Trading places : SMEs in the global economy : a critical research handbook pt. 1. Processes and practices of SMEs and global trading pt. 2. Management leadership and strategy in global SMEs pt. 3. Learning skills and knowledge in doing global business pt. 4. SMEs in the global economy : policy perspectives. Lester Lloyd Reason and Leigh Sear bring together leading researchers and thinkers in this critical guide to the ongoing worldwide research shaping the role played by SMEs within todays global economy. The expert contributors contend that the past twenty years have seen an explosion in research into international SMEs resulting in a considerable body of academic literature and thinking. This research they argue may merely serve to increase our lack of understanding in this area and often results in myths and misconceptions upon which SME policies and support programmes have been developed and introduced