SME policy index : Western Balkans and Turkey. 2012 : progress in the implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe / OECD, European Commission, ETF, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
1 online resource (291 pages) : color illustrations
Contents
Executive summary -- Key findings of the Small Business Act assessment -- Scores and methodology -- Overview of the SBA assessment process and SME sector -- Part I. Small Business Act assessment -- Chapter 1. Entrepreneurial learning and women's entrepreneurship -- Chapter 2. Bankruptcy and second chance for SMEs -- Chapter 3. Regulatory framework for SME policy making -- Chapter 4. Operational environment for SMEs -- Chapter 5. Support services for SMEs and public procurement -- Chapter 6. Access to finance for SMEs -- Chapter 7. Standards and technical regulations -- Chapter 8. Enterprise skills and innovation -- Chapter 9. SMEs in a green economy -- Chapter 10. Internationalisation of SMEs -- Part II. Profiles of the EU pre-accession region -- Chapter 11. SBA profile: Albania -- Chapter 12. SBA profile: Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Chapter 13. SBA profile: Croatia -- Chapter 14. SBA profile: Kosovo* -- Chapter 15. SBA profile: The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia -- Chapter 16. SBA profile: Montenegro -- Chapter 17. SBA profile: Serbia -- Chapter 18. SBA profile: Turkey -- AnnexA. OECD company survey -- Annex B. Overview of the sub-national SBA assessment -- Annex C. Small Business Act assessment framework -- Annex D. List of SBA Co-ordinators
Summary
Part I of this book provides a comparative overview across the region for SME policy development in 10 thematic areas. Part II provides a series of country profiles presenting analysis of the particular situation of the SME sector and the SME policy environment in every partner country. Part III provides a comparative overview across the region on the level of SME policy development in 10 thematic areas at the sub-national levels and provides country-specific analysis of the particular situation of the SME sector and the SME policy environment in every partner country at sub-national level. Annexes provide a list of abbreviations, an assessment grid and a list of SBA coordinators
