APEC SME Policy
Startup Chile : A Growing Magnet for...
Start-Up Chile is a groundbreaking initiative of the Chilean Government, created by the Ministry of Economy and executed by CORFO (the Chilean Economic Development Agency), that seeks to attract early-stage...
Startup America : A Campaign to...
On January 31, 2011, President Obama announced the launch of Startup America, a national campaign to accelerate highgrowth entrepreneurship across the country. In fact, the Obama Administration is taking concrete...
Korea¡¯s Youth Entrepreneurship Program
There is no dearth of startup accelerator programs these days. While they have been around for years, it was not until recently that they became an integral part of the corporate ecosystem. Indeed, start-ups can stimulate the...
SME Innovation
Handsome Bag : from Scrap to Fashion
Is Hong Kong the most wasteful city in Asia? True, Hong Kong¡¯s way of handling waste has grown worse over the years. In 2009, municipal waste has more than doubled to 645 tons compared with twenty years ago. On average...
Altek : LED Designs that illuminate the World
Introduced as an electronic component in 1962, the Light Emitting Diode lights provide a green alternative to conventional ones. They have a longer bulb life and, most importantly, save energy by producing light without heat or the use...
The 6th East Asia Roundtable Meeting...
The 6th East Asia SME Roundtable Meeting was held on November 8, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan. The meeting brought together officials of small business support organizations from five major East Asian economies. Initiated in 2007, the...
Feature
Green Initiative : Progress and Tasks Ahead
Faced with increasingly depleted resources and a global imperative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to address the risks of climate change, it is necessary for global economies to transition towards a sustainable economic paradigm.
Chinese Taipei¡¯s Green Initiatives
In October of 2010, the SME Ministers attending the APEC SME Ministerial Meeting approved the Green Initiative that had been proposed by the APEC SME Innovation Center (SMEIC) of Republic of Korea (Kim & Yang, 2011)...
APEC SMEIC News
  APEC SMEIC Completes Consulting in Peru and USA
  Korean Delegation Visits the US to Explore Areas of New Growth
  Green Business Center Opens in Jakarta