Abstract
Abstract There is increasing interest in the role cooperative networks can play in small business development. Networking is an acknowledged characteristic of successful industrial districts and northeast Asian economies. However, in a number of countries public agencies and others have also attempted to promote small business networking. This paper examines a number of small business networking initiatives in New Zealand. Firstly, evidence from a survey of three network promoting small business associations based in three different cities is examined and a number of different ways the agencies could deliver their services are suggested. Secondly, two networking initiatives by the New Zealand Trade Development Board are considered. It is concluded that individual networking initiatives need to be developed and evaluated as part of a broad policy push to facilitate the development of an environment more conducive to small business cooperation.
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