The paper examines how SMEs in sectors where online platforms play a significant role deal with the resulting situation and investigates to what extent cooperative approaches are perceived as a tool to reduce dependencies. For this purpose, the Viennese hotel sector was examined, as a high...

Two far-reaching developments have increased the trade opportunities for SMEs in developing countries. Firstly, the rise of the internet and advances in ICT have reduced trade-related information and communication costs. Secondly, the international fragmentation of production has increased the...