As part of the European Union's commitment to deliver greater access to finance for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), EU policy-makers will have to deal with a fragmented market landscape and responses by individual member states to address failures. On the basis of some early eviden...
UK In the United Kingdom, SMEs are defined on the basis of the number of employees, turnover, and balance sheet total. In the case of small enterprises, turnover should not be more than £6.5 million, a balance sheet total of not more than £3.26 million, and employees not more th...
2. pre·sent (prĭ-zĕnt′) The position of a rifle or other weapon when presented. [Middle English presenten, from Old French presenter, from Latin presentāre, to show, from praesēns, praesent-, present participle of praeesse, to be in front of; see present1.] pre·sent′er...
Hiring interns versus employees can be a viable financial option for SMEs while a start-up, in turn, can offer valuable work experience and training. Interns--diamonds in the rough [1] The interns should acquire skills to deal effectively with an individual and the community in the context o...
Guarantee Scheme means any tool on the basis of which, without further implementing measures being required, guarantees can be provided to undertakings respecting certain conditions of duration, amount, underlying transaction, type or size of undertakings (such as SMEs);Sample...
Measures to open up public procurement opportunities for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are often justified by a perceived need to remove 'barriers' to participation in the world of public contracting. The word 'barrier' features extensively in the literat...
Cofinanciersmeans AusAid, OFIDand the Governmentof Korea; Sample 1 Cofinanciersmeans IDB and AIDAB; and Sample 1 Cofinanciersmeans the entities listed in Preamble (B)to this Agreement; Sample 1 Cofinanciersmeans,in respect ofeachLocal Utility, theexternal sources, referred to in Part A (3) ...
Cloud computing awareness and adoption among accounting practitioners in Malaysia The main objective of this study is to explore the level of awareness and adoption of cloud computing among the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Mala... M Tarmidi,SZ Abdul Rasid,B Alrazi,... - Springer Be...
It is intended for software developers, technically-oriented domain specialists and subject matter experts (SMEs). Although ADL is primarily intended to be read and written by tools, it is quite read- able by humans and ADL archetypes can be hand-edited using a normal text editor. The ...
The commercial sector is very diverse and includes buildings of SMEs, government facilities, service-providing facilities and equipment, and other public and private organizations, ranging in size from a few thousand to millions of square feet per building. The main single uses of energy in the ...