Title: Collective efficiency : a way forward for small firms

Authors: Anderson, Edward and Schmitz, Hubert

Place: Brighton

Publisher: University of Sussex. Institute of development studies (IDS)

Year: 1997

Journal: IDS policy briefing

Volume: 10

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Innovation Systems

Keywords: enterprise development, industrial location, competition, innovations

Abstract: Clusters of small firms can maximize the benefits of collective efficiency through a customer-oriented focus, a collective approach, and a cumulative effort to ensure continuous, rather than one-off, improvements.

URL: http://www.ids.ac.uk/download.cfm?objectid=F98D2598-5056-8171-7B174CCB0A8EF05F

Document type: Policy document