... group of 149 enterprises (from the population of firms inthe same industries and firm size) selected by the Chilean National Institute of Statistics (INE) from its annual surveys of manufacturing ... subsidies and R&D activities and innovation outcomes. Of particular interest was investigating whether public R&D funding in Flanders crowded out private R&D investment inthe business ... sample of firms andinthe sub-sample of innovative firms, and they rejected the hypothesis of subsidies crowding out private R&D spending. However, no significant increases in patenting were found....
... recruiting large enterprises with tax breaks, financial incentives, and other induce-ments. Instead, they are relying on building businesses from the groundup and supporting the growth of existing ... among small firms, rather than at the end ofthe period. TableA1 decomposes job growth from the second quarter of 2000 into jobclasses using beginning sizeof firm, mean sizeof firm over the ... recruiting large firms with tax incentives and otherinducements is to focus on thesmall business sector. Perhaps the great-est generator of interest in entrepreneurship andsmall business is the widely...
... component ofthe content included inthe work. The World Bank therefore does not warrant that the use ofthe content contained inthe work will not infringe on the rights of third parties. The risk ... connection. The site must have installed the post for connecting cables, fuse box andthe house main switch. The customer pays the connection fee together with the price ofthe energy inthe first ... Doing Business 2013 THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTJust as the overall ranking on the ease of doing business tells only part ofthe story, so do changes in that ranking. Yearly movements in rankings...
... easier to do business. Second, Doing Business ranks these economies on the increase in their ranking on the ease of doing business from the previous year. The increase in economy rankings is not ... DOING BUSINESS 20136While these 10 economies improved the most inthe ease of doing business, they were far from alone in introducing improvements inthe areas measured by Doing Business in 2011/12. ... rateEmploying workersaFlexibility inthe regulation of employmenta. The employing workers indicators are not included in this year’s ranking on the ease of doing business nor inthe calculation of...
... rates) and electricity—inspiring the design of the paying taxes and getting electricity indicators. In addition, the design ofthe Doing Business indicators has drawn on theoretical insights ... competition inthe product and services markets, encourag-ing smalland medium- size firms to invest more on innovation, further liberalizing the economy, reforming the labor market and creating a ... executes the deed of incorporation andthe company bylaws, including paying a registration tax. Then the entrepreneur buys the corporate and accounting books, pays the government tax and gets the...
... access to credit? The economy has a score of 6 on the depth of credit information index and a score of 5 on the strength of legal rights index (see the summary of scoring at the end of this chapter ... building registry for obtaining a certificate of good standing and for registering the new building. Note: For information on reforms in earlier years (back to DB2006), see the Doing Business ... Doing Business 2013 THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTJust as the overall ranking on the ease of doing business tells only part ofthe story, so do changes in that ranking. Yearly movements in rankings...
... for:ã Reading and understanding ofthe ISAs It is assumed that practitioners have read the text ofthe International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) as contained inthe 2010 IFAC Handbook of International ... tailored to the circumstances ofthe engagement, including the auditor’s risk assessments. Guide to Using International Standards on Auditing inthe Audits of Small- and Medium- Sized Entities ... entity involved inthe running ofthe entity on a day-to-day basis. In most instances, the owner-manager will also be the person charged with governance ofthe entity. Small- and Medium- Sized...
... nance and electricity—inspiring the design ofthe Doing Business indicators on getting credit and getting electricity. The design ofthe Doing Business indi-cators has also drawn on theoretical ... state ofthe financial system, the state ofthe rental or resale property market or the level of training and skills ofthe labor force.ã Even within the relatively small set of indicators included ... included inthe work. The World Bank therefore does not warrant that the use ofthe content contained inthe work will not infringe on the rights of third parties. The risk of claims resulting from...
... ts and HRQoL on the Psychological Well-being and School Environmentdimensions andthe Overall score in boys, and on the School Environment and Physical Well-b eing dimen-sions in girls. Inthe ... measures of LEs in order to take intoaccount also their effect in previous HRQoL.Conclusions The experience of LEs did impact the HRQoL of adoles-cents and youths in this sample, although the effect ... Spain.Authors’ contributionsJMV, LR, and JA participated inthe conception and design ofthe study.EVO, SRF, GV and JAPV analyzed the data. EVO, JMV, MH, MF, LR and JAparticipated in the...
... plays a vital roleinthe economy of many countries (Mahaney and Lederer, 2009). A large number of small- and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) make up the manufacturing industries of these countries, ... According to these definitions andthe importance of SMEs in manufacturing industries in this research, the author chose these types of companies. Strengths and weakness characteristics of ... reduce time and cost in developing new products in SMEs. To understand the importance of coordinating these sections with the project manager and validated the model, the author interviewed...