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Financial performance of new circular economy companies in rural settings 农村地区新型循环经济公司的财务业绩

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Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-03 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00971-7

Adriana Serrano Magdalena, Beatriz Cuellar Fernández, Yolanda Fuertes Callén

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Save for a rainy day? How regional household savings constrain entrepreneurship after a natural disaster 未雨绸缪？地区家庭储蓄如何在自然灾害后制约创业

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Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-02 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00973-5

Jiabin Zhang, Joeri van Hugten, Wouter Stam

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Outside or inside the firm? The impact of debt financing on the exit routes of start-up firms 公司外部还是内部？债务融资对新创企业退出途径的影响

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Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-30 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00968-2

Yuji Honjo, Yunosuke Iwaki, Masatoshi Kato

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Public sector entrepreneurship: an integrative review 公共部门创业：综合评述

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Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-23 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00965-5

Roberto Vivona, Tommy H. Clausen, Petter Gullmark, Emre Cinar, Mehmet Akif Demircioglu

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Navigating challenges: lean inventory management and SMEs performance during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond 迎接挑战：COVID-19 危机期间及之后的精益库存管理与中小企业绩效

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Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-16 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00969-1

Vivien Lefebvre

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Blooming in the cracks: productive entrepreneurship amid institutional voids 在夹缝中绽放：体制空白中的生产性创业

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Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-05 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00963-7

Zeynab Aeeni, Mehrzad Saeedikiya, Kamal Sakhdari, Vahid J. Sadeghi

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Digital equity and government support during COVID-19 COVID-19 期间的数字公平和政府支持

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Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-05 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00961-9

Shabnam Kazembalaghi, Jerry Coakley, José M. Liñares-Zegarra, Silvio Vismara

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Women-led ventures: target margins in emerging markets 妇女领导的企业：新兴市场的目标利润率

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Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-05 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00962-8

Natalia Cantet, Brian Feld, Estefany Peña-Rojas

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(De)centralized governance and the value of platform-based new ventures: The moderating role of teams and transparency (非集中化管理与平台型新企业的价值：团队和透明度的调节作用

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Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00964-6

Pierluigi Martino, Tom Vanacker, Igor Filatotchev, Cristiano Bellavitis

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Small business stories in the formation of enterprise policy: a narrative policy analysis of the UK Bolton Committee 企业政策制定过程中的小企业故事：英国博尔顿委员会的政策叙事分析

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Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00966-4

Robert Wapshott, Oliver Mallett

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