create the conditions to build back better. The OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Outlook 2021 brings new evidence on the impact … of the crisis and policy responses on SMEs and entrepreneurs. It reflects on longer-term issues, such as SME indebtedness … or SME role in more resilient supply chains or innovation diffusion. The report contains country profiles that benchmark …

The new OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Outlook presents the latest trends in performance of small and medium … for market conditions and SME access to strategic resources such as finance, skills, technology, data and other innovation … business and scaling up their activities. It also contains country profiles outlining the latest developments in national SME …

competitiveness of the SME sector—which comprises over 95% of all enterprises and accounts for two thirds of private sector employment …; SME access to financing, technology, innovation and international markets; women’s entrepreneurship; and local policy …

. This report presents comparative evidence on SME performance and trends, and on a broad range of policy areas and business … environment conditions that are important for small businesses. The analysis takes into account the multi-dimensionality of SME … policy objectives and the significant heterogeneity of the SME population, within and across countries. Data and indicators …

thematic issues such as access to finance for SMEs and entrepreneurs, SME participation in global markets, intellectual assets …