Session 4 - Joint Plenary 1
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Session 4 - Joint Plenary 1 |
| OPENING ADDRESSES - 08.30 - 09.00 Prof
Richard Barnett, Vice-Chancellor, & President, Government Ministers from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland An Irish entrepreneurial experience Terence
Brannigan, Chief Executive Officer, Our vision is to be the leading support services organisation in Great Britain and Ireland Northern Irelands Business Personality of the Year 2007 Contributed most to the local business sector and the local economy as a whole Short-listed for the Ernst & Young Irish Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2008 Session 4 Joint Plenary 1 (with ISBE) 09.00-10.30
SME Policy & Practice: what have we learnt?
Session Chair: Prof David Storey, SME Centre, University of Warwick, UK Topic: Assessing the impact of Enterprise and SME Policy - OECD Framework for policy evaluation The importance of evaluation The techniques of evaluation The political economy of evaluation Dr
Robert S Q Lai, Director General, Topic: Taiwan SME Policy Formulation and Development Strategies SME status in Taiwan Government policies Key measures for SMEs development in Taiwan Mr
William J. Dennis, Jr., Senior Research Fellow, Topic: What Policy is important to Small Business and What Policy is not? Real Impacts vs. Trivia Environment vs. Support The Political Big Leagues vs. the Political Bush Leagues Prof
Lois Stevenson, Research Fellow, Topic: The Evolution of SME Policy and its Practice in Different Contexts From SME Policy to Entrepreneurship Policy? Deciding on policy options and choices SME/entrepreneurship policy development in developing versus developed economy contexts
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