comparison to the past, if a selection of top R&D-investing SMEs were assumed to be on a fast growth track while the top R …&D-investing large-scale companies continue to grow as before. The background of this research objective is the emerging focus on SMEs …, building there from an unbalanced panel. Scenarios were developed by distinguishing SMEs' assumed growth paths vs. that of …

depends on making SMEs, which account for 87% of employment, more dynamic. The productivity gap between large firms and SMEs … SMEs. …

-and-acquisition market and foster entrepreneurship. A creative economy also depends on making SMEs, which account for 87% of employment, more … government funding programmes, which discourage the expansion of SMEs. The growth of small firms also depends on resolving labour …

Making SMEs and start-ups a driver of growth and job creation requires a number of policies to improve the performance … of SMEs, whose labour productivity in the manufacturing sector has fallen to less than a third of that in large companies …. The large-scale support for SMEs should shift from supporting the survival of firms to raising productivity. Measures to …