OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Outlook 2019
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. It explores the implications of digitalisation and globalisation for market conditions and SME access to strategic resources such as finance, skills, technology, data and other innovation assets. The report gives comparative analysis of regulatory frameworks and policies to enhance contributions by SMEs and entrepreneurs, and delivers a forward-looking perspective on the opportunities and challenges SMEs and entrepreneurs face in doing business and scaling up their activities. It also contains country profiles outlining the latest developments in national SME performance and business conditions, with expanded country profiles available on line.
Also available in: French
Executive Summary
As the predominant form of business and employment, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are key actors for building more inclusive and sustainable growth, increasing economic resilience and improving social cohesion. In fact, across the OECD, SMEs account for about 60% of employment and between 50% and 60% of value added and are the main drivers of productivity in many regions and cities. Yet, smaller firms face long-standing size-related barriers in dealing with stringent business conditions or accessing strategic resources. In practice, SMEs are a major target of public policy, and they are central to the policy agenda of many governments seeking responses to the challenges raised by globalisation and digitalisation.
Also available in: French
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