Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Development CentrePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Promotion of Small and Medium-sized Firms in Developing Countries Through Collective Actions
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Development CentrePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Small and Medium Industry Development
Author: United States. Agency for International Development. Office of Science and TechnologyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Upgrading to Compete Global Value Chains, Clusters, and SMEs in Latin America
Author: Carlo PietrobelliPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Does enterprise participation in global markets ensure sustainable income growth? Policies have often been designed in the belief that this is true, but competitiveness and participation in international markets may take very different forms, and developing countries do not always benefit. This book presents a series of rich and original field studies from Latin America, conducted by the authors with the same consistent methodological approach, and represents a theory-generating exercise within clusters and economic development literature. The main question addressed is how Latin American small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) may participate in global markets in ways that provide for sustainable income growth, the “high road” to competitiveness. In contrast, the “low road” is often typically followed by small firms from developing countries, which often compete by squeezing wages and revenues rather than by increasing productivity, salaries, and profits.
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and Decent and Productive Employment Creation
Author: Development Digest
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
International Research Document
Author: Proposal for a Program in Appropriate Technology
Author: United States. Agency for International DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Appropriate technology
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Small Firms and the Environment in Developing Countries
Author: Allen BlackmanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136525912
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Small firms - including 'microenterprises' and 'small and medium enterprises' (SMEs) - play a vital economic role in developing countries. They typically provide half of all jobs. In addition, they foster entrepreneurship and help key sectors adapt to changing market conditions. In light of these benefits, programs promoting small firms have become a cornerstone of economic development policy. Increasingly, however, scholars and policymakers are also exploring the link between small firms and the environment. The first compendium of research and policy analysis on this topic, this book is organized around three questions: How important is small firm pollution? Will forcing small firms to comply with environmental regulations exacerbate unemployment and poverty? And what policy options are available to control small firm pollution? Eleven case studies from China, Ecuador, Honduras, India, Malaysia, and Mexico address these questions. They compare the environmental damages caused by small firms and large ones. They explore the positive and negative economic consequences of pollution control strategies focusing on small firms, the administrative challenges of regulating thousands of firms which are often unregistered and unknown to the government, and they describe innovative approaches for persuading small firms to implement effective pollution controls. The case studies cover a variety of industrial sectors including ceramics, leather tanning, textiles, and agro-industry, and evaluate a wide range of environmental management strategies that include encouraging collective action among small firms, creating economic incentives for pollution control, and helping small firms adopt clean technologies and environmental management systems. Many of the chapters are groundbreaking, addressing topics new to the literature?for example, the role of international trade in greening small firms, and funding small firm pollution control projects by linking them to efforts to stem global warming. Highly readable, Small Firms and the Environment in Developing Countries is a valuable text for courses in development policy and economics that have an environmental component or focus. It will also prove of interest to development workers, policymakers in developing countries, and students and scholars of environmental policy and law.
Subcontracting for Modernizing Economies
Author: United Nations Industrial Development OrganizationPublisher: New York : United Nations
ISBN:
Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Development Research Digest
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description