This third book in the series focuses on how small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) contribute to achieving and sustaining growth and performance in their economies, as well as the ways in which governments can assist and enhance that contribution. This is of particular concern given the...

Machine generated contents note: 1 East Asian SMEs: Contemporary Issues and Developments - An Overview -- Charles Harvie and Boon-Chye Lee -- 2 Profile of SMEs and SME Issues in East Asia -- Chris Hall -- 3 China's SMEs: Their Evolution and Future Prospects in an Evolving Market Economy --...

This fourth volume in the Studies of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in East Asia series focuses on regional and sectoral dimensions in a number of regional economies and economic sectors. The contributors place special emphasis on the importance of SME networking and clustering initiatives...

Introduction -- Smes and regional production networks -- SMEs and production networks : framework -- SME participation in production networks : an analytical framework -- Constraints to growth and firm characteristic determinants of SME participation in production networks -- Constraints on SMEs...