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Research paper thumbnail of Policies to support Small Scale Footwear Enterprises in Ceari , Brazil , in the light of best-practice firms ' strategies

This paper is based on the experience of 17 footwear firms in Ceara. These firms, which I call be... more This paper is based on the experience of 17 footwear firms in Ceara. These firms, which I call best-practice firms, managed to grow out of backyard workshops. Suggestions for improvement of the programs supporting Small Scale Enterprises (SSEs) emerge from the histories of these firms. From these histories, I derived three areas in which the state could improve its programs: (i) Most of the firms grew by targeting the Brazilian Northeast/North market. Although many of the SSEs were targeting this market, neither the producers' associations nor the state government's marketing programs reflected this. (ii) The government promoted subsidized credit programs for SSEs, but most firms prefer not to borrow from them. (iii) The rubber-sandal sector was spontaneously growing in the state through backward linkages. The state, instead of supporting this already dynamic sector, focused on promoting almost from the growth of the leather-shoe sector through forward linkages. Finally, Cea...

Research paper thumbnail of Fancy footwork : policies to support Small Scale Footwear Enterprises in Ceraá, Brazil, in the light of best-practice firms' strategies

Abstract This paper is based on the experience of 17 footwear firms in Ceara. These firms, which ... more Abstract This paper is based on the experience of 17 footwear firms in Ceara. These firms, which I call best-practice firms, managed to grow out of backyard workshops. Suggestions for improvement of the programs supporting Small Scale Enterprises (SSEs) emerge from the histories of these firms.

Research paper thumbnail of Barbara Gray and Jill Purdy: Collaborating for Our Future: Multistakeholder Partnerships for Solving Complex Problems

Administrative Science Quarterly

Research paper thumbnail of Alternative Temporary Staffing Agencies as Workforce Intermediaries

Research paper thumbnail of Social Entrepreneurial Ventures: Different Values So Different Process of Creation, No?

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, Nov 21, 2011

Entrepreneurship scholars have identified factors that frame the entrepreneurial process, such as... more Entrepreneurship scholars have identified factors that frame the entrepreneurial process, such as the gender, race, ethnicity and wealth of entrepreneurs, the technological nature of the products or services offered, or the geographic location of ventures. Ventures bridging profit and service goals in new and creative ways are mushrooming. Building on a review of current research, the author speculates that "bridging profit and service" should be added to the list of factors that define the entrepreneurial process. In doing so, she calls for caution when extending to social entrepreneurial ventures' findings on research regarding business ventures, and for more research exploring the impact of this factor on the entrepreneurial process.

Research paper thumbnail of Board of Directors and Industry Life Cycle

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 2005

Research paper thumbnail of Fancy footwork: policies to support Small Scale Footwear Enterprises in Ceraá, Brazil, in the light of best-practice firms' strategies

This paper is based on the experience of 17 footwear firms in Ceara. These firms, which I call be... more This paper is based on the experience of 17 footwear firms in Ceara. These firms, which I call best-practice firms, managed to grow out of backyard workshops. Suggestions for improvement of the programs supporting Small Scale Enterprises (SSEs) emerge from the histories of these firms.

Research paper thumbnail of Social entrepreneurship: The process of creation of microfinance organisations in Bolivia

Research paper thumbnail of Policies to support Small Scale Footwear Enterprises in Ceari , Brazil , in the light of best-practice firms ' strategies

This paper is based on the experience of 17 footwear firms in Ceara. These firms, which I call be... more This paper is based on the experience of 17 footwear firms in Ceara. These firms, which I call best-practice firms, managed to grow out of backyard workshops. Suggestions for improvement of the programs supporting Small Scale Enterprises (SSEs) emerge from the histories of these firms. From these histories, I derived three areas in which the state could improve its programs: (i) Most of the firms grew by targeting the Brazilian Northeast/North market. Although many of the SSEs were targeting this market, neither the producers' associations nor the state government's marketing programs reflected this. (ii) The government promoted subsidized credit programs for SSEs, but most firms prefer not to borrow from them. (iii) The rubber-sandal sector was spontaneously growing in the state through backward linkages. The state, instead of supporting this already dynamic sector, focused on promoting almost from the growth of the leather-shoe sector through forward linkages. Finally, Cea...

Research paper thumbnail of Fancy footwork : policies to support Small Scale Footwear Enterprises in Ceraá, Brazil, in the light of best-practice firms' strategies

Abstract This paper is based on the experience of 17 footwear firms in Ceara. These firms, which ... more Abstract This paper is based on the experience of 17 footwear firms in Ceara. These firms, which I call best-practice firms, managed to grow out of backyard workshops. Suggestions for improvement of the programs supporting Small Scale Enterprises (SSEs) emerge from the histories of these firms.

Research paper thumbnail of Barbara Gray and Jill Purdy: Collaborating for Our Future: Multistakeholder Partnerships for Solving Complex Problems

Administrative Science Quarterly

Research paper thumbnail of Alternative Temporary Staffing Agencies as Workforce Intermediaries

Research paper thumbnail of Social Entrepreneurial Ventures: Different Values So Different Process of Creation, No?

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, Nov 21, 2011

Entrepreneurship scholars have identified factors that frame the entrepreneurial process, such as... more Entrepreneurship scholars have identified factors that frame the entrepreneurial process, such as the gender, race, ethnicity and wealth of entrepreneurs, the technological nature of the products or services offered, or the geographic location of ventures. Ventures bridging profit and service goals in new and creative ways are mushrooming. Building on a review of current research, the author speculates that "bridging profit and service" should be added to the list of factors that define the entrepreneurial process. In doing so, she calls for caution when extending to social entrepreneurial ventures' findings on research regarding business ventures, and for more research exploring the impact of this factor on the entrepreneurial process.

Research paper thumbnail of Board of Directors and Industry Life Cycle

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 2005

Research paper thumbnail of Fancy footwork: policies to support Small Scale Footwear Enterprises in Ceraá, Brazil, in the light of best-practice firms' strategies

This paper is based on the experience of 17 footwear firms in Ceara. These firms, which I call be... more This paper is based on the experience of 17 footwear firms in Ceara. These firms, which I call best-practice firms, managed to grow out of backyard workshops. Suggestions for improvement of the programs supporting Small Scale Enterprises (SSEs) emerge from the histories of these firms.

Research paper thumbnail of Social entrepreneurship: The process of creation of microfinance organisations in Bolivia

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