Economists present seven empirical studies exploring issues related to the various interactions between foreign direct investment flows, productivity spillovers, and small and medium
enterprises in Asia and beyond. They cover globalization in foreign direct investment and regional innovation in China; trade and investment liberalization in India: implications for
productivity gains; foreign direct investment, intellectual property rights, and productivity growth; a new regime of small and medium enterprise finance in emerging Asia: enhancing access to
growth capital and policy implications; informal firms and financial inclusion: status and determinants; promoting small and medium enterprises and enhancing labor productivity in Singapore: a
policy analysis; and determinants of entrepreneurs’ activities: new evidence from cross-country data. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
