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...

Part 1 Introduction and Overview -- 1 Introduction (Ganeshan Wignaraja) -- 2 Toward “Trade Policy Analysis 2.0”: From National Comparative Advantage to Firm-Level Trade Data (Lucian Cernat) -- 3 Production Networks in East Asia: What We Know So Far (Fukunari Kimura and Ayako Obashi) -- Part...

Technology Transfer and Economic Growth in Sub-Sahara African Countries – Lessons from East Asian Experience -- Technology Transfer for Economic Growth in Africa – Why it Matters -- Sub-Sahara African Countries’ Attractiveness to Technology Transfer -- Pragmatic Analytical Framework for...

The paper aims to examine the characteristics and factors that constrain the growth of SMEs that are operating within and outside production networks. Based on a survey of 101 firms, the analysis shows that SMEs are not homogeneous. While they share certain characteristics such as age, Filipino...