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We have seen that the development of technological capability in small firms would be important to developing countries for various reasons. We shall now examine, by means of a review of secondary literature, whether the phenomenon actually occurs in the present-day developing countries, or whether it only took place historically in countries such as Japan and Taiwan that have now reached a high level of economic development.1
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© 1999 Henny Romijn
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Romijn, H. (1999). Development of Capability in Small Firms: A Review of Secondary Literature. In: Acquisition of Technological Capability in Small Firms in Developing Countries. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230389809_4
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