Small and Medium sized Enterprises and the Global Economy

Small and Medium sized Enterprises and the Global Economy
Author: Gerald I. Susman
Publsiher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781847204431

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Globalization has jarred the traditional role and competitiveness of small- and medium-sized enterprises. This masterful volume comprises leading scholars, policy makers and business leaders who have new insights and strategies for SMEs creating opportunities rather than being victims of globalization. The result is a breakthrough in our understanding of entrepreneurship in the global context. David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, Bloomington, US and WHU, Germany Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often have difficulty competing in the global economy unless they collaborate with domestic or foreign partners or with public sector organizations. This book addresses the resource leverage and innovation challenges that increased global trade represents for SMEs. In doing so, it explores how SMEs can become more competitive at home and in foreign markets as stand-alone firms or as members of supplier and customer networks. SMEs are turning increasingly to innovation as a source of competitive advantage in order to protect their home markets and participate in expanding foreign markets. The contributors to this volume leading experts in entrepreneurship, innovation, and international business provide in-depth coverage of the most compelling issues facing SMEs. These include: innovation as a competitive strategy, network dynamics, ways to leverage technology, internationalization, and the role of the public sector in helping SMEs to overcome resource deficiencies. This comprehensive look at SMEs in the global marketplace will be of great interest to academics who study entrepreneurship, innovation, or international business, officials from public sector agencies with responsibility for helping SMEs to internationalize and become more innovative, and senior executives of SMEs or executives of larger companies who are considering collaboration with SMEs.

Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the Global Economy

Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the Global Economy
Author: Zoltan J. Acs,Bernard Yeung
Publsiher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1999-04-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780472110018

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Global Perspectives on Small and Medium Enterprises and Strategic Information Systems International Approaches

Global Perspectives on Small and Medium Enterprises and Strategic Information Systems  International Approaches
Author: Bharati, Pratyush,Lee, In,Chaudhury, Abhijit
Publsiher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2010-04-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781615206285

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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a critical role in rejuvenating and sustaining the modern economy, generating substantial employment and serving as important innovation engines for the global economy. Global Perspectives on Small and Medium Enterprises and Strategic Information Systems: International Approaches aims to spread research conducted on SMEs internationally and place it at the disposal of academics, practitioners, consultants, the vendor community, and policymakers. The goal of this book is to highlight the challenges faced by SMEs and how they are coping with the adverse environment through skillful use of IT and technologies such as Web 2.0, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), e-commerce, open source software, Business Process Digitization (BPD), and other emerging technologies.

Globalization and its opportunities for small and medium sized enterprises

Globalization and its opportunities for small  and medium sized enterprises
Author: Christoph Lohrmann
Publsiher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 7
Release: 2015-08-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9783668032279

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Essay from the year 2013 in the subject Economics - International Economic Relations, grade: 100%, University of Sussex, language: English, abstract: Small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs) represent about 95% of enterprises in Europe, with a high amount of small companies ranging between 22% - 66% as well as high importance all over the globe. Nevertheless, the sector of SMEs has been ignored and poorly understood for many decades. Eventually, a research conducted by the economist David Birch published in 1979 revealed that especially SMEs are responsible for economic growth in general and are the prime source for job creation, accounting for up to 60% of the overall employment. As a result, the OECD considers them to be the core for economic growth and the dominant form of businesses worldwide in the future, acknowledging the importance of SMEs within global economy. Knowledge about small- and medium-sized enterprises has become even more important due to the fact that the interest of small firms to operate on foreign markets increased in the last decades. This essay depicts the characteristics of small- and medium-sized companies, compares it to multinational companies (MNCs) to determine advantages as well as disadvantages and, finally, examines certain opportunities for SMEs offered by globalization and internationalisation.

Promoting Entrepreneurship and Innovative SMEs in a Global Economy

Promoting Entrepreneurship and Innovative SMEs in a Global Economy
Author: OECD
Publsiher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2008-01-03
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9789264044357

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The Changing Global Economy and its Impact on International Entrepreneurship

The Changing Global Economy and its Impact on International Entrepreneurship
Author: Hamid Etemad,Stefano Denicolai,Birgit Hagen,Antonella Zucchella
Publsiher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2016-05-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781783479849

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The Changing Global Economy and its Impact on International Entrepreneurship addresses different changes and challenges which small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) face in an economy where they need to compete at home and cannot refrain from participating in international markets. This volume presents a collection of 12 carefully selected chapters that highlight challenging real-world cases to illustrate a variety of difficult problems. The book presents an analytical framework with three levels of analysis - entrepreneurial level, firm level, and institutional level - to document comprehensive, realistic and experientially-based entrepreneurial initiatives, potent firm and public policy strategies with solid results.

The Role of SMEs in National Economies in East Asia

The Role of SMEs in National Economies in East Asia
Author: Charles Harvie,Boon-Chye Lee
Publsiher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1781959552

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'The book deserves to be read by those who take an interest in industrial development and SMEs in the region. It provides good basic reading before executing more in-depth study into a particular country or sector.' - Henry Sandee, ASEAN Economic Bulletin This volume presents detailed analyses of the role and significance of Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the economies of East Asia. Various aspects of SME operations are studied, including: * the role and significance of networking in the conduct of business * the contribution of culture to business acumen and entrepreneurialism * human resource development constraints and issues * technology transfer processes * the utilisation and application of information technology by SMEs * the impact of electronic commerce * the policy framework needed to stimulate the growth of the SME sector.

Trading Places SMEs in the Global Economy

Trading Places  SMEs in the Global Economy
Author: Lester Lloyd-Reason,Leigh Sear
Publsiher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781847207098

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There are 18 contributions in the book; all of whom are very highly regarded in the fields of entrepreneurship and international management. . . the book is well researched and edited. The book provides an excellent discussion on the importance of SMEs in the global economy. Through a number of different case study examples and discussion of various elements of the internationalization process, this book provides an outstanding resource for the study of SMEs that operate in the international market. Vanessa Ratten, Journal of International Entrepreneurship This book is most timely. It arrives at a time when globalisation and new technologies present major opportunities and challenges to the role of the independent small and medium sized business in economies. . . The book s strength in dealing with many of the emerging issues is underpinned by a truly international range of contributors with a strong mix of practical as well as academic experience. From the preface by Allan Gibb, Professor Emeritus, Durham University, UK Lester Lloyd-Reason and Leigh Sear bring together leading researchers and thinkers in this critical guide to the ongoing, worldwide research shaping the role played by SMEs within today s global economy. The expert contributors contend that the past twenty years have seen an explosion in research into international SMEs, resulting in a considerable body of academic literature and thinking. This research, they argue, may merely serve to increase our lack of understanding in this area, and often results in myths and misconceptions upon which SME policies and support programmes have been developed and introduced. They go on to suggest that academic models are often poorly suited to the problems faced by SMEs within the international trading environment. In many instances, the contributors find SMEs at the vanguard of the challenge to accepted business practices: it is these challenges that underpin the text. Illustrating that today s SMEs are faced with the critical issue of how to create and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage in light of the increased complexity of international trade and global business linkages, this Handbook will prove invaluable to both academics and practitioners involved in business and management and entrepreneurship.