Globalisation and SMEs in East Asia / edited by Charles Harvie and Boon\Chye Lee.

Papers presented at an international conference, organized by the International Business Research Institute of the University of Wollongong, Australia, held in Wollongong on June 16\17, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1 The Study of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in East Asia 1 \\ Charles Harvie and Boon\Chye Lee \\ 2 The Asian Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Regional SMEs 10 \\ Charles Harvie \\ 3 SMEs in the Globalised Developing Economies: Some Asia\Pacific Examples 43 \\ Henry Wan, Jr \\ 4 SMEs in Southeast Asia: Issues and Constraints in the Pre\ and Post\Crisis Environments 61 \\ Henry Sandee \\ 5 Trade Finance for East Asian SMEs and the Asian Financial Crisis 83 \\ Donald G. Ross \\ 6 Financing Issues: SME IPOs in China and Australia 95 \\ Gurmeet S. Bhabra, John G. Powell, Jing Shi and Tian Ze \\ 7 Small and Medium Enterprises: Evaluating Foreign Direct Investments in the Presence of Political Risk 116 \\ Boon\Chye Lee and John G. Powell \\ 8 The Role of SMEs in the Diffusion of Technology among East Asian Economies 131 \\ Tim Turpin \\ 9 Requirements for SME Information Technology 158 \\ Craig Van Slyke, Christopher Conca and Kenneth Trimmer \\ 10 Electronic Commerce and Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in East Asia 190 \\ Boon\Chye Lee \\ 11 SMEs and Regional Labour Markets: Major Trends Since 1997 209 \\ Peter van Diermen \\ 12 From Miracle to Crisis and Beyond: The Role of Entrepreneurship and SMEs in Asia 225 \\ Hock\Beng Cheah \\ 13 Small Chinese Businesses after the Asian Crisis: Surviving and Reviving 253 \\ Constance Lever\Tracy and David Ip \\ 14 Connections, Culture and Context: Business Relationships and Networks in the Asia\Pacific Region 274 \\ Liz Fulop and David Richards \\ 15 Franchising: An Interdependent Alternative to Independent SMEs 298 \\ Leo Paul Dana, Hamid Etemad and Richard W Wright.