The Contribution of Small and Medium Enterprises to Economic Development in Ukraine and Belarus: Some Policy Perspectives

The paper considers the development of small and medium enterprises (SME) in two transition economies where market reforms have been slow (Ukraine and Belarus), focusing specifically on the role of government in the process. Empirical data from a study on SMEs and economic development in Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova are used to consider the contribution of SMEs to different aspects of transformation whilst data from a second project are used to show the support needs of SMEs.Following the introduction, which summarises the aims and methodology, the second section presents brief profiles of the context for SME development in each country. Part 3 summarises some of the main empirical findings, focusing on those aspects that have potential policy significance, specifically with respect to employment, innovation, and market orientation, whilst the fourth section considers survey evidence of the support needs of SMEs. The final section draws out the main policy implications of the findings, whilst also setting out an agenda designed to increase the contribution of SMEs to economic development in the future.On the whole, the empirical results demonstrate that some SMEs have developed in Belarus and Ukraine despite the actions of governments, although the number of private enterprises per capita remains small and their qualitative characteristics often reflect the difficult operating conditions. As a result, their contribution to economic and social change is less than it could be, mainly due to an unstable environment and an institutional context that has yet to establish the framework conditions for sustainable private sector development. In terms of policy priorities, the survey data suggest that reform of the distorted legal and financial infrastructures that exist in these countries is the highest priority need.     

助学贷款违约的金融风险及治理

助学贷款制度是政府弥补资本市场失效、干预教育领域资源配置的重要形式。目前，其面临的关键问题是金融违约（贷款拖欠），这一问题将直接影响到助学贷款金融制度的可持续发展。本文从借款者个人效用最大化角度出发，构建了助学贷款的金融违约模型，分析了影响金融违约的各个因素指标，在此基础上，提出了化解学生助学贷款违约金融风险的对策。     

跨国公司与东道国当地企业的合作方式及其经济内涵

跨国公司与东道国当地企业的合作存在五种形式：一是与供给商的合作；二是与客户的合作；三是与竞争者的合作；四是与技术伙伴的合作；五是具有外溢效应的合作。采用何种形式的合作，取决于TNC要实现的目标以及SME的合作能力；为建立与TNC更加紧密的合作关系，在东道国政府制定相关鼓励政策的同时。SME还应努力提高人员素质和技术水平，以增强自身的合作能力。     

探析中小企业企业所得税的税收筹划

在市场经济条件下,税收筹划对企业的发展具有重要意义。中小企业应潜心钻研《企业所得税法》,用好政策给予的优惠条件,对企业进行纳税筹划。企业进行企业所得税税收筹划时,一方面可利用所得税优惠政策及准予扣除项目的限额进行税务筹划,另一方面可利用会计处理方法对企业纳税所得额进行调整。     

互助担保基金的创新模式——ESMGF模式、运作机制

中小企业的不断发展,使其对资金的需求也越来越大,仅凭自身积累已远远不能解决问题。然而,由于中小企业自身及金融系统等多方面的原因,融资难的问题日益显现,成为阻碍中小企业发展的主要因素。为解决上述问题,设计了一种以产业集群为单位,由地方政府、协作银行、集群中小企业三方共同出资,共同承担风险,联合再担保机构的互助担保基金创新模式——嵌入再担保的互助担保基金(Embedded Se-curity Mutual Guaranteed Fund,ESMGF)。     

Competing on the edge: Implications of network position for internationalizing small- and medium-sized enterprises

Three generic competitive strategies attributed to internationalizing SMEs of targeting niches, differentiating products and leveraging networks fail to adequately explain how SMEs win customers in other countries against both large and small competitors. This study distinguishes competitive strategy (how firms compete) from competitive advantage, and from competitive engagements where firms deploy their competitive advantages to win customers within business network relationships. By abductively reasoning from the competitive engagements entered into by the internationalizing SMEs from the Fleet Management Systems industry segment in New Zealand, we show that these firms often compete with foreign rivals by using their position on the edge of a business network to leverage information asymmetries across structural holes. We contribute by integrating this conception of internationalizing SME competitive strategy with the business network foundations of the Uppsala internationalization process model.     

The relationship between multinationality and performance: Knowledge-intensive vs. capital-intensive service micro-multinational enterprises

This research explores the relationship between multinationality and firm performance (M-P) in the context of micro-multinational enterprises (mMNEs) within the service sector. We examine the moderating effects of industry characteristics using a data set of 1082 Spanish service mMNEs over an eight-year period. The empirical results provide statistical evidence that knowledge-intensive service mMNEs exhibit an inverted U-shaped M-P relationship, while capital-intensive service mMNEs present a U-shaped relationship. Our findings demonstrate that knowledge-intensive service mMNEs increase their performance in the initial stage of multinationality, encounter a threshold of internationalization at relatively low levels of multinationality and have a propensity to over-internationalize. By comparison, capital-intensive service mMNEs experience negative performance effects at low levels of multinationality and positive ones as they further internationalize. Given that their operations are scale-sensitive, they tend to expand internationally by concentrating their operations in few foreign markets as a means to overcome the liabilities of internationalization and smallness. We contribute to the literatures on multinationality research in the service sector and on SME internationalization by showing that the effects of multinationality on the performance of mMNEs depend on industry characteristics and that such contextual factors provide a better understanding of the M-P relationship.     

论我国按揭贷款市场风控体系的协调性

按揭贷款发展至今已经基本形成了风险控制体系.按揭贷款的风险控制体系包括外部监管与内部风控,具体又可分为三个层面：基础业务制度、表外业务制度与系统性风控制度,两者之间的联系在于信息不对称性,而最终的目标是确定政府与企业在各自市场中的职能.     

个人抵押贷款违约的相关性因素——基于Copula模型的研究

运用国内商业银行积累的大量数据,统计得到银行个人客户住房抵押贷款多年度、不同信用等级、不同身份特征、分行业和分地区的违约情况,进行非线性的拟合分析,并采用Copula函数度量个人客户违约之间的相关性及厚尾特征。研究表明,房屋价格、客户性别以及受教育程度等与违约概率相关性比较低,在考察的样本区间内,这些因素不显著导致违约发生。另外,信用等级、收入结构和抵押担保剩余额度是影响个人违约决策的重要变量。所采用的模型在个人住房抵押贷款定价与风险管理中获得较好效果,银行可以根据违约状况的变动制定动态利率,随时准备弥补损失。     

金融危机下中小企业创新模式的理论思考

席卷全球的金融危机给我国中小企业带来了很大的冲击和影响。这样的国际大环境对中小企业提出了可持续发展的紧迫要求。在分析金融危机下我国中小企业创新活动的表现及特征后，为其开展以市场为导向的全面创新活动提供了一些理论建议。