en Measurement and Comparison of Industrial Infrastructure of SMEs among Iranian Provinces تخصصي Special گزارش مورد case report <p><span font-size:="" new="" style="font-family: " times=""><font color="#000000">The creation of small manufacturing enterprises is considered by many governments and donor agencies, as the key to economic and social development in countries regardless of development level. Furthermore, review of the literature show evidence that SMEs are understood as a source of technology development. At the same time they are vulnerable to a number of restrictions such as access to finances, skilled labor, public support and suffer from survival rate problems. First, this research aims to shed lights on the role that small manufacturing enterprises play in the process of industrial and economic development across provinces of Iran. Second, the status of industrial infrastructure is investigated. The data is used to estimate parametrically and non-parametrically a number of composite infrastructure indices to investigate the capacity, resource, education, credit and capital assets components. Finally based on the findings, lessons and conclusion, guidelines for policy formulation will be suggested. For our study, use of sub-indices and a new composite of Development Infrastructure Index (DII) can help provinces to evaluate their status of industrial infrastructure. </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; tab-stops: 389.85pt;"><span font-size:="" new="" style="font-family: " times=""><font color="#000000">The creation of small manufacturing enterprises is considered by many governments and donor agencies, as the key to economic and social development in countries regardless of development level. Furthermore, review of the literature show evidence that SMEs are understood as a source of technology development. At the same time they are vulnerable to a number of restrictions such as access to finances, skilled labor, public support and suffer from survival rate problems. First, this research aims to shed lights on the role that small manufacturing enterprises play in the process of industrial and economic development across provinces of Iran. Second, the status of industrial infrastructure is investigated. The data is used to estimate parametrically and non-parametrically a number of composite infrastructure indices to investigate the capacity, resource, education, credit and capital assets components. Finally based on the findings, lessons and conclusion, guidelines for policy formulation will be suggested. For our study, use of sub-indices and a new composite of Development Infrastructure Index (DII) can help provinces to evaluate their status of industrial infrastructure. </font></span></p> Small manufacturing enterprises, Development infrastructure Index, Iranian Provinces, Principal Components Analysis Small manufacturing enterprises, Development infrastructure Index, Iranian Provinces, Principal Components Analysis 7 26 http://jiems.khu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-24-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohammad Rahimpour Mohammad Rahimpour mrehimpoor@gmail.com 100319475328460099 100319475328460099 Yes Kharazmi University Almas Heshmati Almas Heshmati Almas.Heshmati@gmail.com 1003194753284600100 1003194753284600100 No Sogang University, Seoul, Korea and Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping, Sweden