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Indonesia's Small Entrepreneurs: Trading on the Margins
Contributor(s): Turner, Sarah (Author)
ISBN: 070071569X     ISBN-13: 9780700715695
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $152.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: November 2002
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Using a new framework for the study of small enterprises, the 'small enterprise integrative framework', this book gives us a greater understanding of the organization and operations of small enterprises in developing countries, at both the micro and macro levels. In the context of Makassar, on the eastern Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the book explores the socio-economic and cultural relationships that make life for small entrepreneurs in Makassar so distinctive. The application of this new framework for research reveals the diversity of labor flexibility, networking and cluster styles among enterprise studies, and the constraints they face for growth.
The recent Southeast Asian economic crisis has been heralded by certain commentators as a new era for small enterprises in the region, the book concludes that local realities for the small enterprises in Makassar mean that while for some it has been a time of shifting fortunes, others have continued trading on the margins.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia - Southeast Asia
- Business & Economics | International - Economics
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General
Dewey: 338.040
LCCN: 2002069799
Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.92" W x 8.9" (1.16 lbs) 272 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Southeast Asian
 
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In the context of Makassar, on the eastern Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the book explores the socioeconomic and cultural relationships that make life for small entrepreneurs in Makassar so distinctive. Using a new framework for the study of small enterprises - the 'small enterprise integrative framework' - this book gives us a greater understanding of the organization and operations of small enterprises in developing countries, at both the micro and macro levels. The application of this new framework for research reveals the diversity of labour flexibility, networking and cluster styles amongst the enterprises studies, and the constraints they face for growth. Whilst the recent Southeast Asian economic crisis has been heralded by certain commentators as a new era for small enterprises in the region, the book concludes that local realities for the small enterprises in Makassar mean that, whilst for some it has been a time of shifting fortunes, others have continued trading on the margins.