声明
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ABSTRACT
摘要
CONTENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
1．1 Background of the Study
1．1．1 Definition of Small and Medium Enterprise
1．1．2 Statement of the Problem
1．1．3 Significance of the Study
1．1．4 Scope and Limitations of the Study
1．1．5 Objectives of the Thesis／Study
1．2 Organization of the thesis
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW
1．2 Understanding the concept of technological innovation
1．2．1 Classification of technological innovation
1．2．2 Diffusion of Innovation Theory
1．2．3 Choice of Technology，labor absorption，and employment generation
1．3 Importance of Education on SME Innovation
1．3．1 Business development service globally and in Malawi
1．3．2 Understanding the meaning and dimensions of Growth
CHAPTER THREE BACKGROUND OF SME’S IN MALAWI
3．1 Advantage of Technological Innovation on SMEs
3．2 Development and Operations of SMEs
3．3 SME Distribution(SMEs by Sector)
3．4 Support Services to SMEs in Malawi
3．5 SME Environment in Malawi
3．5．1 Legal and Regulatory Environment
3．5．2 MSME Regulatory Framework
3．5．3 MSME policy strategy-The Implementation framework
3．6 Government and Other Institutional Involvement and Contribution
CHAPTER FOUR RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
4．1 Introduction
4．2 Research design
4．2．1 Survey Coverage
4．2．2 Sample Size
4．2．3 Interview Layout
4．2．4 Questionnaire Design
4．3 Research approach
4．4 Research methodology choice
4．4．1 Data Processing，Analysis，and Interpretation
CHAPTER FIVE FINDINGS AND RESULTS
5．1 Introduction
5．2 Demographics of respondents
5．3 Analyses of Technical Innovation Impact on SMEs
5．3．1 Interview Results and Findings
5．3．2 Questionnaire Results and Findings
5．4．1 Interview Outcomes
5．4．2 Questionnaire Results and Findings
5．5 Recommended by SMEs and Institutions
5．6 Empirical results
5．6．1 Descriptive statistics
5．6．2 Regression results
CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
6．1 Conclusion
6．2 Recommendations
REFERENCES
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