The evolution of SME policy: the case of New Zealand

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dc.citation.issue1
dc.citation.volume6
dc.contributor.authorJurado T
dc.contributor.authorBattisti M
dc.date.available2019-01-17
dc.date.issued2019-01-17
dc.description.abstractBuilding on policy process theories, this study constructs a meaningful historical narrative that explains the developments in small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) policy in New Zealand during the period 1978–2008 that marked the point where SME policy was firmly institutionalized as a subsystem within the wider economic policy framework. Temporality is a key characteristic of the policy process and historical accounts are an important means of describing how the process unfolds over time. The enquiry draws on archival sources as well as the personal accounts by individuals who were directly involved in SME policy development. Findings illustrate how the role of SMEs as a policy subsystem develops within an overarching economic policy framework. More specifically, we identify the periods of stability and those of change and what the role of actors, context and events is in this process by highlighting the complexity and interrelated nature of SME policy development. At the time of writing, the foundations of globalization are being called into question. Together with the ever faster rate of technological change, these are important pillars in the predominant political discourses that underpinned the formulation of SME policy during the period of this study. Understanding how SME policy was developed in the past could lead to a better understanding of the role of SME in this new world. As new policy is developed, this study brings to the fore the dynamics of institutional context, policy actors and stakeholders, and the impact they have on policy outcomes.
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dc.format.extent32 - 54
dc.identifier.citationRegional Studies, Regional Science, 2019, 6 (1), pp. 32 - 54
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/21681376.2018.1562368
dc.identifier.elements-id419543
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn2168-1376
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Group
dc.relation.isPartOfRegional Studies, Regional Science
dc.rights© 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.subjectinstitutional theory
dc.subjectSME policy
dc.subjectpunctuated equilibrium theory
dc.subjectmultiple streams theory
dc.subjectadvocacy coalition framework
dc.subject.anzsrc1205 Urban and Regional Planning
dc.subject.anzsrc1402 Applied Economics
dc.subject.anzsrc1604 Human Geography
dc.titleThe evolution of SME policy: the case of New Zealand
dc.typeJournal article
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