Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2014
An OECD Scoreboard
Start-ups and small firms continue to face significant obstacles to fulfilling their potential to innovate, grow and create jobs, particularly when it comes to obtaining access to finance. With its 13 core indicators of debt, equity and general market conditions, complemented by a review of government policy measures, Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2014: An OECD Scoreboard documents these financing difficulties and monitors trends in 31 countries, along with government policy responses to deal with these challenges.
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Canada
In 2012 Canadian small businesses (1-99 employees) constituted 98.0% of all businesses and employed over 7.7 million individuals, which translates into 69.7% of the private sector labour force. Among those employees, 76.0% were employed in the services sector and 24.0% in the goods sector.
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