This paper exploits novel data on Italian manufacturing firms to investigate how mimetic isomorphism influences offshore outsourcing and backshoring decisions among micro small enterprises (MSEs). The results show that by peers located in the same home region positively affects likelihood an MSE will engage global sourcing strategy. When these dynamics emerge, are more likely long-lasting forei...

Previous studies on return migration have stressed the propensity of returning migrants to invest primarily in household consumption; where 'productive' investments have taken place, these are usually seen to involve micro-enterprises that contribute little to development or poverty reduction. Yet development initiatives more broadly are increasingly orientated towards small enterprise developm...

This study aimed to understand the implications of the entrepreneurial competence in microenterprises. Literature on micro-enterprises and entrepreneurial competence has been reviewed; the research design opted the analysis of entrepreneurial competence in micro-enterprises in a multi-case study way. By the research findings were divided by the construct implication of entrepreneurial competenc...

The research focuses on the cooperative relationship and the strategy tendency among three mutually interactive parties in financing: small enterprises, commercial banks and micro-credit companies. Complex network theory and time series analysis were applied to figure out the quantitative evidence. Moreover, this paper built up a fundamental model describing the particular interaction among the...

Small businesses often face a variety of problems related to their size. A frequent cause of bankruptcy is undercapitalization. This is often a result of poor planning rather than economic conditions. It is a common rule of thumb that the entrepreneur should have access to a sum of money at least equal to the projected revenue for the first year of business in addition to his anticipated expens...

1 Background The dynamic role of rural small and medium enterprises (RSMEs) in developing countries has long been recognized (Kayanula and Quartey, 2000). These RSMES can serve as engines through which the economic growth and employment objectives of developing countries can be achieved. However, for many years these rural enterprises have failed to grow beyond their micro enterprise nature and...

The backbone of the U.S economy is micro-enterprises which are the smallest form of business and are often owned by a single entrepreneur with very limited resources. It appears that when these micro-enterprises adopt ICTs, their ability to survive and grow increases. Through two in-depth case studies, this research explains how Information Technology may be adopted and supported within micro-e...

This study analyzed the effect of number Micro and Small Enterprises minimum wage on employment in Indonesia. used secondary data form workers micro small enterprises, business units, for three years (2017, 2018, 2019) Indonesia taken from Central Bureau Statistics. The analysis method is panel regression with help Eviews. results partially showed that significantly influenced Indonesia, y, did...