The Transnational Activities Of Small And Medium Sized Enterprises

Author : Masataka Fujita
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781461556633

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The Transnational Activities of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises by Masataka Fujita Pdf

measure of the rate of innovation --research-and-development (R&D) expenditure per employee compared to new patents received per employee -- does not adequately capture a unique feature of SMEs, namely that owners and managers are often themselves innovators. For example, in Japan 52 per cent of SMEs' innovations reported in 1986 were created by employers, whereas in large firms 72 per cent of innovations were created by research technicians. Nevertheless, patchy evidence from Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States indicates that SMEs at least hold their own in terms of innovation compared to large firms. Perhaps most significantly, a recent study indicates that, while the total number of innovations is positively related to R&D expenditures, skilled labour and the degree to which large firms comprise the industry, in innovative industries innovative activity tends to emanate more from SMEs than large firms. This is probably because in industries where large firms dominate, SMEs need to be innovative to survive. There is much information to suggest that in technologies such as micro-electronics, new materials and biotechnology SMEs tend to be in the vanguard of innovation. Small and medium-sized enterprises as exporters. The contribution of SMEs to a national economy from exporting is generally small; for example, in Japan SMEs accounted for only 13 per cent of merchandise exports in 1990.

Author : Pia Popal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429516290

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Small to Medium Sized Enterprises and Corporate Social Responsibility by Pia Popal Pdf

While the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities of small firms have been analysed to some extent, their engagement in international networks relating to CSR is less understood. Most of these networks primarily address the needs of multinational corporations. Surprisingly, however, the number of small firms participating in such institutions has substantially increased over recent years. But what is the reason for this new interest of SME in institutional forms of CSR? Based on a qualitative empirical study of German small firms’ participation in the most prominent CSR institution, the UN Global Compact, this book explores the drivers for small firm participation. The motivations are complex and do not follow the same hierarchical order associated with large business behaviour. Rather, reasons for institutional engagement suggest a heterarchical structure, where alignment is contingent upon factors such as individual CSR perception, self-conception or social environment. The book explains why small firms prefer to engage in sustainable development within institutionalised forms of CSR rather than act in isolation, and provides recommendations on how to support and thus increase SME participation in institutionalised forms of civic engagement.

Author : Masataka Fujita,United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Programme on Transnational Corporations
Publisher : New York : United Nations
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : International business enterprises
ISBN : UCSD:31822016868366

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Small and Medium-sized Transnational Corporations by Masataka Fujita,United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Programme on Transnational Corporations Pdf

Author : Mathew J. Manimala,Kishinchand Poornima Wasdani,Abhishek Vijaygopal
Publisher : Springer
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811062988

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Transnational Entrepreneurship by Mathew J. Manimala,Kishinchand Poornima Wasdani,Abhishek Vijaygopal Pdf

This edited volume develops an understanding of the strategies, processes, issues and concerns involved when small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) go international with their local products/services and vice versa. It is a compendium of eighteen selected chapters on the subject, supported by an introductory chapter. The contributions are organized in four parts based on the sub-themes they deal with. The first part, containing the introductory chapter, provides different perspectives on transnational entrepreneurship, returnee entrepreneurship and their linkages with the internationalization process. The subsequent parts have chapters dealing with three sub-themes of the subject – the internal factors (individual and firm-level resources), the external factors (entrepreneurial ecosystem), and the process of organizational transformation and change, respectively, in the context of SME internationalization. Special issues and challenges being faced by SME entrepreneurs in emerging economies have been highlighted in this book, discussing key contemporary issues with regard to internationalization in the three dimensions outlined above. Further, the book explains how an entrepreneur can engineer the transformation of his/her organization into an international SME. This book is a very useful resource for entrepreneurs and policy-makers in general, and for academics and researchers in particular, as it provides an overview of the contemporary research in the critical areas of SME internationalization and transnational entrepreneurship by highlighting the linkages between them with special reference to emerging economies.

Author : Hamid Etemad
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781845421557

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International Entrepreneurship in Small and Medium Size Enterprises by Hamid Etemad Pdf

The drivers of globalization are removing the barriers that segregated the competitive space of the small and large firms in the past. It is becoming increasingly difficult for independent small firms to thrive in their traditional markets unless they are globally competitive. Managing an enterprise's commercial, industrial and political relations well, regardless of size and location, is the essence of the entrepreneurial challenge in this competitive arena. Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) often face very different issues than large multinational enterprises do when confronting internationalization. This volume provides an in-depth discussion of these challenges. The contributors to this volume explore the emerging patterns of SME growth and international expansion in response to the evolving competitive environment, dynamics of competitive behavior, entrepreneurial processes and formulation of strategy. They examine the basis and requirements of growth and expansion from three perspectives: the rapidly-changing environment in which business is conducted, entrepreneurial characteristics, and the evolving strategic and competitive response to this changing business environment. Business leaders, scholars and students interested in international business and entrepreneurship will welcome this volume.

Author : Zoltan J. Acs,Bernard Yeung
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1999-04-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780472110018

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Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Global Economy by Zoltan J. Acs,Bernard Yeung Pdf

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Author : Moreira, António Carrizo
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781799843887

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Cases on Internationalization Challenges for SMEs by Moreira, António Carrizo Pdf

With the globalization process, firms are seeking to expand their activities to international markets but are also “feeling” expanded competition from abroad. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), though seeking to expand abroad, have particularities that hinder their natural international expansion path due to particular barriers and challenges that most multinational firms have already overcome. Cases on Internationalization Challenges for SMEs provides a set of case studies on the internationalization of SMEs in order to share the latest empirical research findings in the field of internationalization in the context of a globalized world, and which considers a highly competitive international business setting. This includes examining the main reasons for the success or failure of the process of internationalization of SMEs and their inherent activities. Covering topics that include competitive advantage, export performance, and inward internationalization, this book targets managers, executives, and entrepreneurs concerned with how to adapt their companies to a fast-changing international business environment, how to conduct internationalization strategies, how to choose the most adequate international entry modes, and how to adapt their products and strategies to international markets. It is also suited for academicians, researchers, and students in the field of management.

Author : Thilo Rensmann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780192515162

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Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in International Economic Law by Thilo Rensmann Pdf

International economic law, with its traditional focus on large multinational enterprises, is only slowly waking up to the new reality of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), entering the global marketplace. In the wake of the digital revolution, smaller companies now play an important role in the global economic landscape. In 2015 the UN expressly called for SMEs to have greater access to international trade and investment, and it is increasingly recognized that the integration of SMEs provides one of the keys to creating a more sustainable and inclusive global economy. As SMEs increasingly permeate transnational supply chains, so interactions between these companies and international economic law and policy proliferate. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in International Economic Law offers the first comprehensive analysis of the interaction between SMEs and international economic law. This book presents a broad international perspective, gathering together contributions by leading experts from academia, legal practice, and international organizations. It opens up a field of enquiry into this so far unexplored dynamic and provide a touchstone for future debate. The analysis covers a broad spectrum of international trade and investment law focusing on issues of particular interest to SMEs, such as trade in services, government procurement, and trade facilitation. Diverse perspectives illuminate regional developments (in particular within the EU) and the implications of mega-regional free trade agreements. The essays also examine questions of legitimacy of global economic governance; in particular, concerns surrounding the threat posed to the interests of domestic SMEs by the growing liberalization of international trade and investment. These essays constitute essential reading for practitioners and academics seeking to navigate a previously neglected trend in international economic law.

Author : Noémie Dominguez,Ulrike Mayrhofer
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781787542778

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Key Success Factors of SME Internationalisation by Noémie Dominguez,Ulrike Mayrhofer Pdf

This collective book offers a cross-country perspective on the internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Scholars from prestigious institutions in Europe, North America, Australia and China provide new insights on how SMEs develop and perform their international activities.

Author : Peter J. Buckley,Jaime Campos,Eduardo White
Publisher : Springer
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349256860

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International Technology Transfer by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises by Peter J. Buckley,Jaime Campos,Eduardo White Pdf

The book is the culmination of a research effort which spanned all continents and involved a large number of research teams from both the industrialised and developing countries. The book addresses a number of key issues related to technology transfer by small and medium-sized enterprises most especially whether such companies are more effective transferors than larger transnational corporations. A key aspect of the research was the fact that firms in source and host countries were matched to assure a degree of consistency in the firm coverage and their responses.

Author : George Tesar,Zsuzsanna Vincze
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315412597

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Motivating SMEs to Cooperate and Internationalize by George Tesar,Zsuzsanna Vincze Pdf

Interest in generally expanding the understanding of small and medium-sized enterprises, especially understanding their strategies and operations to enter international markets, is growing rapidly among researchers and academics globally. Government officials, regional and economic specialists, and international trade advisers are directly involved in assisting small and medium-sized enterprises in developing their international marketing expertise. Motivating SMEs to Cooperate and Internationalize consists of research studies, cases, and experiences obtained by researchers and academics from managers of small and medium-sized enterprises in Northern Europe as they worked closely with managers on issues and problems leading to internationalization of enterprises. This book will map not only the attempts of small and medium-sized enterprises in Northern Europe to enter foreign markets, but also to understand how researchers and academics can help small and medium-sized Northern European enterprisers achieve their objectives. This compilation of approaches, perspectives, and experiences will serve as a resource tool for researchers and academics active in international management training programs worldwide and help illustrate how to close the gap between publishing results of their findings and efforts to disseminate their findings among managers of small and medium-sized enterprises in their domains. This book is the first attempt to integrate results of research studies and practices as an illustration of how knowledge of small and medium-sized enterprises has evolved since the 1980s with the contributions of individual researchers and academics in Northern Europe. It will be of relevance to academics and researchers interested in working closely with small and medium-sized enterprises to meet their goals in entering international markets.

Author : Rik Donckels,Antti Haahti,Graham Hall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134785797

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The Internationalization of Small to Medium Enterprises by Rik Donckels,Antti Haahti,Graham Hall Pdf

The Internationalization of Small to Medium Enterprizes uses information from annual surveys of companies in Europe during the period spanning the formation of a single European market. It addresses issues affecting small businesses such as marketing, entrepreneurship, export strategies and the single market, on an international basis. The book also contains detailed case studies of individual countries including The Netherlands, Finland, Switzerland and the UK.

Author : Gerald I. Susman
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Entrepreneurship
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123378494

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Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and the Global Economy by Gerald I. Susman Pdf

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often have difficulty competing in the global economy unless they collaborate with domestic or foreign partners or with public sector organizations. This book addresses the resource leverage and innovation challenges that increased global trade represents for SMEs. In doing so, it explores how SMEs can become more competitive at home and in foreign markets as stand-alone firms or as members of supplier and customer networks. SMEs are turning increasingly to innovation as a source of competitive advantage in order to protect their home markets and participate in expanding foreign markets. The contributors to this volume - leading experts in entrepreneurship, innovation, and international business - provide in-depth coverage of the most compelling issues facing SMEs. These include: innovation as a competitive strategy, network dynamics, ways to leverage technology, internationalization, and the role of the public sector in helping SMEs to overcome resource deficiencies. This comprehensive look at SMEs in the global marketplace will be of great interest to academics who study entrepreneurship, innovation, or international business, officials from public sector agencies with responsibility for helping SMEs to internationalize and become more innovative, and senior executives of SMEs or executives of larger companies who are considering collaboration with SMEs.

Author : Etemad, Hamid
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781802205770

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Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and the COVID-19 Response by Etemad, Hamid Pdf

The international cast of authors in this important book explore how internationalizing small and medium sized enterprises (iSMEs) face major crises, such as COVID-19, and have managed them to reach a stable and desired state post-crisis. Chapter orientations vary from theoretical to empirical. Each focuses on issues related to a major crisis, and present already-deployed success strategies in 14 different country environments. The rich diversity of chapters offers a highly significant and timely contribution to the field.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264045866

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Removing Barriers to SME Access to International Markets by OECD Pdf

This book sheds light on facilitating SME internationalisation and also presents a synthesis of the Conference discussions and the main outcome of the Conference: the "Athens Action Plan for Removing Barriers to SME Access to International Markets".