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The Contribution Of Micro-Enterprises To Regional Economic Recovery And Poverty Alleviation In East Asia, Charles Harvie

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

The economic and social crisis theat afflicted East Asia from mid-1997 produced the biggest setback to poverty reduction in the region for several decades.

An Exploratory Study Into The Giving Behaviour Of Small To Medium Enterprises (Smes): An Australian Experience, Gary I. Noble

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

A constant growth in the number of non-profit organisations (NPOs) over the past decade has also meant an increase in competition between NPOs for ongoing support. In this environment and without the marketing resources of their national and international counterparts many smaller NPOs do not attract the same level of individual or corporate support as their larger NPO rivals. Evidence suggests an alternative source of support for these smaller NPOs is often small to medium enterprises (SMEs).

This paper argues that although there is a considerable body of literature on the giving behaviour of individuals, and to a lesser extent …

Introduction: The Role Of Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises In Achieving And Sustaining Growth And Performance, Charles Harvie, Boon-Chye Lee

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

This volume is the third in a series on small and medium sized enterprises in East Asia, defined broadly to include the countries along the western rim of the Pacific from Japan and China in the north to Australia and New Zealand in the south, taking in the ASEAN countries along the way.