Innovation and Small Enterprises in the Third World - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 1840649143 ISBN 13: 9781840649147

Casa editrice: Edward Elgar Pub, 2002

Riassunto

Innovation is crucial for small enterprises to become and remain competitive in the global economy. In this book, the authors have combined theoretical insights with comprehensive case studies on innovation among small-scale enterprises in developing countries, paying particular attention to technological change in clusters of small firms.

The authors deliberately use a broad definition of innovation in order to emphasise the fact that technological change and innovation adoption takes place on a wider scale and in a greater number of forms than is frequently assumed. The unusual case studies such as the Kenyan food processing sector, furniture making in Nicaragua and tile manufacturing in Indonesia highlight the patterns of innovation adoption and diffusion, and serve as a unique and fascinating backdrop to the study. The authors pay specific attention to innovation by small enterprises in times of economic crisis and go on to assess the mechanisms employed to promote innovation. They demonstrate that although radical innovation among small enterprises occurs on a limited scale, innovation through gradual incremental improvements in production processes and products is continuous.

Innovation and Small Enterprises in the Third World will be widely read by academics, researchers and policymakers concerned with innovation adoption and diffusion, and third world development issues.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Edited by Meine Pieter van Dijk, Professor of Urban Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Professor of Economics, Maastricht School of Management, the Netherlands and Henry Sandee, STC International Rotterdam, Indonesia

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Edward Elgar Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1840649143
• ISBN 13: 9781840649147
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Redattore: Van Dijk Meine Pieter, Sandee Henry
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