Small firms, global markets:competitive challenges in the new economy

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Haar Jerry. 1947-; Meyer-Stamer Jörg, 1958-
Published: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Basingstoke [England] New York
Publication Dates: 2008.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xvii, 248 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 0230001920 (alk. paper)
9780230001923 (alk. paper)
Index Number: F276
CLC: F276.3
Call Number: F276.3/S635-3
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : The environment of small-enterprise competitiveness / Jörg Meyer-Stamer and Jerry Haar -- Local development, global value chains and latecomer development / Peter Knorringa and Jörg Meyer-Stamer -- Issues in financing small enterprises / Deborah L. Riner -- The unsuspected player : small firms in business with low-income sectors / Patricia Márquez and Ezequiel Reficco -- Innovation and entrepreneurship among born global enterprises / Maija Renko and Jerry Haar -- Competitive business practices in developing economies : the case of small and medium-size (SMEs) companies in Mexico / Jaime Alonso Gómez -- Italian SMEs and industrial districts on the move : where are they going? / Anna Carabelli, Giovanna Hirsch and Roberta Rabellotti -- Globalization and Spain's SMEs / Guillermo Cardoza and Gastón Fornes -- Unravelling informal entrepreneurship : small-firm clusters and economic ungovernance in Nigeria / Kate Meagher -- Indian small firms under globalization : has policy helped? / Keshab Das -- Conclusion : Between a rock and a hard place : the harsh reality of SMEs in the new global economy / Jerry Haar and Jörg Meyer-Stamer.