Chamindika Weerakoon – författare

MSME Development in South and Southeast Asia provides a comprehensive examination of micro, small, and medium enterprises, their growth, challenges, and opportunities, addressing a critical gap in systematic research for this region.Underpinned by the widely cited Isenberg (2010) Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Framework, this book guides readers through six sections, each focusing on key domains such as finance, human capital, innovation, social impact, and marketing, across 25 chapters. With contributions from experts across Sri Lanka, the UK, Australia, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Vietnam, this book combines quantitative and qualitative research methods, providing a strong empirical foundation for examining the cultural and social contexts shaping entrepreneurship in Asia. This offers a nuanced perspective distinct from Western ecosystem dynamics and includes focused analysis of women entrepreneurs. In turn, the book offers actionable guidance and policy solutions to foster resilience, inclusivity, and sustainable growth in the region.The cross-chapter meta-synthesis reframes the traditional “strengthen MSMEs” policy question to ask: How can we reduce the misalignment between what MSMEs can do and what their environments allow them to achieve? This book is essential for academics, researchers, and students in entrepreneurship, development economics, and business management, as well as policymakers, practitioners, and consultants working to support MSMEs.

Innovation is a source of building long-term sustainability. If implemented successfully it can lead to superior organizational performance. To be competitive, companies and their leaders continuously strive to engage in new market spaces by developing and engaging in an innovative culture so as to differentiate themselves from their rivals. With contributions from scholars and practitioners, this Handbook provides evidence-based case studies to identify workplace innovation practices in developed and developing countries. Chapters are based on an organizational innovation framework and focuses on two major areas: the determinants of innovation and the process and outcome elements. It covers in-depth, cutting edge specialised topics such as frugal innovation, innovation associated with leadership as well as numerous organisational contexts such as for-profit and not for profit sectors and small, medium and large organisations.Essential reading for any studentor scholar of innovation studies, this handbook provides novel coverage of innovation practices linked to organizational variables such as culture, ethics, leadership and performance.