Small Firms and Network Economies
Recent development experience points to the way business can be the key to a dynamic small business sector, especially where those links are built on high trust co-operative relations.
This book reviews different types of small business network, illustrated by an international selection of case studies, including:
* Chinese family business networks
* ethinic minority business networks
* Japanese and South Korean business group networks
* Taiwan's subcontracting networks
* European industrial districts
Network promotion initiatives in Singapore, New Zealand, Scandinavia and the UK are each discussed to provide a comprehensive comparative assessment of small business networks.
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Small Firms and Network Economies
Recent development experience points to the way business can be the key to a dynamic small business sector, especially where those links are built on high trust co-operative relations.
This book reviews different types of small business network, illustrated by an international selection of case studies, including:
* Chinese family business networks
* ethinic minority business networks
* Japanese and South Korean business group networks
* Taiwan's subcontracting networks
* European industrial districts
Network promotion initiatives in Singapore, New Zealand, Scandinavia and the UK are each discussed to provide a comprehensive comparative assessment of small business networks.
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Small Firms and Network Economies

Small Firms and Network Economies

by Martin Perry
Small Firms and Network Economies

Small Firms and Network Economies

by Martin Perry

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Overview

Recent development experience points to the way business can be the key to a dynamic small business sector, especially where those links are built on high trust co-operative relations.
This book reviews different types of small business network, illustrated by an international selection of case studies, including:
* Chinese family business networks
* ethinic minority business networks
* Japanese and South Korean business group networks
* Taiwan's subcontracting networks
* European industrial districts
Network promotion initiatives in Singapore, New Zealand, Scandinavia and the UK are each discussed to provide a comprehensive comparative assessment of small business networks.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415183925
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 03/25/1999
Series: Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Pages: 250
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Martin Perry is a Senior Lecturer in economic geography, urban and regional planning and environmental subjects at the National University of Singapore. His previous publications include Singapore: A Developmental City State with L. Kong and B. Yeoh (John Wiley, 1997), Reform at Work: Workplace Change and the New Industrial Order with C. Davidson and R. Hill (Longman Paul, 1995) and Property and Industrial Development with S. Fothergill and S. Monk (Hutchinson, 1987).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Analysing networks; Chapter 3 Family business in ethnic and social networks; Chapter 4 Community-based networks; Chapter 5 Organisational networks; Chapter 6 Subcontracting and supplier networks; Chapter 7 Promoting networks in New Zealand; Chapter 8 Conclusion;
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