Manufacturing Strategies of Network-Based Small Firms: Observations on the Textile Industry in Taiwan

It is well recognized that small entrepreneurial firms play an important role in a nation's economic development. They are often sources of new ideas, materials, processes, and services that larger firms may be unable or reluctant to provide (Robbins 1994). Megginson et al. (1994) noted that people have a much higher opinion of small firms than of large firms, in part because a small firm is characterized by individual freedom, risk-taking,...