В начале 50-х годов представители компании Toyota посетили заводы Ford и были удивлены тем, что «фордовцы» работают в несколько раз быстрее. Так возникла идея повышения производительности, которая легла...
Many manufacturers underestimate their waste costs by focusing on disposal expenses and recycling revenue, missing the high cost of raw materials that don’t end up in the final product. In fact, by tracking...
This press release announces on June 12, 2003, that the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, had signed an agreement to provide an Indian rupee loan equivalent...
This paper provides a conceptual and empirical account of the dynamic role of SMEs in the US economy. Evidence is provided to show that SMEs are important sources of employment growth and innovation. For...
In examining the evolution of small and medium enterprises in Japan in the postwar period, this paper shows that entry rates for new firms have declined sharply in the last quarter century or so, a trend...
This paper provides an overview of the evolution of the small and medium enterprise sector in Korea during the past quarter century. It shows how the industrial structure of Korea has changed dramatically...
This paper discusses the role of clusters and subcontracting as factors in the evolution of small and medium firms in Indonesia during the last quarter century. It is argued that a number of such firms...
This paper reviews the experience of small and medium enterprises in recent years in the Philippines. It notes that, while Philippines economic growth picked up in the early 1990s, the share of its small...
