SUCCESSFUL SMALL-SCALE MANUFACTURING: A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT ACROSS FIVE EUROPEAN ISLAND REGIONS*

Abstract. This paper reviews select qualitative data drawn from 144 successful, small scale, locally owned, export-oriented manu-facturing firms from 5 European island regions: Åland, Iceland, Saaremaa, the Scottish Isles and Malta. The comparative ap-proach suggests some observations and reflection...

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Main Author: Godfrey Baldacchino
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Small Firms in Small Islands
Iceland
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.537.7370
http://www.bov.com/filebank/documents/br31 godfrey baldacchino17-31.pdf
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Summary:Abstract. This paper reviews select qualitative data drawn from 144 successful, small scale, locally owned, export-oriented manu-facturing firms from 5 European island regions: Åland, Iceland, Saaremaa, the Scottish Isles and Malta. The comparative ap-proach suggests some observations and reflections relating to Malta’s relatively low density of export-oriented manufacturing SMEs.

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