Foreign Direct Investment and Small and Medium Enterprises:Productivity and Access to Finance

Edited by Khee Giap Tan and Kong Yam Tan

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Abstract: There is a large literature dealing with the spillover effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to emerging and developing economies at the aggregate level. Beyond the aggregate impacts, a growing number of studies also examine the impact of FDI spillovers on firms of different sizes, especially small and medium enterprises (SME). This book is dedicated to exploring issues relating to the various interactions between FDI flows, productivity spillovers and SMEs in Asia and beyond. It studies globalization, FDI, and regional innovation in China, and trade and investment liberalization in India. It analyses how to promote SMEs and enhance labor productivity in Singapore. It investigates the impact of intellectual property rights processes on productivity growth. It documents the use of finance and financing patterns of informal firms. It uses empirical analysis to point out the limitations of traditional banks lending to SMEs and suggests possible policy approaches facilitating them to access growth capital. It also provides an empirical investigation of the main determinants of entrepreneurial activities.

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; The Spillover Effects; Small and Medium Enterprises; Regional Innovation; Entrepreneurial Activities; Trade and Investment; Bank Lending; Labor Productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
ISBN: 9789814678803
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction , pp 3-7

Khee Giap Tan and Kong Yam Tan

Ch 2 Globalization, Foreign Direct Investment, and Regional Innovation in China , pp 9-34

Yi Zhang and Hein Roelfsema

Ch 3 Trade and Investment Liberalization in India: Implications for Productivity Gains , pp 35-55

Ram Upendra Das

Ch 4 Foreign Direct Investment, Intellectual Property Rights, and Productivity Growth , pp 57-75

Sasatra Sudsawasd and Santi Chaisrisawatsuk

Ch 5 A New Regime of SME Finance in Emerging Asia: Enhancing Access to Growth Capital and Policy Implications , pp 77-103

Shigehiro Shinozaki

Ch 6 Informal Firms and Financial Inclusion: Status and Determinants , pp 105-132

Subika Farazi

Ch 7 Promoting SMEs and Enhancing Labor Productivity in Singapore: A Policy Analysis , pp 133-144

Khee Giap Tan and Yan Yi Tan

Ch 8 Determinants of Entrepreneurs' Activities: New Evidence from Cross-Country Data , pp 145-160

Doaa Salman

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