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What Is East Asia SMEBIF –
East Asia SME Business Forum?
 

Continuing the inaugural edition last year, this is now an annual signature highlight event of SME International that personifies the mission of SME International in “Breaking the Boundaries”.

This is the most anticipated meeting of leading SME Entrepreneurs in the fastest growing region in the world that charter the most competitive route map forward. From another prospective, it is simply “networking international aplenty” – the best platform for SME to stay competitive on a regional basis.
 
SMEBIF Therefore Aims to:
  • Bridge the SME in East Asia to connect, identify and explore prospects in the regional markets;
  • Poll the resources of SME in the East Asian region for common good;
  • Facilitate SME’s acquisition and exchange of new skills, knowledge and know how in view of the prevailing regional trends in East Asia;
  • Empower SME regionally for international business with meaningful network and supports;
  • Maintain and harness the strengths and features of SME in the region to take on global trade liberalization;
  • Facilitate commerce and trade between the communities within the East Asia region;
  • Explore intra and inter East Asia business and investment opportunities;
  • Bring forward the enormous investment potential of East Asia; and
  • Provide an interactive platform to the industry and business in the region to showcase business potential in their respective state.
East Asia is entering a phase of positive economic development and economic stability driven not only by its conglomerates but propelled by the many SME proliferated on a much lower profile.

The challenges therefore are to maintain sustainable financial stability and to develop the capital and securities markets so as to broaden the range of financial services available particularly the “Small Cap” that is vital for the continuing development of SME.

Thriving on the network model of business and its flexible combination of creativity as well as operational efficiency to the demand of both local and abroad, SME in East Asia has generally recorded strong growth in recent years.

This growth, however robust it may seems, is continuously being challenged. SMEBIF is therefore timely for entrepreneurs to pool the innovative thinking to ease such challenges on an annual basis with or without the economic reform. Strong financial policies and macroeconomic stability are the common and achievable priorities of the East Asian region that can further enhance the unique East Asian economic to be driven instead by the SME.
 
Why SME International?
Unassumingly supporting the business conglomerates, SME are also the key foundations for the industrial thrust. Taking cognizance of their strategic importance, SME must demonstrate their dynamism by capitalizing on the opportunities of the New Knowledge Based Economy.

With the advent of globalization, the building of strong business networks worldwide for international trade and collaboration in the global marketplace is therefore an immediate goal of the SME to go beyond its jurisdiction.

It is consistent with such vision in providing a strategic platform for global networking, SME International is formed both strategically and timely.

With SME International, SME shall have ready resources and support at their disposal to sustain and benefit from the rapid economic growth anticipated worldwide, thus ensuring their full participation in the New Economic that emphasizing on value adding and the challenges of “de-commoditization”.

Through SME International, SME can also form strategic alliances around the world that smooth information exchange and sharing of the local know-how and experience.

Simply,SME International “Breaking the Boundaries”! www.smeinternational.org