| Clusterkraft e-Newsletter (Vol.27)
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NATIONAL Making SME clusters IT-enabled for prosperity The Additional Secretary and Development Commissioner for Small Scale
Industries, Union Government said, 'Time is ripe to take some positive
steps to give thrust for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sector. Addressing
a seminar on 'IT for SME manufacturing', organised by the Federation of
Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in the city recently,
he said, 'IT has now become a recipe for the development of many manufacturing
clusters, which remained unorganised for years. Only a few of the SME
sector were IT-enabled. The impact of information technology is showing
some signs of growth in manufacturing sectors.' More... Brazil Beats India in Adoption of Information & Communications Technology in SME clusters NASSCOM has adopted a cluster development model where they will be collaborating with industry clusters to firstly identify the IT adoption challenges in the cluster and secondly prepare recommendations and action plans to address the user concerns. As part of this strategy, they are currently working with the auto component manufacturing industry. Going forward in 2007, they will be targeting other clusters including textiles, leather, agriculture, retail etc which have low IT adoption. The comparative study that they did targeted manufacturing firms in six key verticals namely auto-components, soaps and detergents, electrical components, machine tools, wearing apparels and plastic products. More... Texprocil expresses concern over non-extension of TUF scheme for clusters The cotton textiles export promotion council (Texprocil) has expressed
deep concern over suggestions that the government at the highest levels
may not grant an extension to the Textile Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS),
Shri Prem Malik, Chairman, Texprocil stated in a press release. The suggestion
has sent shockwaves in the textile industry both amongst the manufacturers
and exporters as the TUF scheme which launched in 1999 had provided a
fresh lease of life to the textile industry which was now coming into
its own, after facing severe restrictions for years both in the domestic
and international areas. More... Capacity building seminar, workshop for SMEs held IN Philippines Recent years have witnessed a major increase in Jordan's exports to new markets through capitalising on various trade agreements, which Jordan enjoys with many countries. The US market has topped the list as being the major destination for many Jordanian exports through benefiting from the Jordan-US Free Trade Agreement, the Qualified Industrial Zones and the Generalised System of Preference. The diversification and high standards of products and services offered by Jordanian entrepreneurs have contributed to an increase in demand worldwide and the commitment of the government through taking steps towards a market-oriented economy and placing increased emphasis on the private sector. More... ICT needs of SME clusters Most technology vendors are still having trouble figuring out what the
small and medium enterprise user looks like. After imagination comes investigation.
Cisco, for example, recently released the fifth annual Net Impact study,
where it commissioned research firm Illuminas to survey a number of Canadian
SMEs about their buying habits. The good news: apparently they’re
buying lots of networking products! The bad news: they’re starting
to look a lot more like enterprises, which will not necessarily make the
job of vendors any easier. More... Namibian SME clusters think that ICT Can Be Too Expensive The high cost of Information Communication Technology (ICT) is seriously
hampering the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in many
African countries including Namibia. This is contained in research done
by Nepru and Research ICT Africa on the impact of ICTs on private sector
development and how ICTs can contribute to a vibrant SME sector as well
as economic growth in the context of developing countries. More... Moving Towards an ICT Literate SME Workforce in Brunei Saudi Arabia to start National Industrial Cluster Development
Program ARTICLES Steps to make Turkish clusters globally competitive and knowledge-based One of the greatest challenges of globalization is economic -- in particular,
the re- emergence of India and China as global players. These countries
(which together with Russia and Brazil form the BRIC) will step up the
spread of globalization and its benefits -- probably not to the pleasure
of todays developed countries, though. Turkey has much to gain in this
process only if it can become an economy that is knowledge based and globally
competitive. The competitive advantage of India in the Demand Economy By
Harish Bijoor Nurture new technology and innovation, stay competitive Disclaimer: This newsletter is published by clusters.org , a portal dedicated to Cluster Development Professionals. It aims at creating a platform and a resource for networking of Cluster Development Professionals. This email and the attached newsletter are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the members who have subscribed to it. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and primary and secondary data sources and do not necessarily represent those of ‘Clusterkraft.' If you are not the intended recipient of this email and the newsletter, you must take no action based upon them, nor must you copy or show them to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email by mistake. If you want to unsubscribe from our mailing list, you can do so by replying to this mail with the subject as “unsubscribe”. Or click on the link below. |