01975nam a2200229 a 4500001001400000003000700014005001700021008004100038020003000079020002700109040000800136245012400144260006200268300003400330504005000364505115000414650001901564650003901583700002501622700001601647856008201663vtls000041336KUKTEM20251117145504.0090811t2007 enka f b 001 0 eng d a9781845420390 (hardcover) a184542039X (hardcover) aUMP00aTrading places--SMEs in the global economy :ba critical research handbook /cedited by Lester Lloyd-Reason, Leigh Sear aCheltenham, UK ;aNorthampton, MA :bEdward Elgar,cc2007 axiv, 252 p. :bill. ;c25 cm. aIncludes bibliographical references and index0 aIntroduction : the role of SMEs in the global economy / Lester Lloyd-Reason and Leigh Sear -- Doing business : the nature of global trading / Alan Griffiths ... [et al.] -- Traditional and emergent forms of global trading / Leo Paul Dana, Hamid Etemad, and Richard Wright -- Trade trends in Transatlantica : a profile of SMEs in the United States and Europe / Leslie E. Palich and D. Ray Bagby -- Entrepreneurs and their personal and business relations : shaping manufacturing SMEs’ global strategy / Telma Barbosa and Ted Fuller -- Managing with complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity / Keith Herrmann -- Managing the global operation / Tim Mazzarol -- Skills and knowledge needs of the global SME / Terry Mughan and Lester Lloyd-Reason -- Competitive intelligence and the global SME / Jonathan Calof and Paul Dishman -- The choreography of internationalisation : innovative forms of learning and activities of small and medium-sized enterprises in international markets / Jay Mitra -- Foresights, futures and scenarios for the global SME / Stuart Smith -- SMEs in the global economy : policy perspectives / Leigh Sear and Lester Lloyd-Reason. 0aSmall business 0aInternational business enterprises1 aLloyd-Reason, Lester1 aSear, Leigh413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006037093.html