Download or read book Small Firms in Singapore written by Soon Beng Chew and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1988 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study analyzes the contribution of small- and medium-sized firms to the industrial development of Singapore, compares these firms with firms in Taiwan, Thailand, and Japan, and assesses their future roles in Singapore's manufacturing sector.
Download or read book The Small Firm written by David J. Storey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1983, this book reviews trends in the small-firm sector. The areas chosen cover the full spectrum of economic development. Part 1 deals with case studies from the USA, Japan, the UK, Australia, Germany and Sweden. In Part 2 Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Africa are surveyed. In all cases the authors review the variety of definitions used for the small-firm sector and present such data as are available on the changing importance of the sector. This is followed by a review of the roles of small firms in each of the economies.
Download or read book Small Firms and Network Economies written by Martin Perry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent development experience points to the way business can be the key to a dynamic small business sector, especially where those links are built on high trust co-operative relations. This book reviews different types of small business network, illustrated by an international selection of case studies, including: * Chinese family business networks * ethinic minority business networks * Japanese and South Korean business group networks * Taiwan's subcontracting networks * European industrial districts Network promotion initiatives in Singapore, New Zealand, Scandinavia and the UK are each discussed to provide a comprehensive comparative assessment of small business networks.
Download or read book Government Policy and Critical Success Factors of Small Businesses in Singapore written by Harold Siow Song Teng and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-22 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the main economic players responsible for Singapore’s economic success is its small and medium-sized enterprises or SMEs. Their overall success has helped propel the country and its people forward. From economic policies to politics, Singapore is a planned and regulated economy. Singapore’s economic success story is actually the result of a form of capitalism carefully calibrated and controlled by the government. An important element or aspect of good critical success factors (CSFs) emerges from the role being played by the government. The existence of good government or public policies that are pro-business is vital for the success of firms. Despite the fact that government policies and CSFs are widely studied in areas around the world including in Singapore, there is no comprehensive prediction model available to test if firms have potential to be successful or are more prone to failures. Much research investigates the non-financial factors contributing to success versus failure of small firms, but empirical tests of the predictability of these factors are less common. This book, which is primarily quantitative/ positivist in nature will attempt to fill this gap.
Download or read book Local Entrepreneurship in Singapore written by Yuan Lee Tsao and published by Institute of Policy Studies Victoria University of Welling. This book was released on 1990 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Competition Law Regulation and SMEs in the Asia Pacific written by MIchael T. Schaper and published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for more than 90 per cent of all businesses in the Asia-Pacific region — an area which is rapidly updating its competition laws and regulations to encourage greater entrepreneurship and open, dynamic economies. Yet SMEs are almost invisible when those competition policies and laws are developed and enforced. SMEs are often quite different businesses than large, multinational corporations, but their nature, significance and characteristics are often overlooked. This book seeks to rectify the relative neglect in research and policy discussions on the role of the SME sector in competition policy and law. Drawing on contributions from a wide range of competition regulators, lawyers, academics, consultants and advisers to the SME sector, it addresses such important issues as: - perceptions and views of small businesses about competition law; - regulator engagement and education of the SME sector; - the link between competition law and economic growth; - franchising, SMEs and competition law; - issues in enforcing competition law against SMEs; - the role of Chinese family firms; - trade, professional and industry associations; - country case studies from Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, South Korea, Hong Kong SAR, Japan and the Pacific Islands. "This book is an important step in remedying the gaps in our knowledge and policy of this important area." -- Dr Alan Bollard, Executive Director, APEC Secretariat
Download or read book Trade Routes Trust and Trading Networks written by Thomas Menkhoff and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Starting a Small Business in Singapore written by Li Choy Chong and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended to be a handbook for the small businessman and would-be entrepreneurs planning to set up their own small business in Singapore. It provides basic information on various practical aspects of small business management and its environment in Singapore, including registering problems, financing, important laws and regalations, and assistance and service institutions. (DÜI-Sbt).
Download or read book The Drivers of Digitalization in Small and Medium sized Enterprises in Singapore written by Daniel Loh and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digitalization is happening in every aspect of our lives, from the social sphere, sports, politics, health and work. With digitalization driving so many changes in the economy, all businesses are equally affected greatly by this new industrial revolution. Larger companies have the advantage of more resources to navigate these changes. However, many small businesses face great challenges to re-invent themselves and digitalize. These SMEs in Singapore are faced with limited resources and financing both internally and with respect to competing with larger organizations and financial institutions. With SMEs making up such a large part of the Singapore economy, not much research has been done on how small businesses are faring on the road to digitalization - what is driving these small businesses to digitalize, the obstacles they face and how these drivers interact with the limitations the small businesses have. Therefore, the gap in our knowledge that the study has identified is that we do not really understand what are the main drivers of digitalization for small businesses in Singapore. Much of the available literature covers large businesses and usually focuses on Western countries. Using the framework of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) and Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) as the foundation, this thesis will adapt and propose a new advanced model to explore what drives the attitudes of small business towards implementation of digital systems in Singapore. The thesis was done on small businesses that operate in various industries. From the data analysis we found that four groups of drivers - Technological change, Government policies, Internal factors and Competitive pressures - were influential in predicting attitudes to digitalization and its usage in small and medium-sized enterprises in Singapore. This study's findings have implications for the government which should consider several critical drivers identified when it is formulating policies to encourage digitalization in the Singapore economy. Small business owners should take note of the drivers that enable their businesses to digitalize effectively.
Download or read book Succession and Innovation in Asia s Small and Medium Sized Enterprises written by Hsi-Mei Chung and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-02-13 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book documents the distinctive experiences and challenges of Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Asia. By assessing succession and innovation in SMEs as the two sides of a coin, this book explains how innovations are essential to SMEs in succession. With detailed case examples, the book provides generalized solutions for SMEs to answer the question of how to make succession and innovation simultaneously successful. The authors discuss the potential solutions to solve the challenges of SMEs on succession and innovation by considering the utilization of the capital market, the electronic commerce strategy, the international strategy, and angel investment to pursue portfolio entrepreneurship, and compare these Asia solutions to the experiences from Europe. The book is recommended for family business and SME owners, professionals serving these firms, and the consulting firms that work on continuity issues of SMEs in Asia.
Download or read book Small Firm Dynamism in East Asia written by Farrukh Iqbal and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indonesia experienced strong economic growth at greatest risk, that too would be useful for strategy formulation purposes, especially in cases in the 1970s with the help of high oil prices, a where employment protection is an important period of stagnation in the 1980s when oil prices declined and another period of strong economic objective. Finally, to the extent that policies can growth after 1986 when substantial trade and alter the probability ofsuccess or failure in coping investment liberalization enabled a dramatic with shocks, it would be useful to know which of policies is most effective and under what surge in labor-intensive manufacturing export set production. Recently, the regional financial crisis conditions. of 1997-1998 dealt Indonesia a severe shock The recent crisis in East Asia provides an from which it has not yet fully recovered. How opportunity to examine the link between industrial structure and economic resilience. The relative have its SMEs done through the twists and turns of the economy in the past quarter century? impact of the crisis by size of firm can be judged Unfortunately, the data needed to track the per in part by the effects on capacity utilization and formance of the SME sector are not as good for employment. The table below summarizes some Indonesia as for many of the other countries in results from a survey sponsored by the World East Asia.
Download or read book Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship written by and published by . This book was released on 1990-07 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Small Businesses in Singapore written by and published by ISBS. This book was released on 1992 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Small Business Management written by Tim Mazzarol and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook familiarises students with the theory and practice of small business management and challenges assumptions that may be held about the way small business management can or should adopt the management practices of larger firms. For students interested in establishing and managing their own small firm, this book helps them to focus their thinking on the realities of life as a small business owner-manager – both its challenges and its rewards. For postgraduate students that are keen to ‘make a difference’, this text enables them to understand how they might consult to small firms and assist owner-managers to establish and grow their ventures. In addition to students, this book is also useful to small business owner-managers as a general guide on how they might better manage their operations. Managers in large corporations and financial institutions who deal with small businesses as clients or suppliers, and professionals such as accountants, lawyers and consultants who provide advice and other services to small businesses will also find the book of interest.
Download or read book Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Singapore Politics Under the People s Action Party written by Diane K. Mauzy and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The party has coped successfully with the needs of a multiethnic population, claims for more extensive human rights, the nascent development of a civil society, and the problems of defending a small country in a turbulent region.".
Download or read book Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
