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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791431103321

Titolo

Small and medium-sized enterprises in the global economy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Zoltan J. Acs and Bernard Yeung

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c1999

ISBN

1-282-76105-6

9786612761058

0-472-02722-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ÁcsZoltán J

YeungBernard <1953->

Disciplina

338.6/42

Soggetti

International trade

Small business

Technology transfer - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at a conference sponsored by the Center for International Business Education and Research, held at the University of Maryland, Oct. 20, 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Technology, and Globalization / Zoltan J. Acs""; ""Part 1: The Global Economy""; ""New and Small Firms in Expanding Markets / Paul D. Reynolds""; ""Reconfiguring the Boundaries of International Business Activity / John H. Dunning""; ""Part 2: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Innovation, and Foreign Direct Investment""; ""The Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises / Zolton J. Acs, Randall Morck, J. Myles Shaver, and Bernard Yeung""

""Alliance Strategies of Small Firms / Benjamin Gomes-Casseres""""Small Firms as International Players / Tomás O. Kohn""; ""Part 3: Technological Diversity and Knowledge Spillovers""; ""The Exploration of Technological Diversity and Geographic Localization in Innovation / Paul Almeida and Bruce Kogut""; ""The Production, Transfer, and Spillover of Technology: Comparing Large and Small Multinationals as Technology Producers / Lorraine Eden, Edward Levitas, and Richard J. Martinez""; ""Part 4: Technology Transfer in the Global Economy""



""International Technology Transfer by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises / Peter J. Buckley""""Conclusion: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Global Economy / Zoltan J. Acs and Bernard Yeung""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""