Small and medium-sized enterprises and the global economy
By: edited by Gerald I. Susman.
Contributors: Susman, Gerald I.
Publisher: Elgar
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Northampton, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845425951
Subjects: Small business; International trade
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Exploring the reach of innovation-related cooperation in small firms / Mark Freel; title: Innovation, productivity, and growth : an analysis of Irish data / James H Love and Stephen Roper; title: Innovation strategies and manufacturing practices : insights from the 2005 Georgia manufacturing survey / Jan Youtie and Philip Shapira; title: Economies of speed : a conceptual framework to describe network effectiveness / Irene J. Petrick and Carleen Maitland; title: Sourcing of innovation as trendsetting in the imaging sector : a comparison between large MNEs and SMEs / Johannes M. Pennings and Gino Cattani; title: The fastest growing SMEs in Canada : their strategies, e-commerce and network practices / Hamid Etemad; title: Knowledge and capabilities in subcontractor's evolution : the Italian case / Roberto Grandinetti, Andrea Furlan, and Arnaldo Camuffo; title: The communication of corporate social responsibility (CSR) through the supply chain / Craig H. Wood and Allen Kaufman; title: A comparison of the pace and pattern of internationalization by U.S. and Canadian high growth firms / David J. Maslach and Rod B. McNaughton; title: The effects of product diversification and international diversification on SMEs' innovation / Jane Wenzhen Lu and Zhijian Wu; title: Should high technology SMEs expect to internationalize by passing through a sequence of development stages that affect choice of export market and entry mode? / Marian V. Jones; title: A comparative study of Canadian and U.K. high technology SMEs' internationalization processes / Dave Crick and Martine Spence; title: SME choice of export market and entry mode : theory and research / Gerald I. Susman and Jenna P. Stites; title: U.S. states and the global economy : trends and policies in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest / Terrence Guay; title: University research parks : untapped source of exports from innovation-based SMEs / Paul M. Swamidass and Venubabu Vulasa; title: Issues surrounding the internationalization of SMEs : implications for policy-makers and researchers / Paul Westhead, Mike Wright, and Deniz Ucbasaran.