Removing Barriers to SME Access to International Markets [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
OECD Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship.
APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2008.
Although SMEs are a major source of growth and job creation, SMEs appear to be under-represented in the international economy relative to their contribution in national and local economies. Two original OECD-APEC surveys investigated how SME policy makers and SMEs perceive the barriers to SME access to international markets. This proceedings presents a report on the results of the surveys, a synthesis of the conference discussions, and the main outcome of the conference: the Athens Action Plan for Removing Barriers to SME Access to International Markets.
CONTENTS; Executive Summary; Part I; Chapter 1. Background Report; Introduction; SMEs engaged in international activities: "the international SME"; Managing the "international SME": an example of analytical approach; Perceptions of barriers to SME internationalisation: two surveys; General conclusions and policy recommendations; Chapter 2. The Role of Trade Barriers in SME Internationalisation; Introduction; Trade barriers faced by SMEs: more evidence; Options for addressing trade barriers; Conclusions
Part II. Abridged Proceedings of the OECD-APEC Global Conferenceon Removing Barriers to SME Access to International MarketsChapter 3. Synopsis of Selected Speeches, Presentations andConclusions on Internal and External Barriers; Official Opening: Key Remarks from Speeches; Synthesis: Plenary Keynote Session; Synthesis: Workshop A: Internal Barriers to Internationalisation; Synthesis: Workshop B: External Barriers to Internationalisation; Closing Speeches from the Greek Authorities and the OECD; Annexes; Annex 1. Survey Data and Methodology; Annex 1.1. Definition of SMEs
Annex 1.2. List of Government Support ProgrammesAnnex 1.3. Member Economy Policymaker Survey; Annex 1.4. Survey of SME Perceptions of Barriers to theirInternationalisation; Annex 1.5. Classification of Barriers; Annex 1.6. Methodological Considerations; Annex 1.7. Responses to the Member Economy Policymaker Survey; Annex 1.8. Barriers as Perceived by Member Economies; Annex 1.9. Responses to SME Survey by OECD/APEC Economies; Annex 1.10. Complete Results from Likert-Scale Ranking; Annex 1.11. Complete Results from Top Ten Ranking; Annex 1.12. Differences in Perceived Barriers by Subgroups
Annex 1.13. Comments of SMEs on Usefulness of Government SupportAnnex 1.14. ANOVA Analysis of Barrier Assessment byExport Status; Annex 1.15. Match of Perceived Barriers; Annex 2. Trade Barrier Issues Reported in Previous Business Surveys; Annex 2.1. Trade Barrier Issues Reported in Previous Business Surveys; Annex 3. Supporting Material for the OECD-APEC GlobalConference on Removing Barriers to SME Access toInternational Markets
Annex 3.1. Conference Programme of the OECD-APECGlobal Conference on Removing Barriers to SME Accessto International Markets, held in Athens, Greeceon 6-8 November 2006Annex 3.2. The Athens Action Plan for Removing Barriers toSME Access to International Markets; Plan d'action d'Athènes pour la suppression des obstaclesà l'accès des PME aux marchés internationaux; Annex 3.3. Proposal for a BIAC-OECD Initiative to Facilitate SMEAccess to International Markets
Includes a background report for and presentations from a global conference organized by the OECD Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship in co-operation with the APEC SME Working Group, and held in Athens, Nov. 6-8, 2006.
Also available in French under the title: Supprimer les obstacles à l'accès des PME aux marchés internationaux.
Includes bibliographical references.
Although SMEs are a major source of growth and job creation, SMEs appear to be under-represented in the international economy relative to their contribution in national and local economies. Two original OECD-APEC surveys investigated how SME policy makers and SMEs perceive the barriers to SME access to international markets. This proceedings presents a report on the results of the surveys, a synthesis of the conference discussions, and the main outcome of the conference: the Athens Action Plan for Removing Barriers to SME Access to International Markets.
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