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Productivity and Innovation in SMEs

Creating Competitive Advantage in Singapore and South East Asia

By: Azad Bali,Peter McKiernan,Christopher Vas,Peter Waring

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Productivity and Innovation in SMEs

Creating Competitive Advantage in Singapore and South East Asia

By: Azad Bali,Peter McKiernan,Christopher Vas,Peter Waring

This book analyses the determining factors behind productivity and innovation amongst Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore, and within the context of South East Asia, in order to offer recommendations for increasing productivity and aiding economic growth. SME firms are an influential driver of economic growth in advanced world economies like the USA, Germany, Japan and South Korea. Throughout the 2000s, Singapore experienced a decline in economic growth which was linked to decreasing productivity in its SMEs. The decline triggered a transformational policy by a Government intent on forging a ‘high skill–high productivity’ future. Given substantial evidence that low productivity growth occurred in sectors where immigrants dominated the workforce, the seeds of recovery focused on improving productivity and innovation amongst SMEs in those sectors. Hence, this book investigates the factors determining productivity amongst SMEs across the manufacturing sector. It utilises personal interviews with global experts and CEOs, combined with primary data collected from a major international Delphi survey, and interviews with 215 SME owners and managers in Singapore. This data helps us to better understand how these productivity-enhancing factors can be used to increase performance amongst SMEs. By investigating the nature and process of total factor productivity in Singapore’s SMEs, this book tells the policy story behind the revolution. To provide a comparative analysis, Singapore’s story is placed within a South East Asian context. The unfolding narrative contains important lessons for policy makers and industry globally, as they assess the strategic choices available to them for improving productivity and innovation. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of innovation and productivity, as well as economic development officers, government policy advisors, SME business managers and sustainable businesses.

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110

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Routledge

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0429950292

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9780429950292

Health Policy in Asia

A Policy Design Approach

By: M. Ramesh,Azad S. Bali

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Health Policy in Asia

A Policy Design Approach

By: M. Ramesh,Azad S. Bali

The book assesses the policy actions of select Asian governments (China, India, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand) to address critical health system functions from a policy design perspective. The findings show that all governments in the region have made tremendous strides in focussing their attention on the core issues and, especially, the interactions among them. However, there is still insufficient appreciation of the usefulness of public hospitals and their efficient management. Similarly, some governments have not made sufficient efforts to establish an effective regulatory framework which is especially vital in systems with a large share of private providers and payers. A well-run public hospital system and an effective framework for regulating private providers are essential tools to support the governance, financing, and payment reforms underway in the six health systems studied in this book.

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271

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Cambridge University Press

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1108676952

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9781108676953

Shattered Dream

Shattered Dream by Salam Azad: Shattered Dream - A Tale of Broken Aspirations

By: Salam Azad

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Shattered Dream

Shattered Dream by Salam Azad: Shattered Dream - A Tale of Broken Aspirations

By: Salam Azad

Novel based on partition of India.

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128

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Prabhat Prakashan

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8188322784

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9788188322787

Raebareli Romance

By: Saras Azad

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Raebareli Romance

By: Saras Azad

Hi friends, I am Raghu Kumar from raebareli. This is my story. I have committed two sins in the eyes of society. One, I have loved. Two, I have loved a kshtriya girl, despite knowing that I am a Dalit myself. Now, love is a gift of God, whereas caste is a system invented by humans. I believe in God’s gift, and you? Full of family drama, friendship, Kite flying, an interesting cricket match, violence, Court case, and a lot of romance. Love story of son am and rage – raebareli romance.

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168

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Redgrab Books pvt ltd

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9387390934

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9789387390935

Ghanshyam Shashtri - case 2 : What happened on Saturday night

By: Saras Azad

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Ghanshyam Shashtri - case 2 : What happened on Saturday night

By: Saras Azad

Payal Kothari is found dead on a Sunday Morning in the hotel, The Great Landmark in the city of Ahmedabad. Inspector Ratan, the in-charge of the case, finds it really difficult to get to the root of the mystery as there is a lot of pressure on him from various influential people. He calls the young detective Ghanshyam Shashtri for help. Will Ghanshyam be able to solve the second big case of his life. Witness Ghanshyam solve another interesting case – What Happened on Saturday Night?

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196

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Redgrab Books pvt ltd

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9390944287

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9789390944286

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Productivity and Innovation in SMEs

Productivity and Innovation in SMEs

Health Policy in Asia

Health Policy in Asia

Shattered Dream

Shattered Dream

Raebareli Romance

Raebareli Romance

Ghanshyam Shashtri - case 2 : What happened on Saturday night

Ghanshyam Shashtri - case 2 : What happened on Saturday night

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