Supporting SMEs in creating jobs

Fragmented Practice: Creating and Maintaining Information-Rich Websites in SMEs

Background. Whilst designing and implementing optimal Web information structures contributes to organisational goals and success, the size and structure of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) make Web information architecture (IA) a challenging task. At the same time, the attitudes and the capabilities of SMEs for online participation are crucial to a robust economy in nations across the world....

Creating and Supporting Trust Culture in VBEs

Methods for modeling and supporting innovation processes in SMEs

Purpose – Sets out to investigate business modeling techniques (BMTs) which can be used to support and improve innovation processes within small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – Based on a literature review, different analysis perspectives on innovation processes are identified and discussed, and some firm needs and problems are pointed out. The importance of B...

Creating Low Skilled Jobs by Subsidizing Market-Contracted Household Work

Creating Low Skilled Jobs by Subsidizing Market-Contracted Household Work We analyze the determinants of household work contracted in the German shadow economy. The German socio-economic household panel, which enumerates casual domestic employment, is used to estimate the demand for such household work. The regressors include regional wage rates, household income and several control variables f...

Creating Jobs Through Public Subsidies: An Empirical Analysis

Creating Jobs Through Public Subsidies: An Empirical Analysis This paper analyses the impact of government grants on labour demand using plant level data for manufacturing industry in Ireland. Our data consists of a large sample of plants and their complete grant history. We provide evidence that additional employment is created over and above the level that would have prevailed in the absence ...