Most companies aside from shipping are small, with fewer than ten employees.

The private sector includes various business interests, including large and small companies, service providers and users, national and international enterprises, and established companies as well as companies attempting to enter new markets.

Even the small number of national companies that have grown large are relatively small when compared to the Japanese kereitsu or the Korean chaebol.

In this context, the key to success lies in support for small and medium sized companies.

Those cities are not attended by Sabesp, but rather have their water supplied by small, local companies.

As in the case of Internet access, the prevalence of websites is higher the larger the enterprise 53 per cent of small companies, 76 per cent of medium sized companies and 89 per cent of large companies.

Bank loans have started to increase, but small borrowers, new borrowers, and start up companies are regularly refused.

A typical sight was a holiday campground with small bungalows managed by one of the state owned companies.

Their relatively small companies and their efficient decision making processes allow them to remain nimble and to react quickly.

Globalization must become glo c alization there is value in the relative certainties of local communities, small companies, human associations.

For example, as the MIT economist Kristin Forbes has documented, they increase the cost of financing for small and medium size companies.

Perhaps one French mistake was to neglect its small and medium size firms and specialize too much on state controlled mega companies.

In Italy, the difficulties arise from banks continued lending to domestic companies, especially small and medium size enterprises (SMEs), while GDP has stagnated.

That is why it has become so difficult for small and medium sized companies to get new loans or to refinance existing loans.

A report in December 2013 said that he had been concentrating on travel, advising charities and providing informal advice to some small companies.

Official employment currently provided by the timber industry is small and limited to employees of FDA and a number of licensed individuals and companies involved in small scale processing of timber for the domestic market.

Clogged credit pipes With banks balance sheets contracting, too many small and medium size companies are unable to mobilize credit for investment and growth.

A small operation in Finland, it is less a company than a role model for companies that the team hopes will spring up worldwide.

However, countless small companies still provide a significant output of textiles, mostly for export to Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union.

Moreover, the finance, technology and linkages that larger companies bring with them can initiate the growth of local subsidiaries, ancillary companies and small scale enterprises in poorer localities, thereby generating higher levels of formal sector type employment and incomes.

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Currently, however, it is downright counter productive. Bank loans have started to increase, but small borrowers, new borrowers, and start up companies are regularly refused.

Unfit for modern markets, France s tax system actually stifles the country s businesses, reflected in a disturbing increase in bankruptcies among small and medium size companies.

The research noted the conditions and triggers needed to facilitate the self assembly of small opportunistic groups and enable them to act like large companies.

They vary from small and medium sized companies in various economic sectors 202 in production, 159 in commerce, 385 in various services, and 51 others.

Borrowing costs are rising for highly indebted sovereigns, credit rationing is undermining small and medium size companies, and falling commodity prices are reducing exporting countries income.

This is especially true of start ups and small companies the very players that everyone hopes will show up in the next wave of Silicon Valleys.

The Convex Computer series, as well as a number of small scale parallel machines from companies like Pyramid Technology and Alliant Computer Systems were particularly popular.

For the year 2004 only, the Government has provided tax incentives to encourage more small and medium sized companies to contribute towards their employees' childcare costs.

This may be seen on small maps often used in phone books and business cards in Japan, where the names of surrounding companies are written using san .

The Bakersfield Sound has such a large influence on the West Coast music scene that many small guitar companies set up shop in Bakersfield in the 1960s.

Since many of the best ideas and innovations come from small companies rather than large, established firms, the ongoing credit contraction will inevitably have long term growth costs.

Community theatres range in size from small groups led by single individuals that perform in borrowed spaces to large permanent companies with well equipped facilities of their own.

A study taken on some small family owned commercial fishing companies showed that they adapted to continue to earn a living but not necessarily make a large profit.

Availability of CGI software and increased computer speeds have allowed individual artists and small companies to produce professional grade films, games, and fine art from their home computers.

Companies both large and small are key UNICEF partners in the development of appropriate and accessible technologies for a range of programme areas, including water purification and extraction.

In particular, Oxfam wants these global companies to avoid buying from suppliers that have acquired land from small scale food producers without these producers free, prior, and informed consent.

Small capitalization equity investments require frequent visits to companies for purposes of research as less information is provided by investment advisers and brokerage houses on these types of investments.

Publicists could work in large companies as in little companies.

The markets for these products are still small, but they have strong growth potential, and their further development would enhance insurance companies ability to cover risks of major international disasters.

New firms must be created, and modern financial markets are better at speculation and exploitation than they are at providing funds for new enterprises, especially small and medium size companies.

NEW DELHI For a country with 1.2 billion people, India is ruled by a surprisingly small elite, which runs everything from the government to large companies and even sports bodies.

While some of France s largest companies like Michelin, LVMH, and Air Liquide remain successful, they cannot offset the economy s lack of a solid base of small and medium size enterprises.

The New Zealand media industry is dominated by a small number of companies, most of which are foreign owned, although the state retains ownership of some television and radio stations.

In the area of Asmara there were in 1940 more than 2000 small and medium sized industrial companies, concentrated in the areas of construction, mechanics, textiles, electricity and food processing.