SME development programs: a critical review / Charles Harvie and Boon-Chye Lee

This paper reviews and examines the arguments for government intervention in markets with the purpose of providing assistance to SMEs in a range of activities. This review suggests that many of the arguments put forward for subsidising SME activities (as distinct from some activities of firms regard...

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Published: Faculty of Business and Management ; UiTM Press 2005
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spelling uitm-167442018-01-15T13:35:41Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16744/ SME development programs: a critical review / Charles Harvie and Boon-Chye Lee This paper reviews and examines the arguments for government intervention in markets with the purpose of providing assistance to SMEs in a range of activities. This review suggests that many of the arguments put forward for subsidising SME activities (as distinct from some activities of firms regardless of size) are not economically justified. Nonetheless, it is widely acknowledged that SMEs suffer from disadvantage relative to large firms, principally in the areas of access to finance, information and technology. Innovative measures aimed at alleviating such disadvantages require particular attention by government. Faculty of Business and Management ; UiTM Press 2005 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16744/1/AJ_CHARLES%20HARVIE%20JIBE%2005.pdf UNSPECIFIED (2005) SME development programs: a critical review / Charles Harvie and Boon-Chye Lee. Journal of International Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship (JIBE), 2 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 0128-7494 https://jibe.uitm.edu.my/
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description This paper reviews and examines the arguments for government intervention in markets with the purpose of providing assistance to SMEs in a range of activities. This review suggests that many of the arguments put forward for subsidising SME activities (as distinct from some activities of firms regardless of size) are not economically justified. Nonetheless, it is widely acknowledged that SMEs suffer from disadvantage relative to large firms, principally in the areas of access to finance, information and technology. Innovative measures aimed at alleviating such disadvantages require particular attention by government.
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title SME development programs: a critical review / Charles Harvie and Boon-Chye Lee
spellingShingle SME development programs: a critical review / Charles Harvie and Boon-Chye Lee
title_short SME development programs: a critical review / Charles Harvie and Boon-Chye Lee
title_full SME development programs: a critical review / Charles Harvie and Boon-Chye Lee
title_fullStr SME development programs: a critical review / Charles Harvie and Boon-Chye Lee
title_full_unstemmed SME development programs: a critical review / Charles Harvie and Boon-Chye Lee
title_sort sme development programs: a critical review / charles harvie and boon-chye lee
publisher Faculty of Business and Management ; UiTM Press
publishDate 2005
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16744/
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http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16744/1/AJ_CHARLES%20HARVIE%20JIBE%2005.pdf
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