Innovation and Small Enterprises in the Third World

By: Meine Pieter van Dijk (Editor), Henry Sandee (Editor)

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Innovation is crucial for small enterprises to become and remain competitive in the global economy. In this title, the authors have combined theoretical insights with comprehensive case studies on innovation among small-scale enterprises in developing countries, paying particular attention to technological change in clusters of small firms. The authors deliberately use a broad definition of innovation in order to emphasize the fact that technological change and innovation adoption takes place on a wider scale and in a greater number of forms than is frequently assumed. The case studies such as the Kenyan food processing sector, furniture making in Nicaragua and tile manufacturing in Indonesia, highlight the patterns of innovation adoption and diffusion, and serve as a backdrop to the study. The authors pay specific attention to innovation by small enterprises in times of economic crisis and go on to assess the mechanisms employed to promote innovation. They demonstrate that although radical innovation among small enterprises occurs on a limited scale, innovation through gradual incremental improvements in production processes and products is continuous.

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Non-Fiction Business & Management Ownership & Organisation of Enterprises Small Businesses & Self-Employed Engineering & Technology Industrial Chemistry & Manufacturing Technologies Economics Development Economics & Emerging Economies Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies Development Studies Technology in General

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List of figures	p. vii
List of tables	p. viii
List of contributors	p. x
Innovation and small enterprise development in developing countries	p. 1
Framework for Understanding Innovation Diffusion
Small enterprise development in developing countries: innovation or acquisition of technological capability?	p. 15
Cluster trajectories and the likelihood of endogenous upgrading	p. 48
Cases of Smes and Innovation
Trying to innovate far from international frontiers: case study from the small-scale briquetting industry in India	p. 69
Competitive response, innovation and creating an innovative milieu in the manufacturing industry in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	p. 93
Innovation and small enterprise development examples from Burkina Faso, Ghana and Zimbabwe	p. 123
Innovation in Times of Economic Crisis
Innovation and competitiveness within the small furniture industry in Nicaragua	p. 143
Why do(n't) they innovate? Explaining diverse SME adjustment strategies after an external shock	p. 166
The impact of the crisis on small-scale enterprises in Java, findings from selected case studies	p. 187
Mechanisms for Innovation Diffusion
Enhancing innovation capabilities in SME clusters: evidence from a service centre in Spain	p. 209
Linkages between small and large firms in the Kenyan food processing sector	p. 223
The role of a research and development institute in the development and diffusion of technology	p. 249
Social capital and technological innovation processes in the South	p. 280
Conclusions and Recommendations
Enterprise co-operation, technology partnerships and S&T policies for the promotion of innovation for SMEs	p. 303
Innovation and small enterprise development in developing countries: some conclusions	p. 313
Index	p. 323
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