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Author: Soon Beng Chew
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 340
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study analyzes the contribution of small- and medium-sized firms to the industrial development of Singapore, compares these firms with firms in Taiwan, Thailand, and Japan, and assesses their future roles in Singapore's manufacturing sector.
Author: David J. Storey
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-07-22
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1134835612
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 1983, this book reviews trends in the small-firm sector. The areas chosen cover the full spectrum of economic development. Part 1 deals with case studies from the USA, Japan, the UK, Australia, Germany and Sweden. In Part 2 Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Africa are surveyed. In all cases the authors review the variety of definitions used for the small-firm sector and present such data as are available on the changing importance of the sector. This is followed by a review of the roles of small firms in each of the economies.
Author: Harold Siow Song Teng
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2011-09-22
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 1443833940
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the main economic players responsible for Singapore’s economic success is its small and medium-sized enterprises or SMEs. Their overall success has helped propel the country and its people forward. From economic policies to politics, Singapore is a planned and regulated economy. Singapore’s economic success story is actually the result of a form of capitalism carefully calibrated and controlled by the government. An important element or aspect of good critical success factors (CSFs) emerges from the role being played by the government. The existence of good government or public policies that are pro-business is vital for the success of firms. Despite the fact that government policies and CSFs are widely studied in areas around the world including in Singapore, there is no comprehensive prediction model available to test if firms have potential to be successful or are more prone to failures. Much research investigates the non-financial factors contributing to success versus failure of small firms, but empirical tests of the predictability of these factors are less common. This book, which is primarily quantitative/ positivist in nature will attempt to fill this gap.
Author: Martin Perry
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1134670427
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecent development experience points to the way business can be the key to a dynamic small business sector, especially where those links are built on high trust co-operative relations. This book reviews different types of small business network, illustrated by an international selection of case studies, including: * Chinese family business networks * ethinic minority business networks * Japanese and South Korean business group networks * Taiwan's subcontracting networks * European industrial districts Network promotion initiatives in Singapore, New Zealand, Scandinavia and the UK are each discussed to provide a comprehensive comparative assessment of small business networks.
Author: Yuan Lee Tsao
Publisher: Institute of Policy Studies Victoria University of Welling
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 272
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thomas Menkhoff
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 264
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: MIchael T. Schaper
Publisher: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Published: 2016-07-27
Total Pages: 417
ISBN-13: 9814695807
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for more than 90 per cent of all businesses in the Asia-Pacific region — an area which is rapidly updating its competition laws and regulations to encourage greater entrepreneurship and open, dynamic economies. Yet SMEs are almost invisible when those competition policies and laws are developed and enforced. SMEs are often quite different businesses than large, multinational corporations, but their nature, significance and characteristics are often overlooked. This book seeks to rectify the relative neglect in research and policy discussions on the role of the SME sector in competition policy and law. Drawing on contributions from a wide range of competition regulators, lawyers, academics, consultants and advisers to the SME sector, it addresses such important issues as: - perceptions and views of small businesses about competition law; - regulator engagement and education of the SME sector; - the link between competition law and economic growth; - franchising, SMEs and competition law; - issues in enforcing competition law against SMEs; - the role of Chinese family firms; - trade, professional and industry associations; - country case studies from Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, South Korea, Hong Kong SAR, Japan and the Pacific Islands. "This book is an important step in remedying the gaps in our knowledge and policy of this important area." -- Dr Alan Bollard, Executive Director, APEC Secretariat
Author: Li Choy Chong
Publisher:
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 134
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is intended to be a handbook for the small businessman and would-be entrepreneurs planning to set up their own small business in Singapore. It provides basic information on various practical aspects of small business management and its environment in Singapore, including registering problems, financing, important laws and regalations, and assistance and service institutions. (DÜI-Sbt).
Author: Daniel Loh
Publisher:
Published: 2023
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDigitalization is happening in every aspect of our lives, from the social sphere, sports, politics, health and work. With digitalization driving so many changes in the economy, all businesses are equally affected greatly by this new industrial revolution. Larger companies have the advantage of more resources to navigate these changes. However, many small businesses face great challenges to re-invent themselves and digitalize. These SMEs in Singapore are faced with limited resources and financing both internally and with respect to competing with larger organizations and financial institutions. With SMEs making up such a large part of the Singapore economy, not much research has been done on how small businesses are faring on the road to digitalization - what is driving these small businesses to digitalize, the obstacles they face and how these drivers interact with the limitations the small businesses have. Therefore, the gap in our knowledge that the study has identified is that we do not really understand what are the main drivers of digitalization for small businesses in Singapore. Much of the available literature covers large businesses and usually focuses on Western countries. Using the framework of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) and Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) as the foundation, this thesis will adapt and propose a new advanced model to explore what drives the attitudes of small business towards implementation of digital systems in Singapore. The thesis was done on small businesses that operate in various industries. From the data analysis we found that four groups of drivers - Technological change, Government policies, Internal factors and Competitive pressures - were influential in predicting attitudes to digitalization and its usage in small and medium-sized enterprises in Singapore. This study's findings have implications for the government which should consider several critical drivers identified when it is formulating policies to encourage digitalization in the Singapore economy. Small business owners should take note of the drivers that enable their businesses to digitalize effectively.
Author: Farrukh Iqbal
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 1461509637
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIndonesia experienced strong economic growth at greatest risk, that too would be useful for strategy formulation purposes, especially in cases in the 1970s with the help of high oil prices, a where employment protection is an important period of stagnation in the 1980s when oil prices declined and another period of strong economic objective. Finally, to the extent that policies can growth after 1986 when substantial trade and alter the probability ofsuccess or failure in coping investment liberalization enabled a dramatic with shocks, it would be useful to know which of policies is most effective and under what surge in labor-intensive manufacturing export set production. Recently, the regional financial crisis conditions. of 1997-1998 dealt Indonesia a severe shock The recent crisis in East Asia provides an from which it has not yet fully recovered. How opportunity to examine the link between industrial structure and economic resilience. The relative have its SMEs done through the twists and turns of the economy in the past quarter century? impact of the crisis by size of firm can be judged Unfortunately, the data needed to track the per in part by the effects on capacity utilization and formance of the SME sector are not as good for employment. The table below summarizes some Indonesia as for many of the other countries in results from a survey sponsored by the World East Asia.
