Certain qualitative characteristics of the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating within a territory might be essential to explain their macroeconomic impact. From this perspective, the current paper explores the relationship between the composition of the SME sector and the level of regional economic development. In this respect, a conceptual framework to analyse the composition of SME sectors is proposed considering two key aspects: on the one hand, different dimensions of SMEs’entrepreneurial orientation –innovation, cooperation, proactivity and quality orientation- and, on the other hand, the role of the external effects resulting from the inter-firm productive linkages within a specific area –differentiating between domes...
Abstract: This paper analyzes the relationship between the relative size of the Small and Medium Ent...
Innovation in SMEs is a key to competitiveness and economic growth pillar. Currently, in Spain, the ...
The main aim of the research is to investigate whether small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) em...
This paper analyses the characteristics of SMEs in less-developed areas in comparison with more adv...
Regions with different levels of development are characterized by different enterprise compositions...
This article studies the influence of regional institutional environment, measured as regional devel...
AbstractAccording to the study Voices of the Poor from the World Bank, poor people expect to escape ...
In recent years, small businesses have created interest and research, because they represent the maj...
In a world that is marked by a fierce competition, in which the actors that are in play change the r...
This paper describes a new cross-country database on the importance of small and medium enterprises ...
Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are acknowledged worldwide as the drivers of socio-economi...
This paper inspects the relationship between the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector and ...
[[abstract]]There has been increasing recognition of the importance of the SME sector in recent year...
There is a major concern in economic literature about innovation, which is the interaction between i...
This article aims to examine how certain economic and social factors influence short- and long-term ...
Abstract: This paper analyzes the relationship between the relative size of the Small and Medium Ent...
Innovation in SMEs is a key to competitiveness and economic growth pillar. Currently, in Spain, the ...
The main aim of the research is to investigate whether small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) em...
This paper analyses the characteristics of SMEs in less-developed areas in comparison with more adv...
Regions with different levels of development are characterized by different enterprise compositions...
This article studies the influence of regional institutional environment, measured as regional devel...
AbstractAccording to the study Voices of the Poor from the World Bank, poor people expect to escape ...
In recent years, small businesses have created interest and research, because they represent the maj...
In a world that is marked by a fierce competition, in which the actors that are in play change the r...
This paper describes a new cross-country database on the importance of small and medium enterprises ...
Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are acknowledged worldwide as the drivers of socio-economi...
This paper inspects the relationship between the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector and ...
[[abstract]]There has been increasing recognition of the importance of the SME sector in recent year...
There is a major concern in economic literature about innovation, which is the interaction between i...
This article aims to examine how certain economic and social factors influence short- and long-term ...
Abstract: This paper analyzes the relationship between the relative size of the Small and Medium Ent...
Innovation in SMEs is a key to competitiveness and economic growth pillar. Currently, in Spain, the ...
The main aim of the research is to investigate whether small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) em...