Alibaba was a local Chinese company that helped small- and medium-sized enterprises conducting business online.
This issue we christen another 200 Best Under a Billion companies, our go-to list of top-performing small and medium-size enterprises.
My startup, a company called Egnyte that provides hybrid cloud storage services to small- to medium- sized enterprises, requires a lot of infrastructure.
But Messrs Morgan and Cooke say that most small-and medium-sized enterprises still regard their local universities as ivory towers, with little useful to offer.
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In 1999, Ma founded "Alibaba.com, " which currently operates the world's largest online marketplace, serving small- and medium-sized enterprises by connecting global buyers with sellers in China.
Other moves included scrapping extraordinary powers granted to the president, limiting his stay in office to two consecutive five-year terms and promoting small- and medium-scale enterprises.
These days, government spending is almost never uncontroversial - not the bank recapitalization, not the cheap credit for small- and medium-scale enterprises, not even the subsidized food and employment programs.
With long-term investment horizons, life insurance companies in developed economies are important investors in the stock market, as well as in the private placement markets for debt and equity securities issued by small- and medium-sized enterprises.
According to survey of more than 15, 000 small- and medium-sized enterprises, those with a medium or heavy Internet presence expect to grow by 17% over the next three years, compared with 12% for those less engaged online.
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But after graduating from the Schulich School of Business at York University in Canada, Mr Fekete moved to London and set up MaxBips, a website where small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) auction their surplus cash to banks.
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The private sector is more established in India (notice its better showing again on the Forbes Asia Best Under a Billion list of small- and medium-sized enterprises) but Indonesia is learning bottom-up growth without referral to a strongman and his cronies.
We have agreed to address a set of next-generation trade issues, including removing frictions in the global supply chains, helping small and medium-size enterprises grow and better plug into the global trading system, and adopting smart, market-oriented innovation policies.
Founded in 2006 by Radu Georgescu, a serial entrepreneur who sold a previous anti-virus software company to Microsoft (MSFT), Avangate helps 2, 800 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe and Asia to sell their software without hiring a big sales force.
Business for Scotland is made up of individuals from mainly small and medium-sized enterprises.
More than 90% of the 4, 230 companies interviewed in 2010 were small and medium-sized enterprises.
In Q3 2012, Sina targeted small and medium-sized enterprises by incorporating this advertising system in a news feed.
Japan's small and medium-size enterprises provide 80% of the jobs and most of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's votes.
The Riadys are planning to sell part of their stake in PT Bank National Nobu, which lends to small to medium-size enterprises.
"There's nothing more galling to small and medium-sized enterprises when they are paying (tax), and others are dodging it, " Mr Cable said.
Regional Landesbanks provide vital financing and support to small and medium-sized enterprises which would otherwise not have access to funding from national banks.
By contrast, China Merchants Bank (CMB) is fairly nimble, with 800 branches and a strong presence in private banking and small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs).
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But a net 22% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who are manufacturers said they were more optimistic in the three months to April, the CBI said.
Converting the entire building infrastructure of the EU will generate millions of jobs and create new opportunities for thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises stretching over a 40-year period.
Sixty awardees from our 200 Best Under a Billion selections of small and medium-size enterprises in Asia-Pacific were represented Nov. 10 at a banquet at Singapore's Sentosa Golf Club.
Both Rethink Robotics and Universal Robots, have focused on selling to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and both had big crowds of interested prospects at the recent Automate 2013 show in Chicago.
We get a sense of this from an article in the February 28, 2011 Nihon Keizai Shimbunon public lending to small- and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), from which the chart above is taken.
"Where we need to get to, to grow the economy, is the bit in between individual poor entrepreneurs and larger businesses, which are small and medium-term enterprises, and that's what needs to be supported, " he argues.
In Britain, banks still face high borrowing costs and remain nervous about lending more to small and medium-sized enterprises: a new credit-easing programme about to be introduced by the BoE and the Treasury is long overdue.
For small and medium-sized enterprises, peculiarities abound.
She said it was important that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) had continual support from both the Welsh and UK governments as they were key "pathways to employment for the unemployed and those who have been economically inactive for a long time".
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