Technological Progress of Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) – Missing the Trees for the Woods

Ramesh, N (2005) Technological Progress of Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) – Missing the Trees for the Woods. TAPMI, Manipal.

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Abstract

This paper attempts to understand the concepts of technological progress, assessment of technological progress and whether the macro-view of technological progress is meaningful and insightful, in the context of SME†s. It is argued that the heterogeneity of this sector is multi-dimensional. The need to differentiate between embodied and disembodied technological progress is stressed. The paper contends that the multidimensional diversity of the SME sector and the conceptual clarity on technological progress has not informed the discussion on this topic. It is concluded that attempts to characterize the technological progress of SMEs has resulted in clichéd statements, naïve prescriptions and hollow insights. In the quest for the over-arching ‘sectoral view’ of the ‘SME woods’, the ‘trees’ have been overlooked, in exchange for spurious generalizations.

Item Type:	TAPMI Working Papers
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Small and Medium Enterprises: SME;
Subjects:	Marketing
Divisions:	Marketing Management
Depositing User:	Ms. Vanitha K
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2018 07:41
Last Modified:	20 Nov 2018 08:59
URI:	http://tapmi.informaticsglobal.com/id/eprint/335

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