Small and medium-sized enterprises and the global economy / edited by Gerald I. Susman.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction / Gerald I. Susman -- Exploring the reach of innovation-related cooperation in small firms / Mark Freel -- Innovation, productivity, and growth : an analysis of Irish data / James H. Love, Stephen Roper -- Innovation strategies and manufacturing practices : insights from the 2005 Georgia manufacturing survey / Jan Youtie, Philip Shapira -- Economies of speed : a conceptual framework to describe network effectiveness / Irene J. Petrick, Carleen Maitland -- Sourcing of innovation as trendsetting in the imaging sector : a comparison between large MNEs and SMEs / Johannes M. Pennings, Gino Cattani -- The fastest growing SMEs in Canada : their strategies, e-commerce and network practices / Hamid Etemad -- Knowledge and capabilities in subcontractor's evolution : the Italian case / Roberto Grandinetti, Andrea Furlan, Arnaldo Camuffo -- The communication of corporate social responsibility (CSR) through the supply chain : an SME perspective / Craig H. Wood, Allen Kaufman -- A comparison of the pace and pattern of internationalization by US and Canadian high growth firms / David J. Maslach, Rod B. McNaughton -- The effects of product diversification and international diversification on SMEs' innovation / Jane Wenzhen Lu, Zhijian Wu -- Should high technology SMEs expect to internationalize by passing through a sequence of development stages that affect choice of export market and entry mode? / Marian V. Jones -- A comparative study of Canadian and UK high technology SMEs' internationalization processes / Dave Crick, Martine Spence -- SME choice of export market and entry mode : theory and research / Gerald I. Susman, Jenna P. Stites -- US states and the global economy : trends and policies in the mid-Atlantic and midwest / Terrence Guay -- University research parks : untapped source of exports from innovation-based SMEs / Paul M. Swamidass, Venubabu Vulasa -- Issues surrounding the internationalization of SMEs : implications for policy-makers and researchers / Paul Westhead, Mike Wright, Deniz Ucbasaran.