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Author: M. Parrilli
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2007-02-07
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 0230801501
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a new interpretative key, which we call 'a stage and eclectic approach', to the development of clusters. This approach supports public efforts to increase the effectiveness of policy-making and development operations in local contexts.
Author: Eileen Fischer
Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9780850926484
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSME's make up the bulk of enterprises in developing countries and make a significant contribution to employment and economic growth. This paper takes stock of best practices in industrial clustering and SME promotion in Commonwealth developing countries. It provides examples of cluster formation, policies to stimulate cluster development and guidelines for business development services for SME's.
Author: Ahmad, Noor Hazlina
Publisher: IGI Global
Published: 2020-03-20
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 1799825795
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSmall and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been widely acknowledged to be an important agent of development because of their potential for addressing unemployment, inequality, and poverty, as well as promoting inclusiveness in economic development. The sector is critical for achieving the country’s sustainable growth. However, there is a lack of research on the adaptations SMEs are making in today’s technologically driven market. Challenges and Opportunities for SMEs in Industry 4.0 is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of modern business development and innovative strategies for small and medium enterprises in the age of smart industrialism. This book features a wide range of topics including business intelligence, collaborative manufacturing, and organizational networking. This reference source is ideally designed for managers, policymakers, economists, entrepreneurs, strategists, researchers, industrialists, academicians, educators, and students.
Author: Assoc Prof Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2012-11-28
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 1409487970
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSME's are acknowledged as effective sources of jobs and incomes, gaining an important position in the development agenda, subsequently 'cluster' policies were conceived as a framework to augment the effects of SMEs and to optimize resources used to support them. Based on case studies from Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia and India, this volume examines SME clusters and argues that unless they counteract common problems such as very low wages, poor working conditions, poor quality products and lack or environmental regulation, they will be pushed out of the market and so become unsustainable. This book suggests that the SME clusters currently being stretched should react by 'socially upgrading' in order to improve their innovation capacity, as well as social, environmental and labour standards. It puts forward conceptual frameworks which explain the way firms can upgrade: through markets, interaction among cluster members, through Corporate Social Responsibility and other such public policy, and through the better enforcement of regulation.
Author: Suriati Ghazali
Publisher: Penerbit USM
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9674610715
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book consists of chapters that review concepts and theories to empirical evidences and case studies of cluster development in five Asian countries – Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. It explores the dynamic of clustering in linking its potential and challenges to economic development, policy making, innovation and social networking in various cluster development projects in different localities and regions. For many years clusters have been touted to have significant economic and strategic advantages to develop potential and successful industrial regions. This book offers a better understanding of rural challenges in cluster development in different localities of Asian countries, which would help in generating new ideas and suggestions in making appropriate recognition to rural agendas in the era of globalization. It is suitable as a reference for university and college students in related fields, as well as for researchers, planners, administrators and the society at large.
Author: Agostino Villa
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2008-10-03
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 1848003420
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecent European Commission studies recall the urgency of promoting new and more robust Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), due to the rise of enormous global markets and the emergence of a new industrial system originating from the distinctly different business culture of the Far East. A “road map” for the survival of SMEs in Europe must be based on an accurate analysis of the most significant causes behind the weaknesses of SMEs. Several research projects conclude that SMEs must join together to create “networks”. Yet the majority of the existing networks suffer from a lack of real coordination: it is clear that a method for analyzing the governance of the network and its collaboration efficiency is essential for assuring effective performance. “A Road Map to the Development of European SME Networks” addresses this task: describing the method of analysis, allowing comparisons to be made between SME networks in different European countries, and providing information on a supporting web site.
Author: Carlo Pietrobelli
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDoes enterprise participation in global markets ensure sustainable income growth? Policies have often been designed in the belief that this is true, but competitiveness and participation in international markets may take very different forms, and developing countries do not always benefit. This book presents a series of rich and original field studies from Latin America, conducted by the authors with the same consistent methodological approach, and represents a theory-generating exercise within clusters and economic development literature. The main question addressed is how Latin American small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) may participate in global markets in ways that provide for sustainable income growth, the “high road” to competitiveness. In contrast, the “low road” is often typically followed by small firms from developing countries, which often compete by squeezing wages and revenues rather than by increasing productivity, salaries, and profits.
Author: Tulus Tahi Hamonangan Tambunan
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009-08-28
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 0230250947
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnalyzing the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Asian developing countries, the book is based on a survey of key literature and data on SMEs with the focus on; recent development, export performance, main constraints, competitiveness, innovation and technology transfer, and female entrepreneurs.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2018-09-01
Total Pages: 494
ISBN-13: 9264305327
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe SME Policy Index is a benchmarking tool for emerging economies to monitor and evaluate progress in policies that support small and medium-sized enterprises.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2019-05-06
Total Pages: 980
ISBN-13: 9264312951
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRobust SME sectors are critical to the prosperity of the six Western Balkan economies and Turkey, accounting for over 70% of those employed in the business sector and generating 65% of value added in these seven economies. Yet their potential remains untapped, as SMEs across the region grapple ...
