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The Transnational Activities of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Masataka Fujita
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hardcover. Contains a study of the role, impact and policy implications of small and medium-sized transnational corporations in the developed economies as well as in the developing countries. This book describes the role of TNC's in domestic economies and their transnational activities. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJK; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1260.
measure of the rate of innovation --research-and-development (R&D) expenditure per employee compared to new patents received per employee -- does not adequately capture a unique feature of SMEs, namely that owners and managers are often themselves innovators. For example, in Japan 52 per cent of SMEs' innovations reported in 1986 were created by employers, whereas in large firms 72 per cent of innovations were created by research technicians. Nevertheless, patchy evidence from Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States indicates that SMEs at least hold their own in terms of innovation compared to large firms. Perhaps most significantly, a ... Read more
measure of the rate of innovation --research-and-development (R&D) expenditure per employee compared to new patents received per employee -- does not adequately capture a unique feature of SMEs, namely that owners and managers are often themselves innovators. For example, in Japan 52 per cent of SMEs' innovations reported in 1986 were created by employers, whereas in large firms 72 per cent of innovations were created by research technicians. Nevertheless, patchy evidence from Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States indicates that SMEs at least hold their own in terms of innovation compared to large firms. Perhaps most significantly, a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
Number of Pages
257
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792381235
SKU
V9780792381235
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99-15
About Masataka Fujita
Masataka Fujita has published probably the two most important articles on the subject of TNC's recently in Small Business Economics (SBEJ). He has been involved in research on the subject at the United Nations for a number of years and is one of the leading authorities on the subject as well as on foreign direct investment and transnational corporations in ... Read more
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