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Government-Business Coordination and Small Enterprise Performance in the Machine Tools Sector in Malaysia

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 Rasiah, Rajah

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This paper compares the performance of small and medium size subcontractors in the machine tools industry in two different states of Malaysia, Penang and Kelang Valley. It is shown that while Penang has developed a fairly successful small and medium subcontracting industry, Kelang Valley has not. The difference in performance (measured by value-added) is due in part to differences in the extent and quality of government-business coordination. In contrast to Kelang Valley, the relatively autonomous state government of Penang took a pro-active approach to business development and provided support to its small and medium enterprises (mainly Chinese-owned) in the form of public training and market-information exchange. Copyright 2002 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Small Business Economics.

Volume (Year): 18 (2002)
Issue (Month): 1-3 (Feb.- May)
Pages: 177-95
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  1. Thorsten Beck, 2003. "Small and medium enterprises, growth, and poverty : cross-country evidence," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3178, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
  2. Rasiah, Rajah & Lin, Yeo, 2003. "The Role Of Market, Trust and Government in the Development of the Information Hardware Industry in Taiwan," Discussion Papers 10, United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies. [Downloadable!]
  3. Rasiah, Rajah, 2002. "Systemic Coordination and Human Capital Development: Knowledge Flows in Malaysia's MNC-Driven Electronics Clusters," Discussion Papers 07, United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies. [Downloadable!]
  4. Thorsten Beck & Asli Demirguc-Kunt & Ross Levine, 2005. "SMEs, Growth, and Poverty," NBER Working Papers 11224, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Arroyo-López, Pilar Ester & Bitran, Gabriel R., 2008. "Coordination of Supply Chain Networks and the Emergence of Mini-maestros," Working papers 40083, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management. [Downloadable!]
  6. Hill, Hal, 2001. "Technology and Innovation in Developing East Asia: An interpretive Survey," Departmental Working Papers 2001-11, Australian National University, Economics RSPAS. [Downloadable!]
  7. Leo van Grunsven, 2006. "New Industries in Southeast Asia’s Late Industrialization: Evolution versus Creation - The Automation Industry in Penang (Malaysia) considered," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 0611, Utrecht University, Section of Economic Geography, revised Dec 2006. [Downloadable!]
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