performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We evaluate the effectiveness of regional, national and European funding … a significant positive effect on SMEs' export performance. For funding programs run by regional authorities, we find … similar though relatively smaller impacts on both innovation output and exporting. Bottom-up funding at the national level …

innovations. Small-sized firms experience stronger productivity effects. Productivity gains grow with scale among SMEs, but large …

In the present paper, various groups of innovating German SMEs are empirically identified according to their use (or …-oriented DUI group and the STI/DUI group. The corresponding findings confirm that SMEs innovate differently depending on the … learning modes among innovating SMEs relate to overall company performance. Our main observation is that each learning mode is …

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 analytics by SMEs, and illustrates policy approaches to foster data …-driven decision-making in SMEs. …

This paper presents targeted government policies for promoting training in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to … increase their contributions to economic development. It first discusses the role of SMEs in country development and the … special challenges facing SMEs in developing human resources. It then surveys some innovative, targeted policies for promoting …

Korean government has invested significant amount of resources through credit guarantee funds to promote SMEs survival …