Trade and Investment Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)


 
Enhancing the Competitiveness of SMES: Subnational Innovation
Systems and Technological Capacity-Building Policies
(ST/ESCAP/2435)



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Abbreviations

PART ONE
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REPORT OF THE REGIONAL CONSULTATIVE MEETING
ON SUBNATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS AND
TECHNOLOGY CAPACITY-BUILDING POLICIES TO
ENHANCE COMPETITIVENESS OF SMES

I. Organization of the meeting
II. Opening of the session
III. Consideration of issues
IV. Conclusions and recommendations

PART TWO

BACKGROUND PAPERS

PAPER I: STUDY ON SUBNATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM
POLICY TO ENHANCE LOCAL SMES COMPETITIVENESS

I. Introduction
II. Subnational innovation system and SME policy implications
III. Status and policy issues of SIS and SMES in the region
IV. A framework of SIS-related SME policies
V. Recommendations
VI. Conclusions

PAPER II: STUDY ON STRATEGY FOR ENHANCING
COMPETITIVENESS OF SMES BASED ON TECHNOLOGY
CAPACITY-BUILDING

I. Introduction
II. Policies, incentives and mechanisms: A review
III. Globalization, technology and competitiveness
IV. Policies and mechanisms in selected countries
V. Key issues and best policies
VI. Strategies, recommendations and conclusions

PART THREE

BENCHMARKING FROM SUCCESSFUL COUNTRIES:
EXPERIENCES, LESSONS AND BEST PRACTICES ON SIS

I.      Prospectives on the technological innovation: Lessons from
Korean experience
II.     Daedeok innopolis strategies for SMES: Its role and mission
within national innovation system
III.    Regional science and technology policy and regional capacity-
building: With focus on knowledge cluster initaitive
IV.    Subnational innovation systems and technology capacity-
building policies: The case of Germany
V.     Promotion strategy for technology-based innovative SMES:
Malaysia' MSC cluster and the MSC technopreneur
development flagship programme
VI.    Subnational innovation systems for regional development
policy and ponderables
VII.  Technology outsourcing and policy instruments for SME
technology capacity-building

PART FOUR

COUNTRY PAPERS

I.      Bangladesh
II.     Cambodia
III.    China
IV.    India
V.     Indonesia
VI.    Lao People's Democratic Rebublic
VII.   Mongolia
VIII.  Myanmar
IX.    Nepal
X.     Republic of Korea
XI.    Thailand
XII.   Uzbekistan
XIII.  Viet Nam

PART FIVE

SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF KOREAN EXPERIENCES ON THE
PROMOTION OF SIS AND SME TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY

I.     Enhancing the competitiveness of SMES by fostering RIS:
The Korean case
II.   Innovative SMES and promotion policies in the Republic of Korea
III.  Regional innovation system and techno-park policy in the
Republic of Korea: The Kyeongbuk techno-park case

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I.    Inaugural statements
II.   List of participants
III.  Programme



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Last updated: 2 April 2007