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Machine generated contents note: 1 East Asian SMEs: Contemporary Issues and Developments - An Overview -- Charles Harvie and Boon-Chye Lee -- 2 Profile of SMEs and SME Issues in East Asia -- Chris Hall -- 3 China's SMEs: Their Evolution and Future Prospects in an Evolving Market Economy -- Charles Harvie -- 4 The Limping Tiger: Problems in Transition for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Vietnam -- David Richards, Charles Harvie, Ha Nguyen and Nguyen Van Lan -- 5 SMEs and the New Economy: Philippine Manufacturing in the 1990s -- Edgard Rodriguez and Albert Berry -- 6 Old Policy Challenges for a New Administration: SMEs in Indonesia -- Hal Hill -- 7 An Overview of the Macroeconomic Contribution of Small and Medium Enterprises in Malaysia -- Moha Asri Abdullah -- 8 Policies for SME Recovery in Thailand -- Peter Brimble, David Oldfield and Manusavee Monsakul -- 9 Promoting SMEs in Korea: Government Response to the Asian Financial Crisis -- Gary D. Gregory -- 10 Government Policies and Programs for Small and Medium Enterprises in Taiwan -- Matt Ngui -- 11 Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Australia -- James Nguyen, Gary D. Gregory, Charles Harvie, Boon-Chye Lee -- and Matt Ngui -- 12 Japan: The Role of SMEs in the Mature Economy -- Keishi Sugiura -- 13 Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in New Zealand -- Heather Wilson and Nigel Haworth -- 14 Small and Medium Enterprises in Singapore and the New Economy -- Boon-Chye Lee and Wee-Liang Tan.