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Economic policy and manufacturing performance in developing countries

Tribe, Michael A. (contributor); … - 2001

This book considers the impact of economic reforms on manufacturing performance and explores policy options for promoting manufacturing. Using country-specific case studies spanning Africa, South Asia, South East Asia and Latin America, the authors examine the evidence for and against both trade...

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Local enterprises in the global economy : issues of governance and upgrading

Schmitz, Hubert (contributor) - 2004

This book opens a fresh chapter in the debate on local enterprise clusters and their strategies for upgrading in the global economy. The authors employ a novel conceptual framework in their research on industrial clusters in Europe, Latin America and Asia and provide new perspectives and...

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Aging and working in the new economy : changing career structures in small IT firms

McMullin, Julie Ann (contributor); … - 2010

The case studies and analyses developed in this timely book provide insight into the structural features of small and medium-sized firms in the information technology sector, and the implications of these features for the careers of people who are employed by them

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Fast growing firms in a slow growth economy : institutional conditions for innovation

Visintin, Francesca (contributor); … - 2016

Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: innovation beyond national systems fragility: institutional bricolage …. 'reassembling the social', in entrepreneurial innovation and academic entrepreneurship studies: the 'amphibious scientists …Europe needs more innovative companies that grow quickly and end up big. This book examines SME growth, innovation and …

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Small and medium-sized enterprises and the global economy

Susman, Gerald I. (contributor) - 2007

Introduction / Gerald I. Susman -- Exploring the reach. of innovation-related cooperation in small firms / Mark Freel … -- Innovation, productivity, and growth : an analysis of Irish data / James H. Love, Stephen Roper -- Innovation strategies and … conceptual framework to describe network effectiveness / Irene J. Petrick, Carleen Maitland -- Sourcing of innovation as …

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Innovative methodologies in enterprise research

Hine, Damian (contributor); Carson, David (contributor) - 2007

research and teaching synergies in innovation and enterprise -- 9. Action research for enterprise research. -- 10. Case … -- 12. Issues in cross-national comparisons applied to building theory on informal innovation in SMEs -- 13. Marketing …

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Innovation in small family businesses

Laforet, Sylvie - 2012

Innovation in Small Family Businesses explores how innovation is developed and carried out in small family …-owned businesses, the factors underpinning it, and the innovation drivers and barriers in these firms’ context. Sylvie Laforet also … offers suggestions on how innovation can be fostered and perhaps, sustained in small family-owned businesses and discusses …

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Innovation and small enterprises in the Third World

Sandee, Henry Mickel (contributor); … - 2002

Innovation is crucial for small enterprises to become and remain competitive in the global economy. In this book, the … authors have combined theoretical insights with comprehensive case studies on innovation among small-scale enterprises in …pt. 1. Framework for understanding innovation diffusion -- pt. 2. Cases of SMES and innovation -- pt. 3. Innovation in …

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Strategic innovation in small firms : an international analysis of innovation and strategic decision making in small to medium sized enterprises

Mazzarol, Tim (ed.); Reboud, Sophie (ed.) - 2011

Strategic Innovation in Small Firms is an investigation of the commercialization practices of small firms across a wide … innovation systems and on their firm’s innovation management practices. -- The research is focused on understanding the process … of innovation management both from the perspective of the small firm and from a broader strategic perspective. Drawing on …

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Innovation and entrepreneurship : successful start-ups and businesses in emerging economies

Welter, Friederike (contributor); Aidis, Ruta (contributor) - 2008

Union. Most previous research has extensively covered barriers to entrepreneurship and innovation that exist in these …Biocad : innovation in the Russian biotechnology industry / Alexander I. Naumov, Irina A. Petrovskaya, Sheila M. Puffer …

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