Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Technology, and Globalization: Introduction to a special issue on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Global Economy

Abstract

This paper is an introduction to the special issue on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Global Economy. The paper gives a broad outline of globalization, the role of technology, and examines the role that small and medium-sized enterprises play in the global economy. We focus on foreign direct investment of small technology based firms and how their innovations diffuse into the global economy.