The linkages between larger urban firms and very small, small and medium sized enterprises owned and operated by women as suppliers to the larger enterprises will be examined.

(o) Economic and social responsibilities of transnational corporations and other large institutions

Why do we hear over and over again about new scandals erupting in major institutions

In China, a major programme of reform of large state owned enterprises was being designed to lead to greater autonomy of enterprises.

Networking allows SMEs to combine the flexibility of small scale businesses with advantages of large firm groups, such as economies of scale.

Because it does seem to me that large organizations including government, which is, of course, the largest organization of all, have actually become completely disconnected with what actually matters to people.

Rules should be strengthened on the regulation of large financial corporations and coordination of international financial monitoring should be enhanced.

The latter should be avoided since this can lead to a misallocation of resources and to the formation of monopolistic markets, which may harm consumers.

They range in size from very large, national institutions to small, grass roots, community based organizations.

Gender indicators in higher learning institutions declined considerably. That is due to the fact that higher learning institutions are located in big cities.

Domestically, they have to compete with imports, new foreign investors and expanding large domestic firms.

Experience shows that SMEs normally internationalize their activities faster than large firms.

Because it does seem to me that large organizations including government, which is, of course, the largest organization of all, have actually become completely disconnected with what actually matters to people.

While complaints against parents, based on allegedly repressed and recovered memories of abuse, have declined, those against large institutions, such as the Catholic Church, have increased.

Traditionally utilities build a lot of giant coal and nuclear plants and a bunch of big gas plants and maybe a little bit of efficiency renewables.

Antonio, they're dropping the big lights!

There are several reasons for the difference between SMEs' OFDI behaviour and that of large enterprises.

Scared of these students with their big brains and their big books and their big, unfamiliar words.

I know!

Intensified restructuring among large enterprises, improvements in the financial sector, and effective use of available EU funds should strengthen output growth.

Another tool to mitigate the disappearance of SMEs (including by diminishing the spread of large retail outlets) is zoning regulations.

UNIDO operates through such mechanisms as subcontracting exchanges between large and small scale enterprises on national or international bases.

His big heart, his big belly, or his big money?

They just sit there with their big feet up on their big desk...

The pace of small scale privatization had increased markedly, and privatization of large enterprises had begun by the beginning of 1994, one third of the Russian economy would be privatized.

Furthermore, some SME subcontractors follow the large enterprises they supply when these internationalize their activities and move abroad.

Export import banks and development finance Institutions form key building blocks of international trade finance, and, recognizing the tremendous gains from greater cooperation among them, UNCTAD has initiated the creation of a network of these institutions.

Official oversight of charities appears often to depend on their receipt of public money, whether through tax exemption or by direct grant or may apply only to the largest bodies.

We love big solutions to big problems, don't we?

Large cities

The hundred grand?

Big Marie.

Your old auntie.

Big?

This significant percentage calls for an examination of the internal mechanisms used by CIAT to evaluate risk reports.

The particular challenges faced by Kenyan SMEs in the area of distribution of horticultural products are typical of the challenges and constraints that African developing countries face in exporting.

Since 1990, the Government of China has closed down a number of large enterprises that were using antiquated technologies and or were highly inefficient consumers of energy and materials.

Large banks tend to lend to large companies in order to save costs.

Second, we thought that the depositors prone to panic would always be small depositors households and small firms rather than corporations or professional investors.

The Pension Fund, as with most large financial institutions, relies on its computer systems to deliver accurate, timely and cost effective services to its participants and beneficiaries.

The programme fostered linkages between small and medium size enterprises and large transnational corporations and stimulated cross border joint ventures within southern Africa.

Joszef Antall lived up to the great challenges that always arise in times of significant change and he guided the politics of his country clearly towards the strengthening of democratic institutions.

We need to deliver health care, not in large institutions, but close to people's homes, and we need to deliver health care using whoever is available and affordable in our local communities.

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