Iran welcomed the findings of the E Commerce and Development Report 2004, and suggested that business to consumer and business to government e business be discussed further.

More and more entrepreneurs are also discovering electronic publicity.

DMSs can provide solutions for business to business (B2B) and business to consumer (B2C) e commerce.

Due to an alleged failure from ENTEL to comply with the contract terms, the company filed an administrative claim against ENTEL in 1987, which was dismissed in May 1988.

Report of the Expert Meeting on Improving the Competitiveness of SMEs in Developing Countries The Role of Finance, Including e Finance to Enhance Enterprise Development, TD B COM.3 39.

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Unleashing Entrepreneurship Making Business Work for the Poor.

3. Enterprise issues relating to an enterprise development strategy.

2. The meeting recognized the importance for all countries, especially developing countries, of benefiting from practical possibilities to assess the potential benefits of electronic commerce for their own enterprises, in particular small and medium sized ones.

The industries where OFDI by developing country firms is most prominent include electrical, electronics and information technology, food and beverages, petroleum, telecommunications, transport, utilities, and tourism and hotels.

In the case of developing countries, information on the value of e commerce is virtually non existent, as well as measures of the share of e commerce in the turnover of enterprises.

Forty two licences had been granted to private enterprises to set up and operate cable television networks.

They include firms in the telecommunication, broadcasting, publishing, computing and software industries.

Mr. Toru Ueno, Principal Administrator, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development (CFE), Small and Medium sized Enterprise (SME) and Entrepreneurship Division, OECD

54. Light and power workers have reported that there have been constant violations of the collective bargaining agreement as a result of privatization of the Electricity Institute.

(b) Small enterprise and business development

Farmers and forest owners also produce heat and electricity which they sell to small and medium sized enterprises in industry and the public service sector.

Item 3 Enterprise issues relating to an enterprise development strategy

Development of small enterprises.

(a) Business and development

(a) Business and development

24. It was not only at the level of firms that there must be an enterprise development strategy.

56 185. Business and development

General Assembly resolutions

(b) BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT (continued)

52 209. Business and development

In this respect, access to finance for new and expanding firms greatly influences firm development and growth.

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Of late, the world has seen a growing number of significant mergers and acquisitions in telecommunications.

Investment and enterprise competitiveness

Development of local entrepreneurs

Article 35 The State shall encourage and support coal mining enterprises and other enterprises to produce both coal and electricity, coking coal, coal chemicals and building materials made of coal and engage in deep and fine processing of coal.

Limitations in physical infrastructure especially power, telecommunications and transport are a major obstacle for the activities of enterprises in developing countries.

9. The meeting also underscored the importance of UNCTAD apos s Trade Point Programme to enhance the capacity of small and medium sized enterprises to identify the opportunities of modern ways of trading based on telecommunications and to master the basic elements of electronic commerce.

AGREED CONCLUSIONS ON ENTERPRISE ISSUES RELATING TO AN ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

The development of enterprises, especially small and medium sized enterprises, is essential to economic growth and employment.

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These support programmes are coordinated by the Economic Development Board through its Enterprise Development Division, upgraded from a Small Business Bureau as its activities expanded to keep up with the growth of local enterprises, both in size and in number.

(iii) The development of innovation, entrepreneurial and technological capabilities as essential inputs for the development and growth of enterprises

Also, SMEs in developing countries could benefit from the experience of SMEs in developed countries.

In comparison to large firms, SMEs are more likely to develop linkages with local enterprises and supply productive inputs locally.

New ground would be broken in reforming State owned enterprises and diversifying public ownership.

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I. Agreed conclusions on enterprise issues relating to an enterprise development strategy

The development of innovation, entrepreneurial and technological capabilities as essential inputs for the development and growth of enterprises and