The authors document the assistance given by Durham University Business School (DUBS) from 1988–94 to small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK in order to increase their export capabilities. The assistance provided has been in the form of seven training programmes which included the provision of additional resources to participating companies (eg people, contacts, sources of information and financial assistance). They also describe a current initiative designed to increase SMEs' access to global markets, international training opportunities and worldwide resources.
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References
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Professor D. Hunt, Centre for Training Policy, University College, Cork, 25th European Small Business Seminar, 1995.
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This is described elsewhere in this issue: RobsonE.H., ‘Linking small firms with higher education: TCS initiatives', Industry and Higher Education, Vol 10, No 21996, pp 103–108.
