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1. 1. Information Systems Use and Firm Competitive Advantage : A Case of Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises in Tanzania

   Författare :Tumsifu Elly; Umeå universitet; []
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   Sammanfattning : The role of Small and Medium Enterprises for the economic well being of developing countries is indisputable. The increased use and demand for information in various fields and sectors coupled with globalization, make IS critical for firm performance. LÄS MER

3. 2. Transfer of pruduction knowledge to small and medium-size enterprises : a suggested model

   Författare :Jens von Axelson; Peter Gröndahl; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; knowledge transfer; technology transfer; SME s ; methods; tools; portfolio management; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : The work that this thesis is a result of has the ambition to suggest a model forknowledge transfer to small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). The knowledge in focus here is competitive production methods such as: leanproduction, six sigma, continuous improvement, total quality management ortotal productivity maintenance. LÄS MER

4. 3. Essays on Financial Technology and SME Finance : A Tale of Two Effects of the Global Financial Crisis: Financing SMEs and Innovative Financing

   Författare :Ed Saiedi; Anders Broström; Ali Mohammadi; Felipe Ruiz Lopez; Tom Vanacker; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate Finance; Entrepreneurial Finance; Global Financial Crisis; Financial Innovation; Small and Medium Enterprises; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Management;

   Sammanfattning : The financial crisis of 2008-2009 took place exactly half a century after the publication of the seminal Modigliani and Miller (M&M) theorem, often called the capital structure irrelevance principle. This timing is curious since the crisis has highlighted the significance of deviations from assumptions of this theorem, i.e. LÄS MER

5. 4. New Venture, Survival, Growth : Continuance, Termination and Growth of Business Firms and Business Populations in Sweden During the 20th Century

   Författare :Marcus Box; Karl Gratzer; Johan Söderberg; Johan Wiklund; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; firm growth; firm death; firm survival; firm performance; firm populations; business dynamics; cohort method; longitudinal method; business demography; liability of newness; liability of smallness; entrepreneurship; small and medium enterprises; business history; size distribution; ownership; succession; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia; Business studies;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation focuses on the formation, growth and discontinuance of business populations and firms in Sweden during the 20th century. It addresses some key issues in the domain of economic and social sciences, and in particular entrepreneurship and small business research: if and when firms grow, stagnate and decline, as well as how long firms survive and when they are likely to disband. LÄS MER

7. 5. Barriers to growth and development in small firms

   Författare :Henrik Barth; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Growth; Development; Innovation; Barrier; Small firms; SME;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of the extended summary is to develop the understanding of the existence and reasons behind barriers to growth and development in small firms. More specifically, four questions are addressed: (1) What do we know about the term barrier, how can it be defined? (2) What types of barriers to growth and development have been identified? (3) How can barriers to growth and development be addressed in a framework? and (4) How do the results of the appended papers (Papers I-V) contribute to the research field of barriers to growth and development?A literature review was undertaken to answer the first two questions. LÄS MER