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100 1 _aBali, Azad,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aProductivity and innovation in SMEs :
_bcreating competitive advantage in Singapore and South East Asia /
_cAzad Bali, Peter McKiernan, Christopher Vas and Peter Waring.
264 1 _aAbingdon, Oxon ;
_aNew York, NY :
_bRoutledge,
_c2019.
264 4 _c©2019
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aRoutledge focus on environment and sustainability
520 _aThis book analyses the determining factors behind productivity and innovation amongst Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore, and within the context of South East Asia, in order to offer recommendations for increasing productivity and aiding economic growth. SME firms are an influential driver of economic growth in advanced world economies like the USA, Germany, Japan and South Korea. Throughout the 2000s, Singapore experienced a decline in economic growth which was linked to decreasing productivity in its SMEs. The decline triggered a transformational policy by a Government intent on forging a 'high skill-high productivity' future. Given substantial evidence that low productivity growth occurred in sectors where immigrants dominated the workforce, the seeds of recovery focused on improving productivity and innovation amongst SMEs in those sectors. Hence, this book investigates the factors determining productivity amongst SMEs across the manufacturing sector. It utilises personal interviews with global experts and CEOs, combined with primary data collected from a major international Delphi survey, and interviews with 215 SME owners and managers in Singapore. This data helps us to better understand how these productivity-enhancing factors can be used to increase performance amongst SMEs. By investigating the nature and process of total factor productivity in Singapore's SMEs, this book tells the policy story behind the revolution. To provide a comparative analysis, Singapore's story is placed within a South East Asian context. The unfolding narrative contains important lessons for policy makers and industry globally, as they assess the strategic choices available to them for improving productivity and innovation. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of innovation and productivity, as well as economic development officers, government policy advisors, SME business managers and sustainable businesses.
588 _aOCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
650 0 _aTechnological innovations
_zSingapore.
650 0 _aTechnological innovations
_zSoutheast Asia.
650 7 _aSCIENCE / Applied Sciences.
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650 7 _aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions.
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650 7 _aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Reference.
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650 7 _aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Business Development
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650 7 _aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship
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650 7 _aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Human Resources & Personnel Management
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700 1 _aMcKiernan, Peter,
_eauthor.
700 1 _aVas, Christopher,
_eauthor.
700 1 _aWaring, Peter,
_eauthor.
856 4 0 _3Taylor & Francis
_uhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429488900
856 4 2 _3OCLC metadata license agreement
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