The Economic Role of Inter-Firm Networks in the Development of SMEs

This book discusses not only issues involving the development of SMEs from the angle of SMEs'' internal management, but also goes further to examine what are the determinants impacting on the efforts of SMIEs to develop and maintain long-term inter-firm networks, and to what extent and how have inter-firm networks contributed to the improvement in their performance. Thus, this book is important for academicians,university students, policy makers, and businessmen since it provides the first examination of the determinants and the economic role of inter-firm networks in the development of SMEs in the developing country, and is the first estimate of technological capabilities, competitiveness, and growth of SMEs in the developing country.