nigeria. This exploratory multiple-case study was to determine strategies SME leaders use to sustain business operations in Nigeria. The study participants consisted of 15 SME leaders from 3 regional manufacturing firms who had successfully implemented strategies to sustain SMEs in Nigeria. Bertalanffy's general systems theory and Freeman's stakeholder theory were the conceptual frameworks used in the research. The data collection processes included semistructured interviews and reviewing company documents. After analyzing the interview data and validating through member checking, 5 core themes emerged during the data analysis process: creating new markets, encouraging opportunity for sustainable growth, securing additional funding sources, employee participation in decision making, and gaining competitive advantages. The findings may promote social change among the business community leaders by identifying essential characteristics to improve the posterity of SMEs in Nigeria.
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Armoutis, Nikolaos. "Small-medium engineering enterprises and e-business : executive summary." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2006. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/1165/.

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A preferred methodology for handling increasing customer demands and the resulting complexity is to design common modules or subsystems. The design of all the modules required by a complex system, such as a car, aeroplane or computer, is increasingly a task beyond the organisational resources of the OEMs and their close suppliers. Therefore, a larger burden is transferred down the supply chain. As a consequence, lower tier suppliers are required to play a more proactive role and demonstrate an appropriate breadth of skills and resources in order to provide complete sub-systems. This research focuses on collaboration and e-business for a solution which will enable engineering SMEs to respond to such challenges and undertake higher value projects. In particular, the aim of this engineering doctorate is to develop and implement a mechanism that puts together combinations of SMEs with the required capability, within an e-business environment. Accounting for 99.3% of all manufacturing companies and 50.8% of the total employment, SME prosperity and `well-being' has significant impact on the national economy. Analyses, such as these provided by KPMG and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, indicate that the demand for common components could substantially reduce the number of small manufacturers and subcontractors. Statistics published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) confirm the decline of the sector, a reduction of over 22% in overall sector turnover has been reported in the past two years. Although, improved communication links through collaboration and `e' enablement could permit SMEs to move towards a more enriched business model, there is evidence that ebusiness take-up and success in Europe among engineering businesses is low. For instance, focusing on on-line sales, the eEurope 2004 benchmarking report admits that only 14% of SMEs make on-line sales and in only 7% of SMEs do on-line sales constitute more than 5% of their overall sales. The vast majority of companies still continue to rely on old trusted methods of doing business even though outsourcing to lower cost regions and countries is a major threat to many engineering SMEs in Europe. Access to specific competences drives organisations to collaborate with each other. Focusing on the organisational competence, a notion which expresses the key skills and capabilities of an organisation, an ICT based methodology has been developed and tested in this research. The `Competence Profiling Methodology' facilitates collaborative business processes. The methodology enables the discovery of appropriate collaborators for the development and manufacture of complex systems by matching complimentary competences and softer factors. These ideas were developed and tested within two SME projects in the West Midlands, Autocle@r and Autolean 3, as well as with the DTI funded Manufacturing Advisory Service - West Midlands, a one-stop shop to assist manufacturing SMEs. The results from these projects were used to develop a practical portal architecture, to help e-enable engineering SMEs. The resulting West Midlands Collaborative Commerce Marketplace, has over 2000 SME members, has had over 40,000 tenders through the system and over 100 companies are using collaborative spaces to coordinate resources. A key conclusion of this research is that traditional e-business is poorly suited to engineering SMEs being very standard product orientated. Skills and capabilities are far more generic than end products and focusing on them can support more effective eenablement of engineering companies. Results from the WMCCM (www.wmccm.co.uk) project confirm this.
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熊佩玲 and Pui-ling Elsa Hung. "Government support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31967206.

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Majukwa, Donnemore. "Sustainability Strategies for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Zimbabwe." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7039.

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Zimbabwe's entrepreneur owners of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) comprise approximately 94% of business owners but contribute only 50% of the country's gross domestic product. Entrepreneur owners play an important role in strengthening Zimbabwe's economy because they create approximately 60% to 80% of employment opportunities. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the strategies owners of SME in Zimbabwe use to sustain their businesses. The population consisted of 5 owners of SMEs who have successfully implemented the strategies to sustain their businesses for over 5 years. The general systems theory was the conceptual framework of the study. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and review of company financial documents. Member checking and methodological triangulation were used to enhance the credibility and trustworthiness of the findings of the study. The data analysis process was conducted using Yin's 5-phases of qualitative data analysis. Four themes emerged from data analysis, including passion and dedication, quality of products and services, customer satisfaction, and employing staff with the right skills. The results of the study could lead to positive social change for SMEs and the communities by helping owners of SME to create growth strategies, increase revenues for the country, and create long-term employment opportunities for the communities. The findings from the study could catalyze positive social change by improving workforce capabilities, creating awareness of the success of entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe, and increasing the interest of financial institutions in lending to SMEs.
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Ruyter, Masood. "The measurement of enterprise architecture to add value to small and medium enterprises." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2293.

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Thesis (MTech (Information Technology))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012.
South Africa has a complex financial and retail service industry with high reliance on the use of IT systems to ensure effectiveness and maintainability. Decision making and improved outcomes may be done through an IT aligned enterprise architecture (EA) strategy. EA is a capability that contributes to the support and success of an organisations' IT. Organisations are currently using EA to better align IT and the business strategy which provides a comprehensive v.ew of the IT system. Thus, EA is increasing in organisations yet the measurement and value of EA is limited to organisations and enterprise architects. The discussions of the benefits and value of EA has been discussed for several years, however there are still no consensus about how the benefits and value of EA can be measured. The lack and clear understanding of the benefits and value of EA needs to consider different aspects of IT as well as the shareholders when measuring the benefits and value of EA to an organisation.
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Goncalves, Mark-Anthony. "Organisational commitment during business rescue in small and medium enterprises." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79581.

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Business rescue is considered a new process in South Africa (Du Preez, 2012). To date the business rescue process has yielded minimal success and resulted in numerous organisations having to be liquidated. The business rescue process involves numerous stakeholders, yet existing research has focused much attention on business owners, business rescue practitioners and creditors (Lusinga & Fairhurst, 2020). Employees can best be described as an organisation’s most valuable assets (Juan, Yao, Binti, Tamyez & Ozavize, 2019). Such assets should not be overlooked as they remain an important stakeholder in the business rescue process (Lusinga & Fairhurst, 2020). The research study set out to provide a platform for a crucial stakeholder of the business rescue process namely, the employees, to share their voice their experience and perceptions of the business rescue process in addition to exploring their commitment levels during business rescue. The research study involved a qualitative research design, whereby 17 semi-structured and open-ended interviews were conducted with employees of SME businesses undertaking business rescue within Gauteng, South Africa. The research study employed purposive and snowball sampling methods. The research findings established that employee’s commitment levels were influenced during business rescue. The findings suggested that more employee’s described increased commitment levels during a time of distress, followed by those fewer employees who mentioned decreased commitment levels. The research established that employee commitment levels are largely influenced by personal, interpersonal and organisational factors, such as remuneration, understanding of the business rescue process and duration of service.
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Books on the topic "Small and medium business enterprises"

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Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries. Small and medium-sized enterprises. Ankara, Turkey: SESRTCIC, 2001.

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Czakó, Ágnes. Small and medium sized enterprises. Budapest: Hungarian Foundation for Enterprise Promotion, 1993.

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Development, UK Round Table on Sustainable. Small and medium-sized enterprises. London: The Round Table, 1999.

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Vadiveloo, Jeyaraj. Enterprise risk management for small & medium-sized enterprises. Schaumburg, Illinois: Society of Actuaries, 2015.

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Small & medium enterprises: A practical guide. [Port Louis?: s.n., 2011.

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Painter-Morland, Mollie, and Laura J. Spence. Ethics in small and medium sized enterprises. Edited by International Society for Business, Economics and Ethics. Dordrecht: Springer, 2010.

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Sudarsan, K. Financing micro, small & medium enterprises. Ambala City: Associated Publishers, 2010.

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Analoui, Farhad. Strategic management in small and medium enterprises. London: Thomson Learning, 2003.

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Institute of Small Enterprises and Development (Cochin, India), ed. India micro, small & medium enterprises report, 2012. Cochin: ISED Small Enterprise Observatory, 2012.

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Hashim, Mohd Khairuddin, ed. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Development in Malaysia:. Sintok, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia: Penerbit Universiti Utara Malaysia, 2007.

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Book chapters on the topic "Small and medium business enterprises"

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Lalkaka, Rustam, and Hu Ping. "12. Institutions and Infrastructure; Nurturing Microenterprises and Technological Innovation through Business Incubation Process." In Small and Medium Enterprises, 183–202. Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom: Practical Action Publishing, 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/9781780445861.012.

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Alm, Rebekka, and Matthias Wißotzki. "TOGAF Adaption for Small and Medium Enterprises." In Business Information Systems Workshops, 112–23. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41687-3_12.

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Kirchmer, Mathias. "Small and Medium Enterprises Need Value-Driven BPM." In High Performance Through Business Process Management, 169–82. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51259-4_10.

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Brhel, Josef, and Jan Foltin. "7. Support for small and medium enterprises in the Slovak Republic." In Small Business in Transition Economies, 57–64. Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom: Practical Action Publishing, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/9781780440941.007.

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Garagorri, Iñaki. "SME Vulnerability Analysis: A Tool for Business Continuity." In Competitive Strategies for Small and Medium Enterprises, 181–94. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27303-7_12.

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Filippini, Carlo. "Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Italy and Japan." In Perspectives in Business Culture, 235–43. Milano: Springer Milan, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2568-4_13.

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Shumilina, Vera, and Anastasiaya Borzykh. "ECONOMIC SECURITY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES." In Business security management in modern conditions, 74–83. au: AUS PUBLISHERS, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.26526/chapter_602586359d7f87.67068324.

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The article highlights the place of small business in the general economic system of the Russian Federation, analyzes the role of economic security in the system of small and medium-sized businesses. The main aspects that influence the level of economic security of small and medium enterprises are revealed.
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Faisal and Sisdjiatmo K. Widhaningrat. "Redesigning business model on small and medium-sized enterprises." In Business Innovation and Development in Emerging Economies, 269–74. Leiden, The Netherlands : CRC Press/Balkema, [2019]: CRC Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780429433382-27.

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Ermakov, Victor. "3. Government policy for small and medium enterprises in the Russian Federation." In Small Business in Transition Economies, 22–29. Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom: Practical Action Publishing, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/9781780440941.003.

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Lindlein, Peter. "13. The promotion of private small and medium industrial enterprises in Kyrgyzstan." In Small Business in Transition Economies, 110–15. Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom: Practical Action Publishing, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/9781780440941.013.

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Conference papers on the topic "Small and medium business enterprises"

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Nurhikmat, Asep, and Tommy Hendrix. "Traditional Food for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)." In 2016 Global Conference on Business, Management and Entrepreneurship. Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/gcbme-16.2016.43.

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Koichueva, Merim. "Objective Need for Macro-Environment Analysis in the Sphere of Small and Medium-Sized Business." In International Conference on Eurasian Economies. Eurasian Economists Association, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.36880/c10.02086.

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In Kyrgyzstan, are 10 399 small businesses and 710 medium-sized enterprises. Most of them are headed by entrepreneurs who, starting from scratch, overcome countless obstacles, as many entrepreneurs do not have the notion and skills in doing business. But, nevertheless, there is a positive tendency in entrepreneurs to get knowledge on the legal conditions of the enterprise, taxation, accounting, analysis of their financial condition, and business planning. All this knowledge is necessary, but they cover the microlevel, while for an adequate, sustainable and profitable development there is an objective need for analyzing the macro environment of the business. In this report, we will consider the relevance of the use of certain marketing tools with which you can identify the threats and opportunities facing domestic business, as well as assess the impact of global factors that predetermine the future development of the business environment. Research in this area is currently being carried out by the Institute of Economics of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic within the framework of the Government Development Program "Jany Doordo - kyrk kadam (2018-2023) Kadam 8" Support for Small and Medium Enterprises.
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Higgins, Colm, Rory Collins, and Tom Egar. "3D simulation supports business improvements in Small Medium Enterprises." In 2008 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC). IEEE, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/wsc.2008.4736427.

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Singer, Robert. "Business process management in small- and medium-sized enterprises." In S-BPM ONE '15: 7th International Conference on Subject-Oriented Business Process Management. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2723839.2723849.

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Worokinasih, Saparila. "Small Financial Credit Banking for SMEs (Small and medium enterprises)." In Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of Business and Public Administration (AICoBPA 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/aicobpa-18.2019.46.

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Yao, Jie. "Techonological Innovation Management of Chinese Small and Medium Enterprises." In 2008 International Seminar on Business and Information Management (ISBIM). IEEE, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/isbim.2008.10.

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Janošková, Mária, Katarína Čulková, and Adriana Csikósová. "POSITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES." In 8th Business & Management Conference, Venice. International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.20472/bmc.2018.008.007.

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Hashim, Rugayah, Abu Bakar Abdul Majeed, Jasmine Ahmad, Memiyanty A. Rahim, Maniam Kaliannan, Stephen Teo, Yi-Chen Lan, and Mudiarasan Kuppusamy. "Adoption of enterprise information system (EIS) in Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs)." In 2012 IEEE Symposium on Business, Engineering and Industrial Applications (ISBEIA). IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/isbeia.2012.6422920.

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Kurniawan, Aries, Sukaris Sukaris, and Moh Asharudin. "Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Barriers in Running a Business." In Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovation in Research (ICIIR 2018) – Section: Economics and Management Science. Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/iciir-18.2019.6.

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SIQUEIRA, �RICA, VLADIMIR CHAGAS, Cesar Alexandre Souza, and Edmir Vasques Prado. "E-BUSINESS ADOPTION BY SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BRAZILIAN ENTERPRISES." In 11th CONTECSI International Conference on Information Systems and Technology Management. TECSI, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5748/9788599693100-contecsi/ps-1026.

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Piza, Caio, Tulio Cravo, Linnet Taylor, Lauro Gonzalez, Isabel Musse, Isabela Furtado, Ana Cristina Sierra, and Samer Abdelnour. Business support for small and medium enterprises in low- and middle-income countries. International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), July 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.23846/sr51180cida.

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Cravo, Tulio, and Caio Piza. The Impact of Business Support Services for Small and Medium Enterprises on Firm Performance in Low -and Middle- Income Countries: A Meta-Analysis. Inter-American Development Bank, June 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0000492.

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Saha, Amrita, Jodie Thorpe, Keir Macdonald, and Kelbesa Megersa. Linking Business Environment Reform with Gender and Inclusion: A Study of Business Licensing Reform in Indonesia. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), January 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.001.

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Business environment reform (BER) targets inadequate business regulations. It is intended to remove constraints to business investment, enabling growth and job creation, and create opportunities for international business to contribute to and benefit from this growth. However, there is a lack of detailed knowledge of the impact of BER on gender and inclusion (G&I). While a review of existing literature suggests that in general, there is no direct link between BER and G&I, indirect links are likely through the influence of BER on firm performance. Outcomes will be influenced by the differential ways in which women-led firms experience the business environment when compared to their male counterparts, with disparities based on how they are treated under the law, as well as structural and sociocultural factors. The fact that in many countries, female-led firms are fewer and smaller than those of their male counterparts, and may operate in different sectors, also affects these dynamics. This research offers new insights through an in-depth analysis of the impact of the Pelayanan Terpadu Satu Pintu (PTSP) or one-stop shop business licensing reform in 2009 on firm performance in Indonesia, and how these impacts vary based on the gender of firm leadership. The results find that on average, firms benefited from improved business performance (sales), as a direct or indirect effect of this reform, as well as an increase in the number of medium and large-scale firms. Outside Jakarta (Bali, Banten, Lampung), women-led firms experienced a small but significant benefit relative to male-led firms, related to both sales and the number of medium and large-scale firms they run. In Jakarta, women-led firms continued to lag behind men and there were no significant effects on employment, and this held across province and gender. These findings are based on an analysis of the PTSP reform using data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES), a survey of small, medium and large firms (i.e. with more than four employees) which took place in Indonesia between 2009 and 2015.
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Bröckl, Marika, Julia Illman, Laura Oja, and Iivo Vehviläinen. Energy Efficiency in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. Nordic Council of Ministers, February 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.6027/tn2014-510.

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Cull, Robert, Lance Davis, Naomi Lamoreaux, and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal. Historical Financing of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, October 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w11695.

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Helgeson, Jennifer F., Juan F. Fung, Alfredo R. Roa Henriquez, Yating Zhang, Ariela Zycherman, Claudia Nierenberg, David T. Butry, and Donna Ramkissoon. Complex event resilience of small- and medium-sized enterprises:. Gaithersburg, MD: National Institute of Standards and Technology, September 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/nist.sp.1258.

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Helgeson, Jennifer F., Juan F. Fung, Alfredo R. Roa Henriquez, Yating Zhang, Ariela Zycherman, Claudia Nierenberg, David T. Butry, and Donna Ramkissoon. Complex event resilience of small- and medium-sized enterprises:. Gaithersburg, MD: National Institute of Standards and Technology, September 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/nist.sp.1259.

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Jin, Byoungho Ellie, Gwia Kim, Marguerite Moore, and Lori Rothenberg. Enhancing Store Experience for Small to Medium Enterprises through Virtual Reality. Ames (Iowa): Iowa State University. Library, January 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.31274/itaa.8866.

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Judd, Kathleen S., and Ann M. Lesperance. Business Continuity Planning Resources for Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), May 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/992011.

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Doyle, Jeremy. Renewable energy and energy efficiency financing for poorer households and small to medium enterprises. Evidence on Demand, December 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.12774/eod_hd016.dec2012.doyle.

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