REEMPRESA – The Marketplace for Small and Medium Enterprises in Catalonia

Reempresa has been launched in 2010 to support SMEs based on Catalonia. Since 2011 it has helped several owners selling their companies and entrepreneurs who wanted to start a new business. Reempresa is a Public-Private Partnership meaning that it closely works with the regional government institutions and private business owners. It gives access to a…
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The Egyptian Heya Raeda Programme

The Heya Raeda Programme is an initiative implemented by the Egyptian Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center – TIEC – which is part of the wider strategy called Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, promoted by the Egyptian Government – to support women entrepreneurship. This successful programme was explored during one of the policy labs INSME organizes within…
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Developing Business Format Micro-Franchising Models For Low Income Population

“Developing Business Format Micro-Franchising Models For Low Income Population” is a project implemented by PROPAIS with the aim to generate sustainable income for low-income populations in Colombia and help micro and small businesses to scale effectively through micro-franchising1 by developing a market place and addressing the gap surrounding the micro-franchise concept. The initiative built upon the…
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The Business Performance Monitoring Tool by Sharakah

The Business Performance Monitoring Tool (BPMT) is an initiative launched by Sharakah – The Fund For Development of Youth Projects (S.A.O.C.) in 2014 to offer SMEs a structured mechanism that – by analysing their performances – identifies strengths and weaknesses as well as the most suitable way to overcome difficulties and obstacles hindering their competitiveness. Companies…
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Establishing a Culture of Innovation in Business

– by Sarah Daren – The business landscape is always changing. Leading companies thrive by embracing and cultivating a culture of innovation that leads to evolved and improved operations, strategies, product offerings, service offerings, and processes. American business leaders that acknowledge and encourage innovation find themselves ahead of the competition that refuses to establish a culture…
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What Is the Role of the Founder in an Entrepreneurial Business?

– by Chuck Russell – Who wants to be an entrepreneur? Who can be an entrepreneur? There are more than 582 million people in this world in the process of starting or running their own business according to the latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor that surveyed 65 different economies worldwide. The number of people who dream…
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