Small and Medium Enterprises in Singapore and the New Economy

• Main Authors: LEE, Boon Chye, TAN, Wee Liang
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2002
• Subjects: SMEs; Singapore; entrepreneurs; Asian Studies; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/2118; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/3117/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

From its earliest days as a British outpost, Singapore has relied heavily for its economic survival on its position as an entrepot trading centre. In the first decades after independence in 1965, economic strategy was focused on building infrastructure, attracting foreign direct investment, and expo...