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SMEs IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
1.1 Definitions and profiles
1.2 Market entries, survival, prosperity and exits
1.3 Gender issues relating to SME development
1.4 Cradle to grave: the role of policymakers and development
partners in supporting the SME sector
GLOBALIZATION OF PRODUCTION AND THE
COMPETITIVENESS OF SMEs IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC:
TRENDS AND PROSPECTS
2.1 The setting
2.2 SMEs and competitiveness
2.3 Competing in a changing global economy
2.4 Implications for the prospects of Asia-Pacific SMEs
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI), GLOBAL SOURCING
AND INDUSTRIAL LINKAGES
3.1 Motivations for FDI and the development of global value
chains
3.2 Trends in foreign direct investment
3.3 FDI and spillover benefits
3.4 Global sourcing and the development of inductrial linkages
3.5 Global supply networks: challenges and constraints for
SME suppliers
3.6 Multinational enterprises and host country Governments
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
4.1 Introduction
4.2 A role of government
4.3 Improving the micro-environment for SME competitiveness
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