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This section includes topics on technology and SMEs.
Innovation in SMEs discusses the types of innovation by smaller firms, and trends in innovation.
Issues in innovation discusses factors affecting the innovative ability and organisations promoting innovation.
Technology transfer to SMEs through intermediaries between universities and SMEs, technological advisers, technological centers and parks and other media are discussed in this chapter.
The SMEs, in most of the cases, have achieved considerable technological development through their subcontracting activities. Extensive technological progress of the SMEs through subcontracting with MNEs is achieved mainly through various indirect technology development inducement mechanisms. Subcontracting to SMEs discusses this aspect of SMEs.