Unlocking the Potential of Zambian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises "Learning from the international best practices - the Southeast Asian Experience"

This paper examines the SMEs performance in Zambia and attempts to identify some practical lessons that Zambia can learn from Southeast Asian countries (with reference to Malaysia) in order to facilitate industrial development through unlocking the potential of its SMEs sector. Malaysia and Zambia were at the same level of economic development as evidenced by similar per capita incomes but Zambia has remained behind economically and its manufacturing sector has stagnated as if both countries did not have similar initial endowments. It therefore, becomes imperative that Zambia learns from such countries on how they managed to take-off economically with a focus on SME development. Training (education), research & development, market availability and technological advancement through establishment of industrial linkages coupled with cluster formation were some of the outstanding strategies identified that Zambia could use as a “key” to unlock its SMEs’ potential as it strives to meet the UN MDGs in particular halving its poverty levels by 2015 and also realizing its vision of becoming a middle income earner by 2030.

Location choice of multinational enterprises in China : comparison between Japan and Taiwan

This paper examines and compares the location choice of Japanese and Taiwanese MNEs in China. Furthermore, we investigate the relationship between location choice and firm characteristics, specifically firms' productivity. Due to Taiwan's linguistic and cultural advantages in China, it is expected that the location choice mechanics are different between Japanese and Taiwanese MNEs. As a result, our main findings are that, while the less productive Japanese firms prefer a location in an area with a larger agglomeration of Japanese affiliates or in an area closer to Japan, the more productive Taiwanese firms prefer a location in an area with a larger agglomeration of Taiwanese affiliates or in an area closer to Taiwan.

The guide to the U.S. department of Commerce for women business owners

Mode of access: Internet.

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"Serial no. 100-53."

The national Negro business directory.

Includes national organizations, business leagues, insurance companies, agriculture and home economics agents and Y.M.C.A. branches.

Africa, guide to business finance for U.S. firms.

Mode of access: Internet.

National roster [of] minority professional consulting firms.

Mode of access: Internet.

New Albany directory, city guide, and business mirror.

Mode of access: Internet.

Indianapolis directory and business mirror for ...

"Containing the name and residence of every male citizen, a business mirror, with information in regard to its various societies and institutions, city, county and other officers."

International procurement code [microform] : hearings before the Subcommittee on Government Procurement of the Select Committee on Small Business, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session ... April 3 and 12, 1979.

Reuse of record except for individual research requires license from Congressional Information Service, Inc.

Guidelines for determining the feasibility of a small business incubator.

"November, 1985."

Managing a small business incubator.

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Small business exchange.

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Starting a business in Illinois /

"Developed in cooperation with the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, and the First Stop Business Information Center of Illinois as a service to Illinois small businesses ... "

Starting a business in Illinois : cutting through the red tape for small business.

"Developed in cooperation with the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, and the First Stop Business Information Center of Illinois as a service to Illinois small businesses under cooperative agreement #SB-2M-000097-16."--P. [4] of cover.