The heterogeneity and highly diverse nature of the SMEs population represent a core challenge for SME policy frameworks …. This paper discusses if and how typologies can help policy makers to better understand the wide diversity of SMEs and …

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) show structural shortcomings with regard to the development of international … markets. Thus, it is the explicit goal of foreign trade promotion to foster the degree of internationalisation of SMEs. Yet …, empirical research whether foreign trade promotion helps SMEs to overcome barriers to internationalisation is quite rare. Our …

faced by manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nepal, a landlocked least developed country, in … firm-level information, with qualitative primary data. It finds that Nepal lacks a concrete policy framework for SMEs, let … tailored to, the needs of SMEs. Incentives granted in one legislation being repealed through another has created policy …

estimates on productivity gaps by firm size to show that, while SMEs are on average less productive than large companies …