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The microbusiness show an image of an specific organization and culture. The development conditiones the expectation limits and economic growth of its environment. Growth may be improved by savings and systematic investment measures, suitable credit lines according to specific characteristics, guarding carefully costs and an up dated knowledge of the market. The unions can interfeer in a positive way on the economic integration of the microbusiness in areas like: production adequation means, raw materials provision, production scales and differentiated product trade in diversed markets. Planning, technological and managerial training along with a carefull cost analysis and political negotiation can improve and intensify the relationship between microbusiness, unions and society. ; Las microempresas reflejan una cultura y una organización propia y específica. Su desarrollo está condicionado por límites de expectativas y de crecimiento económico de su entorno. La ampliación de su crecimiento puede facilitarse con medidas de ahorro e inversiones sistemáticas pero con líneas de crédito adecuadas a sus características; con vigilancia permanente sobre costos y por un conocimiento adecuado de los mercados. Las agremiaciones pueden interferir positivamente en la integración económica en áreas como: adecuación de los medios de producción, provisión de insumos, escalas de producción y de comercialización de productos diferenciados yen mercados diversificados. La planificación, la capacitación tecnológica y gerencial, el análisis cuidadoso de los costos y la negociación política pueden favorecer e intensificar las relaciones entre microempresas, sus agremiaciones y la sociedad.

The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is broadly defined as the overall contribution of a business to sustainable development and should therefore be equally valid for large and small enterprises. But discussion of CSR tends to focus only on the largest companies. Small- and medium-sized enterprises are often overlooked. yet small and medium-sized enterprises are the predominant form of enterprise in the European Union. Small businesses are typically not less responsible than large enterprises. They may not know and use the term "CSR", but their close relations with employees, the local community, and business partners often mean they have a naturally responsible approach to business. This Paper seeks to examine the good CSR practices of some Hungarian micro-enterprises. Keywords: CSR, micro-enterprises, sustainable development

An Analysis of Corruption in Micro-Enterprises
The purpose of this study is to present the research work made whilst studying the presence of corruption in the operations of Slovenian micro-enterprises. Our study builds on research which we carried out in 2005 and compares the findings of both studies. We wish to present our findings to public experts for a professional assessment and provide a basis for further work. We hope that in this way we can contribute to the development of new guidelines for the preparation of further analysis, the causes and elimination or at least limitation of corruption in business operations. Notable studies, which address corporate corruption in Slovenia, are non-existent. The results have confirmed the basic research hypothesis that the presence of corruption in the micro-business environment compared to a previous study in the last five years has increased.

This report provides an account of a series of interviews, observational visits and hosted events with 8-10 fashion designers in three cities: London, Berlin and Milan, carried out from 2012-2016. In some cases we interviewed the same designers two or three times over a period of nearly three years. The research project also entailed documented conversations and meetings with a range of fashion experts, consultants, legal advisors and policy makers in each city. Often these took place within the context of organised events undertaken as part of the research process. The aim was to investigate the kind of start-ups or micro-enterprises which have come into being in the last decade. We were interested in whether these were the outcome of pro-active urban creative economy policies or if they were self-organised initiatives, a reaction to the crisis of the euro-zone of 2008 and the consequent recession. Was it the case that long-term austerity policies and exceptionally high rates of youth and graduate unemployment across Europe had spawned these kinds of seemingly independent economic activities? We were also minded to consider the role of intellectual property (IP) and copyright in fashion as part of the wider UK government agenda for growth and wealth creation within the creative economy as a whole.

This is a conference paper. ; Urban governments in many developing countries are facing serious problems with the management of solid waste. Service quality is generally poor, and costs are spiralling, often with no effective mechanisms for improved cost recovery. Two key alternatives to the present impasse are currently favoured: decentralized approaches and privatization. This paper proposed to identify and explore findings about the development of micro-enterprise for primary collection, working from a thorough understanding of existing systems and practices and to locate those in a broader framework of private solutions for solid waste management. The main hypothesis of the paper is that moves towards privatisation of primary solid waste collection should be designed from a thorough understanding of the complex interactions between a wide range of existing actors. A secondary hypothesis is that involvement of existing sweepers will improve the efficiency of primary collection. The paper is an output from a DFID funded research commenced in April, 1996 and data and information has been collected from three cities of South Asia.

Rural micro-enterprises are an important factor in sustainable rural development in post-transitional Eastern Europe. This paper deals with determining the key factors influencing profitability in rural micro-enterprises in Poland. The research design was based on a questionnaire survey of 300 rural micro-enterprises in food-processing sector in rich and poor Polish provinces. The analysis carried out in this study is centered around the Polish EU accession in May 2004. Similar to other related studies, our results show that EU accession was not perceived as a major change by rural Polish micro-entrepreneurs and that the EU related factors were not significant determinants of their profitability. However, our results also show that the success of the rural food processing micro-enterprise in Eastern Europe is most related to its owner/manager and enterprise characteristics. For owner/manager the most significant determinants are his/her age and risk-taking as the main motive for establishing an enterprise. The enterprise characteristics that determine the profitability include enterprise location within a region with competitive situation, enterprise size (being a sole trader or family enterprise), ICT advancements in enterprise and the fact whether enterprise has any certificates for its products. The results have significant implications for the researches and policy-makers and can become a basis for preparing relevant enterprise support policies in post-transitional Eastern Europe.

Rural micro-enterprises are an important factor in sustainable rural development in post-transitional Eastern Europe. This paper deals with determining the key factors influencing profitability in rural micro-enterprises in Poland. The research design was based on a questionnaire survey of 300 rural micro-enterprises in food-processing sector in rich and poor Polish provinces. The analysis carried out in this study is centered around the Polish EU accession in May 2004. Similar to other related studies, our results show that EU accession was not perceived as a major change by rural Polish micro-entrepreneurs and that the EU related factors were not significant determinants of their profitability. However, our results also show that the success of the rural food processing micro-enterprise in Eastern Europe is most related to its owner/manager and enterprise characteristics. For owner/manager the most significant determinants are his/her age and risk-taking as the main motive for establishing an enterprise. The enterprise characteristics that determine the profitability include enterprise location within a region with competitive situation, enterprise size (being a sole trader or family enterprise), ICT advancements in enterprise and the fact whether enterprise has any certificates for its products. The results have significant implications for the researches and policy-makers and can become a basis for preparing relevant enterprise support policies in post-transitional Eastern Europe.