Asian economies. Meanwhile, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) make a small contribution to supply chain activity … also influence jo ining supply chains. The paper suggests that governments can facilit ate SMEs joining supply chains … through a market-oriented strategy for SMEs, modern physical infrastructure, streamlined bureaucratic procedures and good …

Interventions designed to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are popular among policy makers, given the role … SMEs play in job creation around the world. Business support interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are … often based on the assumption that market failures and institutional constraints impede the growth of SME growth …

firms and SMEs. To do that, we use detailed information of exported products by firms during the period 1995-2005. Our … our results suggest that this positive effect is only for SMEs. In terms of employment and sales, we find that export … product churning has positive effect on large firms and lower - and in some case negative - on SMEs. It seems that changes in …

EU-guaranteed loans to SMEs disbursed in France during the years 2002 to 2016. The study estimates the average treatment …-in-difference estimation, coarsened exact matching and propensity score analysis. On average, French SMEs benefitting from EU-guaranteed loans … significance of the effect is typically stronger for smaller and younger firms. Beneficiary SMEs also experienced 5% lower default …