Trading Places – SMEs in the Global Economy

A Critical Research Handbook

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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Lester Lloyd-Reason and Leigh Sear bring together leading researchers and thinkers in this critical guide to the ongoing, worldwide research shaping the role played by SMEs within today's global economy.The expert contributors contend that the past twenty years have seen an explosion in research into international SMEs, resulting in a considerable body of academic literature and thinking. This research, they argue, may merely serve to increase our lack of understanding in this area, and often results in myths and misconceptions upon which SME policies and support programmes have been developed and introduced. They go on to suggest that academic models are often poorly suited to the problems faced by SMEs within the international trading environment. In many instances, the contributors find SMEs at the vanguard of the challenge to accepted business practices: it is these challenges that underpin the text.Illustrating that today's SMEs are faced with the critical issue of how to create and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage in light of the increased complexity of international trade and global business linkages, this Handbook will prove invaluable to both academics and practitioners involved in business and management and entrepreneurship.

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Utgivningsdatum:2007-07-26
Mått:169 x 244 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781845420390

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Edited by Lester Lloyd-Reason, Emeritus Professor of Enterprise Strategy, Anglia Ruskin University and Leigh Sear, SFEDI, UK

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'There are 18 contributions in the book; all of whom are very highly regarded in the fields of entrepreneurship and international management. . . the book is well researched and edited. The book provides an excellent discussion on the importance of SMEs in the global economy. Through a number of different case study examples and discussion of various elements of the internationalization process, this book provides an outstanding resource for the study of SMEs that operate in the international market.'

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Contents:Preface1. Introduction: The Role of SMEs in the Global EconomyLester Lloyd-Reason and Leigh SearPART I: PROCESSES AND PRACTICES OF SMEs AND GLOBAL TRADING2. Doing Business: The Nature of Global TradingAlan Griffiths, Stuart Wall, Carsten Zimmermann and Ronald Klingebiel3. Traditional and Emergent Forms of Global TradingLeo-Paul Dana, Hamid Etemad and Richard Wright4. Trade Trends in Transatlantica: A Profile of SMEs in the United States and EuropeLeslie E. Palich and D. Ray Bagby PART II: MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY IN GLOBAL SMEs5. Entrepreneurs and their Personal and Business Relations: Shaping Manufacturing SMEs’ Global StrategyTelma Barbosa and Ted Fuller6. Managing with Complexity, Uncertainty and AmbiguityKeith Herrmann7. Managing the Global OperationTim MazzarolPART III: LEARNING, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE IN DOING GLOBAL BUSINESS8. Skills and Knowledge Needs of the Global SMETerry Mughan and Lester Lloyd-Reason9. Competitive Intelligence and the Global SMEJonathan Calof and Paul Dishman10. The Choreography of Internationalisation: Innovative Forms of Learning and Activities of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in International MarketsJay MitraPART IV: SMEs IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: POLICY PERSPECTIVES 11. Foresights, Futures and Scenarios for the Global SMEStuart Smith12. SMEs in the Global Economy: Policy PerspectivesLeigh Sear and Lester Lloyd-ReasonIndex