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Successful Small-scale Manufacturing: a Comparative Assessment Across Five European Island Regions*

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: . This paper reviews select qualitative data drawn from 144 successful, small scale, locally owned, export-oriented manu-facturing firms from 5 European island regions: Åland, Iceland, Saaremaa, the Scottish Isles and Malta. The comparative ap-proach suggests some observations and reflections relating to Malta’s relatively low density of export-oriented manufacturing SMEs.

Source: OAR@UM (University of Malta)

Author: Godfrey Baldacchino

Language: English

Topic: Regional Development and Innovation

Subfield: Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: green

Funder: European Commission

OpenAlex ID: W2460141148

FWCI: 5.96

Cites: 22

Cited by: 9

Related to: 10