A comprehensive roadmap for the development of SMEs in Kazakhstan is suggested in this study. In doing so, Korea’s experience of economic development is explained and used as a benchmark.
An innovative business environment should first be achieved, as it furnishes enterprises with a stable base for development. Then, the government should establish and strengthen the institutional support system for SMEs. Practical support programs should also be provided and operated as the final measures for the development of SMEs.

Knowledge Sharing Program with Kazakhstan
Executive Summary

Chapter 01
Institutional Support System for SME-centered Enterprise Development

　Summary
　1. Introduction
　2. SMEs in Kazakhstan
　3. Foundation for the Activities of SMEs in Kazakhstan
　　3.1. Business Conditions for SME activities in Kazakhstan
　　3.2. Comprehensive Summary and Analysis
　4. Institutional Government Support System for SMEs in Kazakhstan
　　4.1. SME Support Agencies and Support Programs in Kazakhstan
　　4.2. Legal and Regulatory Framework for SMEs in Kazakhstan
　　4.3. Comprehensive Summary and Analysis
　5. Institutional Government Support System for SMEs in Korea
　　5.1. SME Policies Supporting SMEs
　　5.2. SME Policies Protecting SMEs in Korea
　　5.3. SME-related Administrative Entities in Korea
　　5.4. Comprehensive Summary and Analysis
　6. Desirable Institutional SME Support System for SME-centered Enterprise Development in Kazakhstan
　　6.1. Comprehensive Summary and Analysis
　　6.2. Suggestions to the Government of Kazakhstan
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Chapter 02
Innovation Strategy for Enterprise Development of Kazakhstan

　Summary
　1. Introduction
　　1.1. Necessity to Diversify into Manufacturing Industries in Kazakhstan
　　1.2. Importance of Innovation and Definitions
　2. Kazakhstan’s Innovation Strategy: Description and Evaluation
　　2.1. Kazakhstan’s Innovation Strategy
　　2.2. Evaluation of the Current State of Kazakhstan’s Innovation
　3. Korea’s Innovation Strategy
　　3.1. Innovation Strategy and Success of Korea
　　3.2. Technology Innovation by Period
　4. Implications on Innovation Strategy for Enterprise Development of Kazakhstan
　　4.1. Methods for Deriving Implications for Kazakhstan
　　4.2. Guidelines of Innovation Policy for Developing Countries
　　4.3. Implications of Korea’s Experiences for the Innovation Policy of Kazakhstan
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Chapter 03
Roadmap for Comprehensive Enterprise Development in Kazakhstan

　Summary
　1. Introduction
　2. Rationale for SME Development in Kazakhstan
　　2.1. Analysis of Kazakhstan’s Industrial Structure and Enterprise
　　2.2. Analysis of Ecosystem of SMEs
　　2.3. Plans of the Government of Kazakhstan
　3. Korea’s Experience of Industrial and Enterprise Development
　　3.1. Economic Performance of Korea
　　3.2. Circumstances of Korea in the 1960s
　　3.3. Korea's Strategy for Industrial Development as a Late Starter
　　3.4. Korea's Comprehensive and Concrete Industrial Development Strategy
　　3.5. Comparison of Circumstances between Korea and Kazakhstan in their Development Stages
　4. Policy Tasks for Enterprise Development in Kazakhstan
　　4.1. Business Environment for Enterprises in a Globalized Economy
　　4.2. Conditions for Enterprise Development in Kazakhstan
　　4.3. Improvement of Fundamental Conditions for Enterprise Development
　　4.4.Step-Wise Programs for Practical SME Support
　5. A Roadmap for Comprehensive Enterprise Development in Kazakhstan
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