Removing Barriers to SME Access to International Markets

Removing Barriers to SME Access to International Markets
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2008-04-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9264045864

This book sheds light on facilitating SME internationalisation and also presents a synthesis of the Conference discussions and the main outcome of the Conference: the "Athens Action Plan for Removing Barriers to SME Access to International Markets".

SMEs in Mexico Issues and Policies

SMEs in Mexico Issues and Policies
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2007-03-14
Genre:
ISBN:

Assesses the comprehensive SME policies introduced by the Mexican Government during the past six years aimed at improving the efficiency and competitiveness of Mexican SMEs by reducing barriers to entrepreneurial activity.

Ensuring Quality to Gain Access to Global Markets

Ensuring Quality to Gain Access to Global Markets
Author: Martin Kellermann
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1464813728

In a modern world with rapidly growing international trade, countries compete less based on the availability of natural resources, geographical advantages, and lower labor costs and more on factors related to firms' ability to enter and compete in new markets. One such factor is the ability to demonstrate the quality and safety of goods and services expected by consumers and confirm compliance with international standards. To assure such compliance, a sound quality infrastructure (QI) ecosystem is essential. Jointly developed by the World Bank Group and the National Metrology Institute of Germany, this guide is designed to help development partners and governments analyze a country's quality infrastructure ecosystems and provide recommendations to design and implement reforms and enhance the capacity of their QI institutions.

Enhancing the Role of SMEs in Global Value Chains

Enhancing the Role of SMEs in Global Value Chains
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2008-10-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9264051031

This report identifies the ways in which governments, the business community, and international organisations can facilitate SMEs’ gainful participation in global value chains through policies, practices and targeted support programmes.

International Investment Perspectives 2007 Freedom of Investment in a Changing World

International Investment Perspectives 2007 Freedom of Investment in a Changing World
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2007-09-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9264037578

Contains two analytic sections. The first addresses an apparent growth in discriminatory practices toward cross-border investment in recent years motivated by concerns about national security and related essential concerns. The second section focuses on the new opportunities arising from FDI.

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in International Economic Law

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in International Economic Law
Author: Thilo Rensmann
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2017-06-09
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0192515152

International economic law, with its traditional focus on large multinational enterprises, is only slowly waking up to the new reality of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), entering the global marketplace. In the wake of the digital revolution, smaller companies now play an important role in the global economic landscape. In 2015 the UN expressly called for SMEs to have greater access to international trade and investment, and it is increasingly recognized that the integration of SMEs provides one of the keys to creating a more sustainable and inclusive global economy. As SMEs increasingly permeate transnational supply chains, so interactions between these companies and international economic law and policy proliferate. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in International Economic Law offers the first comprehensive analysis of the interaction between SMEs and international economic law. This book presents a broad international perspective, gathering together contributions by leading experts from academia, legal practice, and international organizations. It opens up a field of enquiry into this so far unexplored dynamic and provide a touchstone for future debate. The analysis covers a broad spectrum of international trade and investment law focusing on issues of particular interest to SMEs, such as trade in services, government procurement, and trade facilitation. Diverse perspectives illuminate regional developments (in particular within the EU) and the implications of mega-regional free trade agreements. The essays also examine questions of legitimacy of global economic governance; in particular, concerns surrounding the threat posed to the interests of domestic SMEs by the growing liberalization of international trade and investment. These essays constitute essential reading for practitioners and academics seeking to navigate a previously neglected trend in international economic law.

Business for Development Fostering the Private Sector

Business for Development Fostering the Private Sector
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2007-05-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9264034226

This book details the activities of the private sector in developing and emerging economies and demonstrates how these activities are inter-related with government policies.

Reforms for Stability and Sustainable Growth An OECD Perspective on Hungary

Reforms for Stability and Sustainable Growth An OECD Perspective on Hungary
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9264043772

EU accession in 2004 has confirmed Hungary’s successful transformation from a centrally planned economy into a functioning market economy operating within the framework of a multi-party democracy. However, the country’s output per capita is still ...

SMEs in Mexico Issues and Policies

SMEs in Mexico Issues and Policies
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2007-03-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9264031790

Assesses the comprehensive SME policies introduced by the Mexican Government during the past six years aimed at improving the efficiency and competitiveness of Mexican SMEs by reducing barriers to entrepreneurial activity.