An online survey was conducted between December 2010 and January 2011 amongst managers of small and medium enterprises. The database consisted of 35 000 people and they received the test 4 times. Those who replied got a free personalized evaluation of 2–3 pages. 850 tests were filled out and...

The article provides an overview of the structures to support small business in Russia. Particular attention is paid to issues of consultancy support to small and medium enterprises. Displaying the virtual absence of marketing support for competitiveness and customer orientation.

The organization management and the coordination of the processes that characterize the problem of enterprise relationships with its clients, especially under the pressure of a highly competitive market economy, require from the involved factors a good knowledge of the realities. Achieving such...

The aim of this paper is to study the differential effects of the public programs that provide financial aid to small and medium enterprises during times of crisis in Spain. We use different methods to control for potential selection bias. Our results show that the effects of these programs are...

This article presents an analysis of the impact of virtualization process on competitiveness of small and medium sized firms. The developed methodology for measuring the level of organizational virtualness has been effectively applied to a wide range of businesses, both large and the smallest...