TY  - GEN
AU  - Arroio, Ana    
AU  - Scerri, Mario
TI  - The promise of small and medium enterprises
SN  - 9780415710367
U1  - 338​.064  
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - International business enterprises
KW  - International relations
KW  - International cooperation
KW  - International finance
KW  - Small business
KW  - BRIC countries - Foreign economic relations
KW  - Technological innovations - Economic aspects - Developing countries
N2  - This series of books brings together results of an extensive research programme on aspects of the national systems of innovation (NSI) in the five BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. It provides a comprehensive and comparative examination of the challenges and opportunities faced by these dynamic and emerging economies. In discussing the impact of innovation with respect to economic, geopolitical, socio-cultural, institutional, and technological systems, it reveals the possibilities of new development paradigms for equitable and sustainable growth.
This volume, third in the series, looks at the relationship between small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the National Systems of Innovation in the BRICS countries. It brings to fore crucial issues in the evolution and future trends of industrial or innovation policies for small firms: their scope, applicability, co-ordination, and main results, as well as the influence of macroeconomic, legal and regulatory environments. Taking into account the specificities and complexities of SMEs’ production and innovation systems, it seeks to inform research, policy design and implementation in the field. Original and detailed data, together with expert analyses on wide-ranging issues, make this book an invaluable resource for researchers and scholars in economics, development studies and political science, in addition to policy makers and development practitioners interested in the BRICS countries.
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ER  -