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SMEs

Research

SMEs

Small And Medium-sized Enterprises | SMEs | Effective Knowledge Sources | Productivity Nexus | Innovation Constraints And Determinants For SMEs | Access To Finance

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is a big part of the economy in many Asian countries. ERIA examines factors that could help improve SMEs, such as effective knowledge sources, productivity nexus, innovation constraints and determinants for SMEs, and  access to finance. ERIA also leads research around government policies and regulatory support for SMEs like SME trade policy, SME investment policy, and competition laws.

Publications

4 September 2023
The book dives into issues surrounding the development of the creative industry and tourism by micro, small, and [...]
21 April 2023
ASEAN’s real gross domestic product (GDP) had declined sharply due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The economic [...]
27 March 2023
We conducted randomised experiments to provide management training for 312 small Vietnamese manufacturers in 2010 and repeatedly collected follow-up data [...]
2 February 2023
This study employs data from the Viet Nam Enterprise Survey (VES) for 2007 and 2011) to examine the effect of [...]
15 November 2022
This report assesses women’s entrepreneurship trends in Eastern Indonesia compared with national and other provincial [...]
21 October 2022
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member countries differ in terms of the level of development. To ensure the [...]
16 September 2022
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has caused trade disruptions; a drop in foreign direct investment; and scarring effects [...]
14 June 2022
This paper empirically examines the link between the heterogeneity of firms and their probability of obtaining interfirm trade [...]
31 May 2022
Innovation-driven entrepreneurship enables people and companies to pursue global opportunities based on innovative processes, products, or services. Studies [...]
22 March 2022
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has hit micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) hard. The estimated economic impact [...]
22 February 2022
SMEs are the most important source of employment in all ASEAN countries, but a lack of access to [...]
27 January 2022
It is well documented that firms that participate in global value chains (GVCs) are larger and more productive, [...]
26 January 2022
In 2021, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and Curated Connectors, a Singapore-based start-up, hosted [...]
25 January 2022
In 2021, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) – together with Curated Connectors, a Singapore [...]
8 December 2021
This policy brief highlights the role of social enterprises in promoting social impact and inclusion for people with [...]
19 August 2021
One of the significant challenges small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face is their difficulty in accessing finance. One [...]
1 July 2021
The Summary of ERIA Research Projects 2020-2021 provides an overview of both new and ongoing projects that [...]
26 January 2021
Many different stakeholders have an important role to play to build back better for the ASEAN post-pandemic recovery, [...]
16 December 2020
Using the Small and Medium Enterprise Survey in Vietnam and three proxies of innovation, we study the impact [...]
23 November 2020
Micro-, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) represent between 97% and 99% of firms and between 60% and 80% of total employment [...]

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