Author: Council of Europe
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287125491
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Author: David Hitchens
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783662099216
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 242

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The environmental performance of SMEs (Small and Medium sized Enterprises) is an area of major policy concern. SMEs in Europe reports on factors influencing the environmental performance of SMEs across four European countries: the UK, Ireland, Germany and Italy. While there are a range of factors which are expected to influence the take up of clean technology, this book focuses on three key hypotheses, namely firm competitiveness, culture and use and availability of information and advice. The book is unique as it is based on in-depths interviews conducted in 300 SMEs and an additional postal survey with more than 800 replies.

Author: Eva Kaili
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030028313
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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This book looks at the 23 million registered Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that make up 98 per cent of the EU economy. Addressing the high end of SMEs in terms of new models for SME funding and financial reporting, this merged way of looking at SMEs reveals a ‘myopic’ thinking in terms of net present value and (future) cash flows generating short-termism and low risk appetite for business. This is not an accounting issue, but rather a preference toward certain financial tools. A segment of SMEs, the ones that seek new ways of funding possibilities, as well as modern technologies (MTFs listing, blockchain, ICOs, etc.) do require, even without knowing, IFRS for SMEs. This book reveals how market conditions impact the financial performance and sustainability of SMEs and also generate innovative policy interventions and financing strategies for SME integrity and efficiency. The authors frame their arguments in the context of the Capital Markets Union, looking at the Innovation Triangle, SME growth ecosystem and business models. They conclude by advocating for closing the circle of financing and financial reporting for SMEs, while considering if new financial models of financing and financial reporting are good for all the SMEs or only for some. The economy is being shaped by new models of financing and financial reporting. Read this practitioners’ view to understand the current changes and challenges.

Author: David Hitchens
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3662099209
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 242

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The environmental performance of SMEs (Small and Medium sized Enterprises) is an area of major policy concern. SMEs in Europe reports on factors influencing the environmental performance of SMEs across four European countries: the UK, Ireland, Germany and Italy. While there are a range of factors which are expected to influence the take up of clean technology, this book focuses on three key hypotheses, namely firm competitiveness, culture and use and availability of information and advice. The book is unique as it is based on in-depths interviews conducted in 300 SMEs and an additional postal survey with more than 800 replies.

Author: David Hitchens
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540401476
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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The environmental performance of SMEs (Small and Medium sized Enterprises) is an area of major policy concern. SMEs in Europe reports on factors influencing the environmental performance of SMEs across four European countries: the UK, Ireland, Germany and Italy. While there are a range of factors which are expected to influence the take up of clean technology, this book focuses on three key hypotheses, namely firm competitiveness, culture and use and availability of information and advice. The book is unique as it is based on in-depths interviews conducted in 300 SMEs and an additional postal survey with more than 800 replies.

Author: Solomon Karmel
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134497814
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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Developed from a study commissioned by the European Capital Markets Institute, this book examines the impact of private equity and capital markets on the development of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the United States and the European Union. It also seeks to understand the nature of institutional policy towards SMEs and the extent to which it can aid development. This volume offers a strong introduction, glossary and international case-studies to aid the reader's understanding, and has a broad appeal within finance, economics and business.

Author: Marek Matejun
Publisher: Lodz University of Technology
ISBN: 8372836256
Category :
Languages : pl
Pages : 163

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For many years, small and medium-sized enterprises have occupied an important place in the strategy of socio-economic development of the European Union. This is due to the fact that these entities have many important functions related to, among others, creating a significant share of the national income and jobs, introducing innovations and causing many other effects that positively influence the level of competitiveness of the European economy. In order to ensure favorable conditions for the development of the SME sector in the European Union at the central level, as well as at the level of individual countries and regions, numerous assistance programs are developed in the form of specific support instruments available for the smallest entities. Currently, the European Union is entering the new 2014-2020 programming period, which is associated with the implementation of the principles of the Europe 2020 Strategy. This perspective will be associated with the possibility of the participation of entrepreneurs in a number of projects and the use of many support instruments, both financial, as well as non-financial. As in the previous years, however, certain actions will have to be taken and the acquisition of specific skills useful in efforts to absorb the EU assistance will be required. At the same time, exploiting the potential of the environment in the 2014-2020 perspective will be associated with changes in the conditions for the functioning and development of many European small and medium-sized enterprises. The monograph is devoted to the above-presented matters. Its aim is the presentation, analysis and evaluation of selected issues which, according to the authors, will be important for development processes of small and medium-sized enterprises in the 2014-2020 perspective. The book consists of fourteen chapters, which are divided thematically into three separate parts. The first part concentrates on the external conditions for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in the latest strategic perspective of the European Union. The second part of the monograph emphasizes the challenges and changes in management systems which will largely determine the functioning of the SME sector in the coming years. The third, and last, part of the monograph focuses on selected determinants of building the competitiveness of businesses in the SME sector. The monograph is addressed primarily to managers and owners of small and medium-sized enterprises, along with undergraduate and graduate students, as well as post-graduate business students. At the same time, we hope that this book will be also appreciated in the scientific community, enriching the debate on the future challenges in managing the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as inspiring discussion and further research in this field.

Author: Kenneth Dyson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113495686X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 155

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The single European market after 1992 presents a major challenge to small and medium-sized companies in the Community. Whether it is developing exports and/or fighting off new imports, Europe's entrepreneurs will have to `think European'. Moreover, the European Community institutions themselves have developed special policies designed to promote the interests of Europe's smaller companies. This volume explains how the EC's policies towards small and medium-sized enterprises have developed and what they currently entail. It guides the reader through the various EC policy initiatives and the new legislation - including that in the `1992' package - relevant to the smaller business company. It offers summaries of the key EC documents concerned, and presents a full listing of all the other relevant proposals and policies. Like the others in this series, the volume is both comprehensive and up-to-date: it discusses not only what the EC has done which is relevant to small businesses, but also what it is proposing to do in the future.

Author: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789289711104
Category : Small business
Languages : en
Pages : 93

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Author: Galen Spencer Hull
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136530991
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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First published in 1999. Small businesses now constitute the most dynamic element of growth in the emerging markets of the Central and Eastern European region. This book argues that the small and medium sized enterprise (SME) sector has contributed more to the growth of these countries in transition than have privatized state enterprises and the public sector. In 1989 most of the countries of Eastern and Central Europe were still under an economic system dominated by state-owned enterprises. Since then a process of liberalization has been unleashed to promote free market policies. This has involved programs of privatization and restructuring of public enterprises, as well as the promotion of policies to enable a private sector to develop. Small businesses are creating thousands of new jobs while large companies are "retrenching and downsizing" their work force. In some countries of the region this process is much further along than in others. However, the SME sector has developed at a more rapid pace than has the privatization of the large public companies. There has been a flurry of new enterprises springing up throughout the region which are "trickling up" in a frequently hostile environment against tremendous odds, and yet managing to have a pronounced impact on their respective economies. Small businesses have taken over in sectors that used to be dominated by big enterprises, primarily in services and consumer products. They have provided a crucial outlet for pent-up entrepreneurial talent that had remained dormant during the long period of state domination. This work urges legislators, policy-makers, and development agencies alike to take account of the importance of the SME's in their legislation and planning. Given a more favorable environment, these small businesses will provide even greater impetus for economic growth. Equally important is for entrepreneurs themselves to be convinced of the rightness of their path in societies that have traditionally looked down upon profit-seekers as unscrupulous and selfish. If the CEE region is to achieve its full potential of economic growth, policies and support mechanisms to promote the SME sector will be needed to assure a favorable environment.