Previous studies have indicated that finance, marketing, and problems of production management are three of the major constraints facing small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) in the ASEAN region. These three concerns are addressed in successive phases of the ASEAN Small and Medium Businesses...

The identification of small and medium businesses (SMBs) as a target for development policy is a comparatively recent phenomenon. It is clearly linked to the realization in developing countries that large capital-intensive industries which formed the basis of earlier development policies had...

The ASEAN Small and Medium Business Improvement Project seeks to contribute to this awareness of the significance of small and medium businesses (SMBs) in a direct and practical manner: through the examination of SMBs at ground level, and the dissemination of findings for policy action. The...