LEADER 04644nam 22008294a 450 001 9910817508003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-43369-7 010 $a0-429-24221-2 010 $a1-280-11277-8 010 $a0-203-98737-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203987377 035 $a(CKB)1000000000360301 035 $a(EBL)240447 035 $a(OCoLC)71812923 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000192730 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11180324 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192730 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10197646 035 $a(PQKB)11353437 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL240447 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10098652 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL11277 035 $a(OCoLC)1000435505 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC240447 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000360301 100 $a20030402d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLinking local and global economies $ethe ties that bind /$fedited by Carlo Pietrobelli and Arni Sverrisson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in the modern world economy ;$v41 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-81070-3 311 $a0-415-29690-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 learning 327 $a5 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? 327 $a11 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; Index 330 $aClusters of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have to adapt continually to a fast changing environment. This new book, containing contributions on countries ranging from Italy and Mexico to China and India, recognises the disparity between conditions in these countries and poses some interesting questions about what might be termed post cluster globalisation. This book will be of interest to students, academics and policy makers in the fields of economic geography, international business and entrepreneurship. 410 0$aRoutledge studies in the modern world economy ;$v41. 606 $aSmall business 606 $aSmall business$xTechnological innovations 606 $aIndustrial organization 606 $aGlobalization$xEconomic aspects 606 $aSmall business$zDeveloping countries 606 $aSmall business$xTechnological innovations$zDeveloping countries 606 $aIndustrial organization$zDeveloping countries 606 $aGlobalization$xEconomic aspects$zDeveloping countries 615 0$aSmall business. 615 0$aSmall business$xTechnological innovations. 615 0$aIndustrial organization. 615 0$aGlobalization$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aSmall business 615 0$aSmall business$xTechnological innovations 615 0$aIndustrial organization 615 0$aGlobalization$xEconomic aspects 676 $a338.6/42 701 $aPietrobelli$b Carlo$f1959-$089677 701 $aSverrisson$b Arni$01694484 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817508003321 996 $aLinking local and global economies$94073102 997 $aUNINA