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Cusmano, Lucia - 2018

In the wake of the 2008-09 financial crisis, a number of European OECD countries introduced credit mediation schemes …, as a new, often temporary mechanism to help ease access to finance by SMEs. This report investigates the nature of credit … mediation and credit review schemes implemented in selected countries (i.e. Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland and Spain) in the …

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Business development and the growth of rural SMEs

Freshwater, David; Garcilazo-Corredera, José Enrique; … - 2019

The paper reviews the role of Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) as drivers of employment and economic growth in rural regions across a number of OECD geographies. It argues that SME creation is especially important for rural economic development and identified lessons for national level...

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Increasing social insurance coverage in Viet Nam's SMEs

Castel, Paulette; Pick, Alexander - 2018

Viet Nam has made significant progress in expanding social insurance coverage in recent years. However, coverage amongst small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remains very low and very few workers in this sector are expected to receive a pension in retirement. Drawing on two datasets for...

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The impact of international financial institutions on small and medium enterprises : the case of EIB lending in Central and Eastern Europe

Gereben, Áron; Rop, Anton; Petrièek, Matic; Winkler, … - 2019

Does IFI funding provide support to SMEs receiving such funding? We assess the impact of funding by the European Investment Bank (EIB) on the performance of 5,223 SMEs in eight countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) during 2008-2014. Our results, derived from propensity score matching and...

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Data analytics in SMEs : trends and policies

Bianchini, Marco; Michalkova, Veronika - 2019

The report contextualises the role of data analytics in the ongoing digital revolution and its potential for SME performance, including for enhancing SME productivity. It presents evidence on the use of data analytics in SMEs, discusses main internal and external barriers to the use of data...

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Enhancing SME productivity : policy highlights on the role of managerial skills, workforce skills and business linkages

Marchese, Marco; Giuliani, Elisa; Salazar-Elena, Juan Carlos - 2019

Based on an extensive review of the academic and policy literature, this paper focuses on the role of managerial skills, workforce skills and business linkages in enhancing SME productivity. The paper is structured as follows. First, it presents estimates on productivity gaps by firm size to...

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Workplace organisation and innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises

Lorenz, Edward H.; Potter, Jonathan - 2019

This paper examines the relationship between workplace organisation and innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It uses data for 30 countries, drawn from the European Company Survey, the OECD Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies and the Community...

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Blockchain for SMEs and entrepreneurs in Israel

Bianchini, Marco; Kwon, Insung - 2020

This report investigates the development of the Blockchain ecosystem in Israel, against the background of the SME and entrepreneurship structure and trends in the country. The report analyses in particular the characteristics and trends of companies introducing blockchain-based services in the...

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Helping SMEs internationalise through trade facilitation

Lopez Gonzalez, Javier; Sorescu, Silvia - 2019

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in generating economic activity and employment in developing and developed countries. However, partly due to remaining at-the-border trade costs, SMEs continue to be less represented in international trade – as direct exporters...

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Fostering participation in digital trade for ASEAN MSMEs

Lopez Gonzalez, Javier - 2019

This paper provides a broad overview of some of the issues that digital trade raises for ASEAN countries and its MSMEs, including new opportunities that digitalisation presents for ASEAN firms to increase trade. However, it shows that adoption of relatively simple digital tools, such as...

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