Improvement of working conditions in small-scale enterprises and the informal economy (SSE-IE) is essential to raise the occupational safety and health (OSH) level in a country, as majority of labour population is working in SSE-IE in any countries. Small-scale enterprises and the informal economy promote industry and expand employment opportunities, develop a pool of skilled and semiskilled wo...

This is one of three Issue Briefing Notes produced by a partnership of six sustainable development-oriented non-governmental organizations, including three international organizations and three organizations based in developing countries. The Issue Briefing Notes present a general overview of three issues that deserve particular attention in discussions on the possible development by the Intern...

Public Venture Capital financing often fail rigorous scrutiny in their selection of high-potential start-ups as compared to Private Venture capital. In some developing countries, decision making on final selection for financial support of early stage but high potential Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) are often ‘clouded’ by several factors including consideration of political party aff...

As a new means of management, empowerment has received the attention of small and mediumsized enterprises. Managers in small and medium-sized enterprises empower front-line salespeople, which will make front-line salespeople grasp the moment of truth, improve the on-site contact quality between salespeople and customers, increase customer satisfaction, bring the improvement of sales performance...

Efficient supply chain management demands transparency for inventory and deliveries along the whole supply network. However, the information technology solutions enabling transparency are expensive and intricate to install and few small and medium sized enterprises have adopted their use. This paper identifies the distinct difficulties small and medium sized enterprises experience with the prev...

The following paper presents the results of the outcome evaluation of StartBiz; an online tool for start-ups in Switzerland. StartBiz is provided by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and allows start-ups to enroll with trade registers, VAT, social insurances and accident insurances without any addi‐ tional fees directly via the internet. The outcome evaluation was required to le...

The article includes the results and conclusions from empirical researches that had been done. The research focuses on the impact of investments made in small and medium-sized enterprises financed from EU funds on the competitiveness of these companies. The researches includes financial results in sales revenue and net income, expenses, and many other new products/services on offer, higher qual...

This paper is very much on work in progress. Only this year did we decide to start research on HRM in small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s) in the Netherlands. Personnel management in SME’s has been little researched, yet SME’s are very important for economic activity and many owners/managers struggle with personnel issues. In this paper we will introduce an outline of our research so far....

(BIM) within the Australian construction related small and medium sized enterprises: Awareness, practices and drivers In: Raidén, A B and Aboagye-Nimo, E (Eds) Procs 31 st Annual ARCOM Conference, 7-9 September 2015, Lincoln, UK, Association of Researchers in Construction Management, 691-700. BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING (BIM) WITHIN THE AUSTRALIAN CONSTRUCTION RELATED SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ...

Today's economic crisis has led to bankruptcy of many successful, but usually large-sized enterprises. This brought into question the future of large-sized enterprises. However, the only alternative to largesized enterprises (LEs) is networking of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) into Regional Production Networks (RPNet). RPNet is non-hierarchical organizational form in which every SME...