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United Nations SME competitiveness outlook 2022: connected
Book SynopsisOur services sectors are key to an economic transformation. This report calls them 'connected services. Transport and logistics, financial services, information and communication technologies, and business and professional services contribute directly to economic growth - with an increasing share of output, trade and jobs. These sectors also contribute indirectly, making other firms more competitive by connecting them to global value chains and digital innovations. For example: in regions with high quality connected services, 44% of all companies' export, compared with 19% of firms where the quality of connected services is lower. Connected services spur inclusive growth that is favorable for small businesses, including those led by women and young people. Yet most small firms in developing countries do not access them easily. This report explores the measures that companies, business support organizations and policymakers must take to help connected services flourish - to benefit all firms, foster more prosperous economies and build more inclusive societies
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Local Tax Benefits at a Distance: Japan's
Book SynopsisThis book discusses the concepts, types, models, and patterns of Japan’s Hometown Tax Donation Payment system, to provide a clear picture of this newly developed unique and innovative fund-raising tool used by municipalities. It also sheds light on the influences that reciprocal gifts provided by each municipality to donors have on local economies by reviewing empirical works and surveys targeting local business owners and local financial institutions. A distinguishing feature of the book is that it introduces a new social finance mechanism that is unique to the Japanese market and could provide policy implications for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as regional development. Furthermore, the book explores the efficacy of the demand–pull approach to support-strengthening SMEs, especially in rural areas. Finally, the book identifies some lessons learned from the system with a view toward advancing research on this phenomenon and making the system efficient and sustainable. As a whole, the book can provide ample benefits to novices, academics, researchers, and policymakers interested in Hometown Tax Donation Payment, an innovative social finance tool.This is an open access book.Table of Contents1 Time for Regional Areas to Incorporate Management Perspectives In Pursuit of a Sustainable Society 1.1 Shifting from Regional “Administration” to “Management” 1.2 Why Is Regional Revitalization Difficult? 1.3 High-Risk Funds Previously Limited in Regions 1.4 The Emergence of New Alternative Financing Methods (Social Finance) References 2 Time for Regional Areas to Incorporate Management Perspectives In Pursuit of a Sustainable Society 2.1 Overview of Hometown Tax Donation 2.1.1 Backdrop and History Behind the Creation of Hometown Tax Donation 2.1.2 Virtual Transfer of a Portion of Tax Between Regions 2.1.3 Dispute Between Rural Areas Receiving Benefits and Urban Areas Facing Revenue Outflow 2.1.4 “Gifts” in Hometown Tax Donation: A Core Driver of Regional Revitalization (The Focus of this Book) 2.2 Paradigm Shift in Municipal Administration: From “Administration” to “Management” 2.2.1 A Framework Where Funds Are Secured Through Excellent Marketing 2.2.2 Difficulty in Marketing, Specific to Municipalities 2.2.3 Future Investment—Uncharted Land for Municipalities 2.2.4 Who Are Municipalities’ Customers in Present Times? 2.3 Institutional Issues Involved in Hometown Tax Donation: Total and Partial Optimization 2.4 Various Discussions Regarding Hometown Tax Donations References 3 Effects of Fostering Local Businesses and Measures for Enhancing Business Capabilities: Case studies -Based on Case studies on Hometown Tax Donation Gift Providers 3.1 Conventional SME Policies Centered on Subsidies and Grants 3.1.1 Current State of Local SME Policies 3.1.2 Toward Improving Management Capability Indices of Local SMEs 3.2 Structural Characteristics of Hometown Tax Donation—From the Perspective of SME Support 3.2.1 Three Structural Characteristic 3.2.2 Difference Between Subsidy Policies and Hometown Tax Donation Gifts 3.2.3 Runup (Fostering) Market: Promoting Launch of Companies and New Businesses 3.2.4 Collaborative Efforts Between Public and Private Sectors 3.2.5 Implications for SME Policies 3.3 Case Studies on Businesses That Enhanced Their Management Capabilities Through Providing Gifts 3.3.1 Case Studies on Upgraded Product Visual 3.3.2 Changes in Distribution Channels and Business Styles 3.3.3 Case Studies of New Product Development, Entry into New Businesses, and Launch of Startups 3.3.4 Impact on Employment of Persons with Disabilities 3.4 Key to Launching Local Companies or New Businesses Through Public-Private Partnerships 3.4.1 Operational Support Impacts SMEs 3.4.2 How to View Sixth Industrialization 3.4.3 Promoting Launch of Local Companies or New Businesses by Creating a Market (Demand) in Advance 3.5 Challenges in Fostering Local Businesses References 4 With a View Toward Initiating Regional Entrepreneurship- Based on Data Analysis and Survey Research of Hometown Tax Donation Gift Providers 4.1 The Need to Grasp the Current State of Hometown Tax Donation Gift Providers 4.2 Method of Survey Research on Gift Providers’ Attributes and Improvement in Their Management Capabilities 4.3 Attributes of Gift Providers 4.3.1 Size of Gift Providers 4.3.2 Breakdown of Gift Providers’ Revenues 4.3.3 Gift Revenue by Amount and by Ratio to Total Revenues 4.3.4 Summary of Attributes of Gift Providers 4.4 Survey Results Regarding Enhancing Management Capabilities of Gift Providers 4.4.1 Changes in Gift Providers 4.4.1.1 Changes in Business Motivation and Management Capability Indices 4.4.1.2 Initiatives Toward Developing New Products or Businesses 4.4.1.3 Effects on Expanding Sales Channels 4.4.1.4 Increase in employment, income and productivity 4.4.1.5 Changes in Business Style and Sixth Industrialization 4.4.2 Impact on Regional Investment and Lending 4.4.3 Effects from Matching Interests Between Municipalities and Businesses 4.5 Implications for and Challenges of Initiating Regional Entrepreneurship Based on Survey Research References 5 Prospects for Regional Financial Institutions to Enhance Their Roles Through Hometown Tax Donation - Current State of Lending by Regional Financial Institutions and of Intra-regional Industry-Government-Banking Collaboration 5.1 Prospects for Regional Development Through Industry-Government-Banking Collaboration 5.2 Cases of Industry-Government-Banking Collaboration Driven by Hometown Tax Donation Gifts 5.3 Survey Research Targeting Regional Financial Institutions Regarding Industry-Government-Banking Collaboration Triggered by Hometown Tax Donation 5.3.1 Overview of Research and Attributes of Respondents 5.3.2 Regional Financial Institutions’ Perception of Hometown Tax Donation 5.3.3 Perception of Hometown Tax Donation’s Impact on Local Businesses and Economies 5.3.4 Stance and Current State of Lending to Gift Providers 5.4 Political Implications from This Analysis References 6 Regarding Measures by Rural Areas to Promote Migration and Settlement and Increase Associating Populations Implications from Various Measures Triggered by Hometown Tax Donation 6.1 Sharing of People is Important Amid National Depopulation 6.2 Creating Associating and Interacting Populations Through Hometown Tax Donation 6.2.1 Encouraging Experience-Oriented Visits 6.2.2 Rural Areas Actively Approaching Donors 6.2.3 Creating Opportunities for Citizens to Participate in Machizukuri: Strengthening Local Kizuna 6.3 How to Perceive Enhancement of Migration and Settlement Measures 6.3.1 Successful Cases Are Few on a National Scale 6.3.2 Effects and Pros and Cons of Enhanced Parenting Support Measures 6.4 Demographic Analysis of Kamishihoro Town, Hokkaido Prefecture 6.4.1 Analysis Method 6.4.2 Trend in Population Change of Kamishihoro Town, Hokkaido Prefecture 6.4.3 Trend in Number of People Moving to Kamishihoro Town, Hokkaido Prefecture 6.4.4 Analysis of Number of People Moving from Kamishihoro Town, Hokkaido Prefecture 6.4.5 Summary of Analysis on Kamishihoro Town, Hokkaido Prefecture 6.5 Implications for Measures by Rural Areas to Promote Migration and Settlement or Increase Associating Populations References 7 The Role of Social Finance in Resolving Regional Issues -Recent Trends in Japanese Civic Crowdfunding- 7.1 From Municipality-initiated to Civic Engagement 7.1.1 Regional Issues That Cannot Be Dealt with as Desired 7.1.2 Democratization in Securing Budgets Within a Local Government 7.2 Distinction in Features and Usage of CF and Hometown Tax Donation 7.2.1 Difference in Restrictions of Project Owners and Tax Benefits of Funders 7.2.2 Effects on Project Owners 7.3 Civic Crowdfunding 7.4 Recent Trends in Japanese CCF Using Hometown Tax Donation 7.4.1 Overview of Japanese CCF 7.4.2 The Current Status of Japanese CCF 7.4.3 Using Japanese CCF for Disaster Relief 7.5 Collaboration with Private Companies Using Japanese CCF 7.5.1 Projects That Succeeded by Creating a Consortium 7.5.2 A Framework Where Local Issue Awareness and Active Individuals and Companies Back Up Municipalities 7.6 Effects of Japanese CCF on Machizukuri 7.7 Potential Issues of Japanese CCF 7.7.1 Possibility That Unappealing Projects Have Higher Local Demands 7.7.2 Regional Issues vs. Social Issues 7.7.3 Pros and Cons of Municipal Involvement 7.8 Japanese CCF Implemented Through a Regular CF Platform 7.9 Summary: Toward Further Advancement of Japanese CCF References 8 Implications for Regional Development Drawn from the Hometown Tax Donation System --Aiming to Produce Regional Entrepreneurship--
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Commercialisation and Innovation Strategy in
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the process of commercialisation and innovation management in small firms. Although commercialisation and new product development (NPD) has been covered quite extensively, relatively little attention has been given to how small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) engage with these issues. The book explores this topic in depth, taking a close look at the reasons why decisions are made and mapping this behaviour against established theories and “best practice” models of NPD and commercialisation.The book uses case studies to analyse the relationship between entrepreneurial decision- making and commercialisation, and investigates how and why NPD and commercialisation decisions are made, which offers valuable insights from both a theoretical and applied perspective.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Innovation and Commercialisation in Small Firms.- Chapter 2. Conceptual Foundations of the Book.- Chapter 3. The Decision to Innovate.- Chapter 4. Screening Opportunities.- Chapter 5. The Business Model and Innovation Strategy.- Chapter 6. Managing Uncertainty.- Chapter 7. Building Capabilities.- Chapter 8. Strategic Alliances for Commercialisation.- Chapter 9. Creating Isolating Mechanisms.- Chapter 10. Conclusions and Lessons Learnt.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Changing Law and Contractual Relations under
Book SynopsisCOVID-19 has changed not only human lives since the beginning of the year 2020, but systems of human society as well. Legal measures have been employed in every country to mandate the state’s control of human behavior in order to stop the pandemic. But the mode of legal control has differed by country, showing different results in terms of constraining the spread of infection. While the behavioral restrictions continue, the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic have been causing another catastrophe, particularly in the most vulnerable sectors of each society. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are typical representatives of such vulnerable groups, compelled to assume the economic burdens of the pandemic that have been shifted from the larger economic actors that hold the advantage in contractual negotiations. Statistical data on infection status have revealed a great gap between countries, such as European nations reaching the level of several thousand deaths per one hundred thousand population, while most Asian countries have maintained a level of one or two digits. Even though COVID-19 affects the whole world, the redistribution of risks in the pandemic is a goal to be pursued in the socio-cultural context of each society. This book explores the law and social changes in Asian countries under the impact of COVID-19, with a particular focus on the social relations surrounding the SMEs. These form the center of contractual relations between various socio-economic actors and at the same time, are a direct counterpart of the governmental SME policies, peculiar to Asian interventionist governments. A comparative approach is taken, using the results of interview surveys based on structured questions conducted via research collaboration between the contributors from Japan as well as other Asian countries. A comparative analysis of the risk redistribution in the pandemic between countries that share similar preconditions is still possible and meaningful. The authors of this book hold the view that Asian countries have sufficient bases for international comparison, particularly on the risk reallocation in the SME sector, given the relatively well-controlled level of infection, presumably due to the similarity of cooperative social culture. Another basis for comparison is the similarity of the laws surrounding the business operation of SMEs since normal times, which makes it feasible to compare the difference in the pandemic. What risks should be reallocated between whom, and how?Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Law and Social Changes in a Pandemic: Results of Survey of COVID-19-affected SMEs in Kobe, Japan (Yuka Kaneko) 2. Disaster Management and COVID-19 Financial Support for SMEs in Korea (Young-Geun, Kim & Minjung, Jung) 3. Public Health or Economic Recovery: Regulatory Choice in the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia (Rudy & Chaidir Ali) 4. Autonomous Adaptation and Governmental Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring the Resilience of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the Philippines (Kristoffer B. Berse, Kirsten Lianne Mae C. Dedase & Lianne Angelico C. Depante) 5. Balancing Medical Needs and Economic Policy in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of the Vietnamese Government Response (Duong Anh Son & Vu Kim Hanh Dung) 6. Legal Changes in the COVID-19 Pandemic in Myanmar (Mi Khin Saw Aung) 7. Asian Perspectives on the State and Market Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Yuka Kaneko)
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Roles of Financial Institutions and Credit
Book SynopsisThis book is about the roles that financial institutions are expected to play for revitalizing regional economies in Japan, which face several serious problems such as a rapidly aging population as well as a sharp decline in population. The Japanese government expects regional financial institutions to contribute to that revitalization. Actually, Japanese regional financial institutions have made various efforts to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to increase their profitability and sustainability. However, the efforts have not yet produced adequate outcomes. To help clarify the reasons for the failures and to offer policy recommendations, the authors used four questionnaires to conduct surveys. They sent the questionnaires to the headquarters of regional financial institutions for Chapter 1 and to the staffs of regional financial institutions for Chapter 2. The government revised the Credit Guarantee System Reform Act in 2017 to promote financial institutions and credit guarantee corporations in order to proactively support SMEs, so in Chapter 3 the aims of the revised act are explained. Chapter 4 is based on a survey of startups that used the public credit guarantee. Finally, Chapter 5 is based on another, different questionnaire that was sent to SMEs to find out why they failed to improve their risk management and how financial institutions can help them to prepare for disasters. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, these questionnaire studies on regional revitalization have not been carried out elsewhere, making this book unique.Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgement Contents About the Authors Chapter 1 How Regional Financial Institutions Can Promote Regional Revitalization in Japan: Results of the 2017 Survey on Regional Finance Abstract Key words 1. Introduction 2. Challenges faced in regional revitalization measures 2.1 Regional revitalization as a part of the management philosophy of financial institutions 2.2 Attitude towards involvement in regional revitalization 2.3 How to convey the resolve of top management 3. Challenges faced in corporate support measures 3.1 Disparities in management improvement measures 3.2 Problems faced in corporate turnaround measures 3.3 Personnel evaluations affecting support stances 4. Challenges in startup support activities 4.1 Track record of financing startup companies with low credit worthiness 4.2 Difficulties in providing funding to startup companies 4.3 Support for would-be startup founders 4.4 Business viability evaluation strength and startup support strength 5. Business matching efforts and issues 5.1 Business matching beneficial to both customers and financial institutions 5.2 Challenges in business matching efforts 5.3 Personnel evaluation methods 6. New employee retention and challenges 6.1 New employee retention 6.2 Personnel evaluation affecting new hire attrition rates 6.3 New hire attrition rates and insufficient corporate support personnel 6.4 Disparities in efforts to address attrition rates 7. Conclusions References Chapter 2 Current Situation and Challenges of Human Resources Management of Financial Institutions: Based on the 2017 attitude survey of young and mid-level staff of Japanese financial institutions Abstract Keywords 1. Introduction 2. Survey Implementation Overview 3. Reason for choosing employment at a financial institution 4. Sense of accomplishment in work 5. Financial institution personnel and performance evaluation system 6. Receptiveness to new evaluation systems 7. Evaluation of workplace environments 8. Conclusions References Chapter 3 Japan’s Credit Guarantee System Reform of 2017 and New Functions of Credit Guarantee Corporations Abstract 1. Introduction 2. What Issues Did the Financial WG of the Small and Medium Enterprise Policy-Making Council Try to Solve? 3. What Did the Financial WG Propose to Enhance Functions of Credit guarantee corporations? 3.1 Securing of conventional loans 3.2 Enhancement of credit guarantee corporation functions 3.2.1 Appropriate risk allocation between credit guarantee corporations and financial institutions 3.2.2 Promotion of management support and business turnaround 3.2.3 Contributions to regional revitalization 3.3 Promoting information disclosure and improving operation efficiency 4. Conclusions References Chapter 4 Roles of the Public Credit Guarantee System and Regional Financial Institutions in Supporting Startup Firms: Based on the survey conducted by the Aichi Credit Guarantee Corporation Abstract Key words 1. Introduction 2. Questionnaire of “Companies using Aichi Credit Guarantee Corporation’s Credit Guarantee for Support of Start-ups” 2.1 Target companies 2.2 Survey overview 3. Survey results 3.1 Steady growth after using the credit guarantee 3.2 Main fears of founders around the time of founding the business 3.3 Credit guarantee corporation’s consultation with founders preparing to start-up a business 3.4 Important motive for the business start-up plan 3.5 Room for improvement for financial institution behavior during loan refusal 3.6 Role of credit guarantee loans for founders 3.7 Concerns and complaints of founders during their first use of credit guarantees 3.8 Response of financial institutions after using credit guarantees 4. Conclusion References Chapter 5 The Great East Japan Earthquake and Risk Management for Small and Medium Enterprises: Based on the 2014 SME survey Abstract Keywords 1. Introduction 2. Great East Japan Earthquake and utilization of earthquake insurance by SMEs 2.1 Previous research related to earthquake insurance in Japan 2.2 Insurance usage by SMEs affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake 2.3 Specified earthquake risk contact 2.4 The situation of a specified earthquake risk contract after the earthquake 3. Overview of corporate questionnaire used in the analysis 4. Analysis results 4.1 Insurance usage to prepare against disasters 4.2 Risk management before the earthquake 4.3 Influence of the Great East Japan Earthquake on risk management activities 4.4 Precautionary countermeasures and the earthquake’s impact on business performance 5. Conclusion References
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ISEAS SME Responses to Climate Change in Southeast Asia
Book SynopsisMicro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for approximately 97 per cent of all active business entities within the ASEAN region. They are an important contributor to both emissions generation and future reduction.A recent large-scale, multi-country quantitative assessment was undertaken into how SMEs are dealing with climate change in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. Most respondents reported a high level of concern about climate change.Over 90 per cent of firms are currently undertaking measures to reduce emissions, albeit that they are typically simple steps such as reducing air conditioning and electricity, recycling or installing low-energy lighting.Common intentions to deal with future extreme weather events include reducing emissions, developing a disaster plan, or reviewing business insurance policies.
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