Since the 2008 economic crisis, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have faced serious financial problems and have been looking to financial institutions and governments for solutions and new proposals to address these issues. This book examines the new challenge in which firms receive...

This book is one of the first fully-fledged studies to examine the next world-class industrial leaders emerging from China and India; exploring the domestic and international factors that have led to their rise, and comparing their experiences with other East Asian late-comers such as Japan

Progress in telecommunications and infrastructure, coupled with liberalization in international organizations, has introduced a number of new competitors to existing SMEs. This book analyzes strategic aspects of SME development that may help to promote growth: high-tech development, productivity...

This updated and revised edition outlines strategies and models for how to use technology and knowledge to improve performance, create jobs and increase income. It shows what skills will be required to produce, sell and manage performance over time, and how manual jobs can contribute to reduce...

To explain the importance of scientific research and technological innovation for industrial countries and in particular for the EU, in order to improve or to maintain economic leadership, is the central idea of this volume. It starts with a historical and theoretical perspective on...

Introduction -- The Multi- field Structure of Organizational Knowledge -- Investigation of National Culture’s Impact on Competitiveness and Knowledge Sharing Competences -- Development of an Organic Food Mentality in Romania -- Euro Adoption in Romania -- Is Networking of People, Attitudes,...

Das essential zeigt in kompakter Form die Geschäftschancen auf, die sich in der Ukraine bieten, und gibt detaillierte und praxisorientierte Hinweise zu wichtigen Aspekten wie Wirtschaftslage, Arbeitsmarkt, Infrastruktur, Investitionsschutz, Zahlungsverkehr und gesetzlichen Regelungen. Renate...

1. Setting the Scene: The China Picture -- Shanghai & the YRD in Perspective -- 2. Provinces and cities of the YRD: Shanghai -- Jiangsu Province: Changzhou -- Nanjing -- Suzhou -- Changshu -- Kunshan -- Taicang -- Wuxi -- Yangzhou -- Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou -- Ningbo -- Wenzhou -- Anhui...

This book investigates if and how agricultural market structures and farm constraints affect the development of dynamic food and cash crop sectors and whether these sectors can contribute to economic transformation and poverty reduction in Africa. The authors map the current cash and food crops...