Most of the enterprises in the first category are either foreign owned or in the public sector.

(iv) Privatization of state owned enterprises

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

Not just large Chinese enterprises but SMEs too are investing abroad.

Its scope of application covered all undertakings, including State enterprises.

The Chinese economy is no longer the state owned and state managed system that it was when I first visited more than 30 years ago. In those days, there was no private enterprise, and it was illegal for anyone but the government or a state owned enterprise to hire an employee.

These enterprises have operations in neighbouring countries such as China and Malaysia.

3. Enterprise issues relating to an enterprise development strategy.

While shortage of finance could affect all firms, it is particularly constraining for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and firms in LDCs.

Since the majority of SMEs investing abroad are looking for local SMEs to partner with, it is important that host countries encourage the development of their SME sectors so that local enterprises have the capability to form alliances or joint ventures with the investing SMEs from abroad (Cho 2003 UNCTAD 1998).

There is also a rural entrepreneurial revolution in China.

As regards State trading enterprises, it is generally agreed that no commercial activities of State trading enterprises should contain export subsidy elements.

In several countries, SMEs have tried to organize themselves by setting up their own SME sections within existing business associations or, even more radically, have tried to establish independent small business organizations.

The importance of the role of the state in creating an effective enabling environment and in facilitating an enterprise culture, market networks conducive to entrepreneurship, innovation, and inter firm cooperation, both internally and internationally.

The importance of the role of the State in creating an effective enabling environment and in facilitating an enterprise culture, market networks conducive to entrepreneurship, innovation, and inter firm cooperation, both internally and internationally.

Malaysia felt that there was an increasing need for the public and private sectors to share the burden of national development.

(b) Holding office in an enterprise owned in whole or in part by the State.

Linkages between foreign and local firms should be encouraged.

In the perceived absence of local entrepreneurs who might take over previously state owned enterprises, the emphasis has increasingly been on attracting new high risk capital from foreign mining companies.

FDI from SMEs has the potential to increase the international competitiveness of the SME sector in both home and host countries.

Item 3 Enterprise issues relating to an enterprise development strategy

45 of all micro enterprises and small businesses in the country are owned by women and generate one third of the employment in those businesses.

Regarding the proportion of businesses with a website, 58 per cent of businesses in the European Union have them.

Six of the worlds' top 10 grocery retailers are from the United States, and four of these do not operate outside home territory.

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

33. There are many examples of successful interventions in the OECD countries in favour of small enterprises, the foremost among them being the United States Small Business Administration.

44. Collective agreements, at both above establishment and establishment level, are concluded for all employees of establishments covered by the agreement (unless the parties decide otherwise).

Moreover, support mechanisms and programmes need to respond to the diversity of firms involved and the types of problems faced by different categories of SMEs, ranging from subsistence or income supplementing microenterprises operating in the informal sector to internationalized, technologically advanced SMEs.

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.

15. Stresses that the outsourcing of work from transnational corporations to small and medium sized enterprises supports the development of entrepreneurship and privatization in developing countries

For example, contrary to market economies, at the beginning of the transformation process, the overwhelming majority of enterprises in countries in transition were State owned enterprises (SOEs).

In Latvia natural resources are included in the civil transactions and may be object of the civil law transactions.

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35. Expected results and success criteria. The expected results of the enterprise Africa initiative will include 20 African countries assisted in starting new entrepreneurship programmes or strengthening existing ones 5,000 entrepreneurs trained, of which at least 40 per cent will be women 150 enterprise linkages established between African SMEs and foreign companies 90 local trainers certified to implement entrepreneurship workshops 200 entrepreneurship workshops organized.

State company BSVT (Belspetsv Technica)

Women head 24 of all the country's enterprises and organizations.

There is no indication that the ratio will decline anytime soon, which is particularly worrisome, given the low profitability and high borrowing costs that China s industrial enterprises face. Indeed, Chinese firms profitability amounted to just over 6 last year, with 2012 profits for China s 500 largest (mostly state owned) corporations barely exceeding 2 .

The Business of Business is More Than Business

With respect to the types of enterprises, one may distinguish between informal sector enterprises, essentially microenterprises, and enterprises in the formal sector, which include some microenterprises, SMEs and large firms.

The international expansion of enterprises in Latin America takes place primarily in neighbouring countries, and SMEs play a very marginal role, except in Argentina.

Suggestions included the inclusion of representatives of indigenous communities, southern non governmental organizations, local business, and State owned enterprises.

Article 2 Except for financial enterprises, the state owned enterprises and state holding enterprises set up within the territory of the People's Republic of China under law shall be governed by the present General Rules.

Apart from companies of various countries, the real beneficiaries are domestic consumers.

SMEs in the software industry are disproportionately more internationalized than SMEs in manufacturing activities This reflects the competitiveness of Indian SMEs in software activities.

According to the national agricultural census conducted in 2000, only 15 per cent of all Nicaragua's small and medium sized agricultural enterprises have had access to financing of these, only 2 per cent receive financing from the formal banking system.