An online survey was conducted between December 2010 and January 2011 amongst managers of small and medium enterprises. The database consisted of 35 000 people and they received the test 4 times. Those who replied got a free personalized evaluation of 2–3 pages. 850 tests were filled out and...

The article provides an overview of the structures to support small business in Russia. Particular attention is paid to issues of consultancy support to small and medium enterprises. Displaying the virtual absence of marketing support for competitiveness and customer orientation.

The organization management and the coordination of the processes that characterize the problem of enterprise relationships with its clients, especially under the pressure of a highly competitive market economy, require from the involved factors a good knowledge of the realities. Achieving such...

Statements emphasizing the major contribution of the small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) for net job creation are quite frequent. Concerning the current definition of SMEs provided by the European Commission (EC), this paper makes a first attempt to approximate SMEs’ contribution to net...