Report NEP-SBM-2026-06-29

This is the archive for NEP-SBM, a report on new working papers in the area of Small Business Management. João Carlos Correia Leitão (Joao Carlos Correia Leitao) issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Alvarez, Lourdes & Broncano, Marlon, 2025, "The Role of Factoring in Enterprise Development: Empirical Evidence from Peru, 2015–2023," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 129106, Oct, revised 14 Aug 2025.
• Wulong Gu & Josip Lesica, 2025, "The role of firm size in the Canada–U.S. labour productivity gap since 2000," Economic and Social Reports, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies and Modelling Branch, number 202501200002e, Dec, DOI: https://doi.org/10.25318/3628000120.
• Vera Barinova & Margarita Gvozdeva, 2026, "The role of SMEs in the development of tourism in Russia," Published Papers, Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, number ppaper-2026-1619, revised 2026.
• Krieger, Bastian & Prüfer, Malte & Strecke, Linus, 2026, "Additional award criteria in public procurement: Tenders and firms' innovation performance heterogeneity," ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, number 26-018.
• Kuosmanen, Natalia & Kuosmanen, Timo & Maczulskij, Terhi, 2026, "Productivity Dynamics of Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring," ETLA Working Papers, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, number 142, Jun.
• Baumann, Ursel & Cullen, Zöe & Faia, Ester & Ferrando, Annalisa & Perez-Truglia, Ricardo & Rariga, Judith, 2026, "Innovation without Borders? The Geography of Technological Diffusion," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 21601, Jun.
• Alam, Afroza & Diegmann, André, 2026, "Patents, firm rents, and worker compensation: Causal evidence from quasi-random patent allocation," IWH Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), number 6/2026, DOI: 10.18717/dp56nk-4g69.
• Jenny Watt & Wulong Gu & Aled ab Iorwerth, 2026, "Firm size and labour productivity growth in Canadian residential construction," Economic and Social Reports, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies and Modelling Branch, number 202600200003e, Feb, DOI: https://doi.org/10.25318/3628000120.
• Alam, Afroza & Diegmann, André, 2026, "Patents, firm rents, and worker compensation: Causal evidence from quasi-random patent allocation," ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, number 26-022.
• Colonnelli, Emanuele & Cruz, Marcio & Pereira-López, Mariana & Porzio, Tommaso & Zhao, Chun, 2026, "Startups in Africa," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 21579, Jun.
• Kiran, Ramia & Jadoon, Atif Khan & Ali, Amjad, 2026, "Value-Chain Configuration and Innovation Dynamics in Traditional Bioeconomy Sectors: Evidence from the Sugar Industry," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 129350.
• Naoyuki Yoshino & Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary & Shigehiro Shinozaki, 2026, "Sustainability-Adjusted Credit Guarantee Pricing for Financing Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Malaysia," ADB Economics Working Paper Series, Asian Development Bank, number 852, Jun, DOI: 10.22617/WPS260269-2.
• Ralf Martin & Maxwell Read & Arjun Shah & Anna Valero & Dennis Verhoeven, 2026, "Informing industrial strategy for clean technologies," CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE, number 734, Jun.
• Amina Chandad & Mohamed Amine Benchekroun & Mostafa Abakouy, 2026, "Gender and Entrepreneurship: Integrating Well-being Dimensions for Women Entrepreneurs in Morocco's Industrial Ecosystem," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05571544, Mar, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19198516.
• Lepers, Robin & Krieger, Bastian & Pellens, Maikel & Prüfer, Malte, 2026, "Identifying circular public procurement with large language models: An application to firm-level circular innovation," ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, number 26-019.
• Jacob Patrick Belinga Bessala, 2026, "Digital orientation, digital capability, and organisational performance in an emerging African digital ecosystem: the mediating role of digital innovation, the moderating role of digital organisational culture, and the absorptive capacity of context," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05600155, Apr, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19677937.
• Tamilina, Larysa & Akaliyski, Plamen, 2026, "Individualism, Formal Institutions, and National Innovation: A Configurational Analysis of 80 Countries," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 129486, Jan.
• Jiang Li & Huju Liu, 2026, "Artificial intelligence adoption and productivity in Canadian firms," Economic and Social Reports, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies and Modelling Branch, number 202600400002e, Apr, DOI: https://doi.org/10.25318/3628000120.
• Enriques, Luca & Nigro, Casimiro A. & Tröger, Tobias, 2026, "Templates in the EU Inc. Regulation Proposal," SAFE Working Paper Series, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE, number 483.
• Oecd, 2026, "Small credit, real impact: Lessons on Lazio’s Small Credit Fund," OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Papers, OECD Publishing, number 2026/08, Jun, DOI: 10.1787/a37305fa-en.
• Oecd, 2026, "Do subsidised small loans work?: Lessons from Lazio’s Small Credit Fund," OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Papers, OECD Publishing, number 2026/11, Jun, DOI: 10.1787/6ad62577-en.
• Dan Cao & Henry Hyatt & Toshihiko Mukoyama & Erick Sager, 2026, "New U.S. Business Establishments: Surging or Stalling?," Working Papers, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, number 26-36, Jun.
• Maryem Ezbiri & Lotfi Lotfi Benazzou, 2026, "Gestion des risques opérationnels et performance financière des entreprises marocaines : une étude empirique auprès des TPE et PME," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05575367, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19253979.
• Bhargavee Das & Maria Khan, 2026, "Economics of DPI in Healthcare: Catalysing Digital Health Innovation Through ABDM," Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Policy Paper, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, India, number ipcide-11, Apr.
• Hajime TADOKORO & Yuji HONJO, 2026, "Will Unicorns be Born in Japan? A comparative study of private equity market development and policy reforms," Discussion papers, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), number 26051, Jun.
• Asmae Ez-Zaidi & Youssef Ghandari, 2026, "Determinants of artificial intelligence adoption in audit firms: an immersion in theoretical approaches and a proposed conceptual framework," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05602185, Apr, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19710872.
• Khalid Banani Banani & Mounir Tajoui & Saïd Toufik, 2026, "Innovation, Well-being and the Labor Market in Morocco: Towards a Model of Intensive Growth, Analysis of Dynamics through the VECM Approach
  [Innovation, Bien-être et Marché du Travail au Maroc : Vers un modèle de croissance intensive, analyse des ," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05613379, May, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19988690.
• Anthony Savagar & Yannis Galanakis, 2026, "Tracking the Economy through Firm Creation:Evidence from Real-Time Administrative Data," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2606.01307, May.
• Oecd, 2026, "Rebooting Veneto’s competitiveness through productivity growth," OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Papers, OECD Publishing, number 2026/10, Jun, DOI: 10.1787/a4320f5c-en.
• Valeria Cirillo & Donato Cutolo & Dario Guarascio & Martin Kenney & Jacopo Tramontano, 2025, "Leveraging Workforce Flexibility to Navigate Platform-Induced Uncertainty: A study of the Italian Restaurant and Hospitality Sectors," CIMEO Working Paper Series, Centre for Investigation and Modelling of Experimental Observations (CIMEO), number 186, Mar.
• Hutschenreiter, Dennis & Liu, Qianshuo, 2026, "Common ownership and CEO social ties across portfolio firms," IWH Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), number 9/2026, DOI: 10.18717/dpn45e-p795.
• Bertolotti, Fabio & Lanteri, Andrea & Yoon, Hyeonsik, 2026, "Optimal Subsidies for Capital Replacement and the Green Transition," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 21578, Jun.
• Lhoussaine Lmouden & Abdelkader El Moutaoukil, 2026, "Territorial competitiveness and regional development model: analysis of the case of the Souss-Massa region
  [Compétitivité territoriale et modèle de développement régional :analyse du cas de la région Souss-Massa]," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05615714, May, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20050374.
• Krieger, Bastian & Kroll, Henning & Schubert, Torben & Strecke, Linus & Garcia Chavez, Cecilia, 2026, "The differential economic effects of private universities in urban and rural regions," ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, number 26-020.