Contents: 1. The Study of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in East Asia 2. The Asian Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Regional SMEs 3. SMEs in the Globalised Developing Economies: Some Asia-Pacific Examples 4. SMEs in Southeast Asia: Issues and Constraints in the Pre- and Post-Crisis Environments 5. Trade Finance for East Asian SMEs and the Asian Financial Crisis 6. Financing Issues: SME IPOs in China and Australia 7. Small and Medium Enterprises: Evaluating Foreign Direct Investments in the Presence of Political Risk 8. The Role of SMEs in the Diffusion of Technology among East Asian Economies 9. Requirements for SME Information Technology 10. Electronic Commerce and Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in East Asia 11. SMEs and Regional Labour Markets: Major Trends Since 1997 12. From Miracle to Crisis and Beyond: The Role of Entrepreneurship and SMEs in Asia 13. Small Chinese Businesses after the Asian Crisis: Surviving and Reviving 14. Connections, Culture and Context: Business Relationships and Networks in the Asia-Pacific Region 15. Franchising: An Interdependent Alternative to Independent SMEs Index