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

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

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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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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam > Faculty of Business and Management
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of International Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship (JIBE)
UiTM Journal Collections: UiTM Journal > Journal of International Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship (JIBE)
ISSN: 0128-7494
Volume: 2
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 1-18
Keywords: SME development programs; Critical review; SME
Date: 2005
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16744
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