Small and Medium Enterprises

Abstract

Foreword ix Sergio C. Trindade, Executive Director, United Nations Centre for Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD) Introduction 1 A. S. Bhalla Part I: Favorable Policies and Programs 13 1. Centralized versus Decentralized Policy Toward Small and Medium Enterprises 17 John Marcum 2. Technological Policy for Small and Medium Enterprises: The Canadian Experience 29 Paul Dufour 3. Technology Policy for Small and Medium Enterprises in The Netherlands 47 Walter Zegveld 4. Technological Transformation of Small and Medium Enterprises in China 55 Guan Ze-wen et al. 5. Technology Promotion Programs for Small Enterprises: The Philippine Experience 67 Quintin G. Tan vi Contents Part II: Building Technological Capabilities 79 6. Innovations and Small Producers in Developing Countries 83 A. S. Bhalla 7. Building Indigenous Technological Capability Through Foreign Assistance to Small/Medium Enterprises 101 J. M. Hekland 8. A New Approach to Innovation in Traditional Industries: The Italian Experience 109 Danielle Mazzonis and Mario Pianta 9. Building Technological Capability of Finnish Small Industry Through Risk-financing 127 Veikko O. Vuorikari 10. Technological Transformation of Small Enterprises in Zhejiang Province, China 139 Wu Tianzu 11. Technological Characteristics and Change in Small Industrial Enterprises in Guangdong Province, China 153 Guan Ze-wen et al. 12. Management and Technological Capabilities of Malaysian Small and Medium Enterprises: Constraints and Potential 167 Ahmad Zahdi Bin Jamil and Rahimah Bt. Md. Said 13. Development of Design and Manufacturing Capabilities in a Small Nigerian Company 175 Sam Chukwujekwu Part III: Institutions and Infrastructure 183 14. Nurturing Microenterprises and Technological Innovation through Business Incubation Process 187 Rustam Lalkaka and Hu Ping 15. Institutions for Promoting Technological Modernization of Indian Small Enterprises 203 C. V: S. Ratnam 16. Technical and Managerial Extension Services for Korean Small and Medium Enterprises 213 Kyung Tae Lee Contents vii 17. Cooperation between Research and Educational Institutions and Small Enterprises in China 221 Cai Liyi 18. Infrastructural Requirements of Information Technology and Small and Medium Enterprises 233 Karl Ganzhorn The Seminar Report 247 Select Bibliography 271 Index 275 Notes on the Contributors 283