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SMEs are more important than you think! Challenges and opportunities for EU exporting SMEs
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Cernat, Lucian Norman-López, Ana Ana, Duch T-Figueras |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | This paper highlights the heterogeneity among SMEs exporting outside the EU across EU Member States and reviews how barriers facing SMEs can be tackled trade policy discussions. With over 600,000 goods exporting SMEs (over 80% of the total number of EU goods exporting firms) accounting for one third of total EU exports and employing over 6 million people in Europe, EU exporting SMEs play a non-negligible role in EU trade performance. However, SMEs have an untapped export potential, given the intrinsic and trade-specific hurdles that SMEs still face. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2014/september/tradoc_152792.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
