04644nam 22008294a 450 991081750800332120200520144314.01-134-43369-70-429-24221-21-280-11277-80-203-98737-310.4324/9780203987377 (CKB)1000000000360301(EBL)240447(OCoLC)71812923(SSID)ssj0000192730(PQKBManifestationID)11180324(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192730(PQKBWorkID)10197646(PQKB)11353437(Au-PeEL)EBL240447(CaPaEBR)ebr10098652(CaONFJC)MIL11277(OCoLC)1000435505(MiAaPQ)EBC240447(EXLCZ)99100000000036030120030402d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLinking local and global economies the ties that bind /edited by Carlo Pietrobelli and Arni Sverrisson1st ed.London ;New York Routledge20041 online resource (273 p.)Routledge studies in the modern world economy ;41Description based upon print version of record.1-138-81070-3 0-415-29690-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Linking Local and Global Economies; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 The ties that bind: small and medium-sized enterprises in the global economy; PART I Theoretical approaches; 2 Local and global commodity chains; 3 Conceptualising technological capability building in SME clusters in developing countries; 4 A Marxian-Schumpeterian-Veblenian theory of small industrial enterprise; PART II Exports, enterprise growth and learning5 Productivity, international competitiveness and technology policy in Latin America6 The internationalisation of small and medium-sized firms in Italy during the 1990s; 7 Export behaviour, firm size and productivity growth in Italy; PART III Global and local links: mutual support or divided attention?; 8 Upgrading and technological regimes in industrial clusters in Italy and Taiwan; 9 The East Asian crisis and beyond: new perspectives for linkages between SMEs and TNCs?; 10 Can Nanjing's concentration of IT companies become an innovative cluster?11 The garment boom in northern Mexico: role and opportunities for rural SMEsPART IV Opportunities, obstacles and global rules; 12 Market integration and production systems: SMEs in the Euro-Mediterranean region; 13 Do small and medium-sized enterprises benefit from patent protection?; 14 Global regulatory imperatives and small firms: the case of Indian pharmaceuticals; IndexClusters of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have to adapt continually to a fast changing environment. This new book, containing contributions on countries ranging from Italy and Mexico to China and India, recognises the disparity between conditions in these countries and poses some interesting questions about what might be termed post cluster globalisation. This book will be of interest to students, academics and policy makers in the fields of economic geography, international business and entrepreneurship.Routledge studies in the modern world economy ;41.Small businessSmall businessTechnological innovationsIndustrial organizationGlobalizationEconomic aspectsSmall businessDeveloping countriesSmall businessTechnological innovationsDeveloping countriesIndustrial organizationDeveloping countriesGlobalizationEconomic aspectsDeveloping countriesSmall business.Small businessTechnological innovations.Industrial organization.GlobalizationEconomic aspects.Small businessSmall businessTechnological innovationsIndustrial organizationGlobalizationEconomic aspects338.6/42Pietrobelli Carlo1959-89677Sverrisson Arni1694484MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817508003321Linking local and global economies4073102UNINA