Download or read book The Role of Small and Medium sized Enterprises in the Mediterranean written by Committee of the Regions and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report has analysed the role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Mediterranean, with particular reference to the local and regional context in which they operate. It was argued that SMEs play a vital role in enhancing competition, entrepreneurship, employment growth, economy-wide efficiency, innovation, growth and the alleviation of poverty. However, the SME sector is, in general, weak and underdeveloped across the Mediterranean region. This is unfortunate because the region faces a large number of common challenges that a stronger SME sector would help to address. These challenges include: reversing the ill-effects of an uneven development process; increasing a generally low level of per capita income; (re)igniting the process of structural transformation that has stalled across the region; reducing the high levels of inequality; improving governance; and turning the daunting demographic projections into a force for positive transformation, rather than a potential source of increased poverty and instability. A strong and vibrant SME sector has the potential to play a major role in overcoming these challenges and act as the primary driver of development across the region. However, there are a large number of barriers to SME development across the region, with the report identifying three of the concerns most widely cited by businesses across the region, most of which are SMEs. First, difficulties in accessing finance are most widely cited as the number one constraint on doing business in the Mediterranean, a fact that is especially worrying given that recent evidence draws a strong and positive link between financial development and economic growth. Second, the public administrations of the region are also considered not always to be helpful when doing business, with red tape and an occasional lack of transparency, all seemingly problematic for many countries. Third, the inadequacy of key infrastructure, such as roads, power, water and telecommunications, is a widely cited concern for firms across the Mediterranean. The fact that the SME sector is so underdeveloped across the Mediterranean implies that there is considerable scope for improving the level of interaction and co-operation between local and regional authorities, on one hand, and SMEs - both existing firms and prospective entrants, on the other. Improving this interaction is essential because, in one of the paradoxes of globalisation, the competitiveness of national economies is often built upon geographically limited agglomerations, which are in turn often composed of large numbers of SMEs. Consequently, successful socio-economic development is nearly always built on local and regional foundations. Encouraging SMEs should provide a natural role for local and regional authorities that is both distinct from, and complementary to, broader national objectives. A number of key recommendations and proposals to improve the environment for SMEs were presented. The first major recommendation is to identify local and regional obstacles to entrepreneurship and SME development across the Mediterranean. Successfully identifying binding constraints on entrepreneurship will allow local and regional authorities to target the use of scarce resources in a more pragmatic and effective manner. While proposing the identification of local and regional binding constraints implies a tailored approach to the different regional circumstances, several general recommendations were made that appear to be important for the whole region. It was argued that local and regional efforts should be made to: alleviate access to finance constraints for SMEs; facilitate the internationalisation of SMEs; create local development agencies; promote and build skills and motivations for entrepreneurship and SME development; and encourage youth entrepreneurship. ARLEM has a vital function to perform in helping to foster an environment conducive to the development of a vibrant SME sector in the Southern Mediterranean and to act as a coordinator and facilitator between key stakeholders -- EU Bookshop.
Download or read book The Role of Small and Medium Local Enterprises in Regional Development written by August Cornelius Marinus van Westen and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Role of Small and Medium Local Enterprises in Regional Development written by August Cornelis Marinus Westen and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Role of Regional Development Agencies in Entrepreneurial and Rural Development Emerging Research and Opportunities written by Vemi?, Milan B. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-12-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investors are instrumental in the development of new businesses and can be a key component of future success. However, for business ventures outside the general urban environment, communicating with potential sponsors may be difficult. Role of Regional Development Agencies in Entrepreneurial and Rural Development: Emerging Research and Opportunities explores the theoretical and practical aspects of regional economic development and applications within entrepreneurship and provides guidance on how to establish the agencies and implement sustainable development. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as leadership management, organization culture, and socio-economic systems, this book is ideally designed for entrepreneurs, developers, small and medium enterprises, business associations, bankers, financial organizations, researchers, business professionals, academicians, and students.
Download or read book OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Outlook 2021 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs have been hit hard during the COVID-19 crisis. Policy responses were quick and unprecedented, helping cushion the blow and maintain most SMEs and entrepreneurs afloat. Despite the magnitude of the shock, available data so far point to sustained start-ups creation, no wave of bankruptcies, and an impulse to innovation in most OECD countries.
Download or read book Small and Medium Size Enterprises and Regional Development written by Maria Giaoutzi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, originally published in 1988, analyzes the regional importance of small and medium sized enterprises, supplmenting a discussion of key issues in both regional development and th eeconomics of small firms with a wide range of national case studies from Sweden, the Netherlands, the UK, Greece, Spain, Israel and Indonesia.
Download or read book Local Economic and Employment Development LEED Culture and Local Development written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2005-04-21 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication highlights the impact of culture on local economies and the methodological issues related to its identification.
Download or read book SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Canada written by Collectif and published by OECD. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SMEs and entrepreneurs make an important contribution to the Canadian economy. SMEs account for 60% of total employment, and Canada performs very well across many measures of small business generation, growth and innovation. However, further increases in productivity in medium-sized firms, an increase in SME exports, a greater business start-up rate and an increased number of high-growth firms could bring substantial benefits for the national economy. This report identifies several areas where new policy approaches could help achieve these objectives. Framework conditions for small business could be improved in business taxation, public procurement, access to financing and the commercialisation of research. New and extended programmes could be introduced in domains including entrepreneurship education, management advice and consultancy, and workforce skills development. A major effort is recommended to prioritise women's entrepreneurship, including by supporting social enterprises, and federal support could be offered to support the exchange of information on best practice SME regulations and programmes among provinces and territories. All this could be brought together and co-ordinated through the umbrella of a national strategy and a lead agency for SME and entrepreneurship policy.
Download or read book Networks of Enterprises and Local Development written by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and published by OECD. This book was released on 1996 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Outlook 2005 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2005-07-21 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes recent trends concerning SMEs and entrepreneurship in OECD economies and beyond discussing innovation, regulatory burdens, entrepreneurship education, access to financing, and women's entrepreneurship. Includes a statistical annex.
Download or read book Small and Medium size Enterprises in Economic Development written by Sidney Winter and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1995 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Small and Medium Enterprises in Transitional Economies written by Robert J. McIntyre and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-09-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the new small and medium enterprises (SME) sector is emerging as one of the driving forces in transition economies, little is known about the conditions behind its successful development or about policies that could facilitate its expansion. This unique book explores the complex relationship between the growth of the SME sector and the current policies and institutional, historical and cultural forces that shape its fate.
Download or read book Regional Development Policy and Small Medium Enterprises Financial Performance written by Stuart Locke and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper reports on an investigation into the potential to use the financial ratios of New Zealand small businesses to discriminate their location as an aid in the accurate targeting of regional economic development programs. To the extent that there are clearly identifiable differences in performance and financial structure for urban and rural firms this could be significant for small business policy development and the efficient implementation of strategies. An expanded awareness of the role of small business in employment generation and sustainable economic growth has resulted in more government attention being directed toward the sector. As government becomes more active in working for and with small business it is important that scarce resources should not be wasted but directed toward gaining the best pay-off. The paper discusses the data sources, the statistical testing, the results, and the interpretation of the findings and finally a range of policy implications.
Download or read book Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Development written by Bruno Dallago and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the nature and role of entrepreneurship in modern developed and emerging economies and societies, its relation to governments and universities, and its role in the often-forgotten informal economy. The aim is to position entrepreneurship in the post-crisis context and explore how its relation to universities and governments contributes to explain the countries’ and territories’ growth performance and resilience or vulnerability to the crisis. The accent is particularly on processes and patterns at local level and in small and medium-sized enterprises in local economic systems and districts, local systems of innovation, and the types and configurations of innovation these give origin to. With globalization, entrepreneurship has become fundamental for the competitiveness of territories and countries, for policy management and for development. The local dimension is fundamental because of agglomeration economies and effects, the advantages of proximity and the nature of knowledge and information. Furthermore, territories carry to the centre-stage tacit knowledge, localized social capital, embeddedness and interpersonal relations as fundamental components of their endogenous socio-economic development and competitiveness. When local systems are connected in a horizontal network, they contribute to the strength of national and international systems. To play a constructive role from this perspective, entrepreneurship must avoid local entrenchment and support the local economy to upgrade and be competitive. To do this, the entrepreneurs’ interaction and alliance with universities and governments is a must for those countries and localities wanting to emerge. This requires that enterprises, universities and governments create synergies and spill-overs to their mutual advantage.
Download or read book Small and Medium Size Enterprises and Regional Development written by Maria Giaoutzi and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Outlook 2019 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Outlook presents the latest trends in performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and provides a comprehensive overview of business conditions and policy frameworks for SMEs and entrepreneurs. This year’s edition provides comparative evidence on business dynamism, productivity growth, wage gaps and export trends by firm size across OECD countries and emerging economies.
Download or read book Business Networks written by Udo H. Staber and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 1996 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "Business Networks".
