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| Author: | Howard, R. |
| Title: | Can small business help countries compete? |
| Journal: | Harvard Business Review
1990 : NOV-DEC, VOL. 68:6, p. 88-103 |
| Index terms: | SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION COMPETITIVENESS INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION USA ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | According to the new views in the 80s, small business is inherently dynamic, innovative and entrepreneurial - ideally suited to new competitive realities. The latest research on the role of small business in the economy is reviwed, and three intriguingly counterintuitive claims are identified: Small business is most important where it is at least predominant /355,000 USA small manufacturers yield about 46 percent of value-added products/; the real issue is not size, but industrial organization, in particular, the quality of business relations tying companies to each other; a country's capacity to build strong production networks constitutes a new form of compatitive advantage, one in which the USA is relatively weak. |
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