East Asian small and medium business enterprises(SMEs) are examined in this journal special issue.This region is afocusbecause of its high economic growth rate compared to other parts ofthe world over the past quarter century. The contribution of East Asian SMEs toemployment growth...

This paper examines various aspects of total factor productivity across different firm sizes in Japan. It shows that larger firms have higher total factor productivity levels and growth than smaller firms. There are, however, some exceptions to this pattern especially in the electric machinery...