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Women-owned small business in Tanzania stay away from formal loans because of their negative beliefs about loans.
And Brexit could make things even more challenging.
To make graduates employable and close the training gap, we need to strengthen links to industry and pay attention to the changing needs of businesses.
It looks like the economists who warned of the potential damage to UK businesses due to Brexit were correct.
Australia’s insolvency laws inhibit growth and innovation. They weren’t designed for small business, which make up 97% of all businesses.
South Africa’s 14 point plan to achieve economic recovery lacks detail and vision of how the country is going to get itself out the prevailing economic crisis.
SMEs make up 99.9% of all businesses in the UK – boosting their productivity could add billions to the post-Brexit economy.
Micro-brewers are increasing in Australia, which is surprising given the unfair excises and rebates they face.
The industrial revolution wasn’t all about the spinning jenny and steam power. Money talked, and it needs to again if power and prosperity are to flow to the UK regions.
While insolvencies are climbing in some of the resources states, other small businesses have found ways to survive.
Policies for encouraging research, development and startups are good but both major parties need to move beyond this to help Australia innovate.
Business groups point to a GDP stimulus from a company tax cut, but modelling shows small businesses miss out.
Southeast Asia’s biggest economy is eyeing to join the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, already signed by a dozen countries, including Australia.
African governments should adopt a top-down rather than bottom-up approach to encouraging the creation of businesses.
The signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership belies the fact that the US’s share of trade in the region has been declining for some time.
Some countries in Africa have made great strides bolstering the middle class by supporting small businesses, but more needs to be done.
We have heard a lot about the implications of independence for Scottish business. According to the latest government statistics Scotland has 340,840 micro, small and medium-sized businesses, representing…
The EU has been busy promoting its business interests abroad in an attempt to boost exports, underpin a faltering economic recovery and raise the competitiveness of European member states. Trouble is…
Legend has it that notorious American hold-up man Willie Sutton, who netted an estimated US$2m between the late 1920s and his final arrest in 1952, was once asked why he robbed banks. His reply: “Because…
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Professor in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Finance, University of St Andrews
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Professor of Enterprise and Organisation and Director of the Centre for Social and Sustainable Enterprise (CSSE), The Open University
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Emeritus Professor & UTS innovation adviser, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professor of Business Practice, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Economist at Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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