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Institutional Analysis of the New Product Development Process of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
This paper uses an institutional perspective to examine the interplay of government intervention, manufacturing systems and business approaches and its impact upon the new product development (NPD) practices of SMEs in the three regions. In-depth personal interviews with 43 Chinese, 26 Hong Kong and 28 Taiwanese SMEs were undertaken to examine the respective similarities and differences in NPD practices and to compare and contrast the Chinese practices with those of their Western counterparts.
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