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Trade and Market Access

Impediments to international SME activity (pdf 49kb)

This paper sets out a framework for monitoring the impediments to international activity by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), identifying ways to reduce these barriers where possible.

The paper explores:

Potential gains from greater SME trade and investment
What type of barriers exist
How SMEs currently deal with these barriers
A proposed framework for monitoring impediments

Resource link:
http://www.pecc.org/community/ papers/sme/ impediments_to_intl_sme.pdf
Published: Feb 2003
Source: Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (http://www.pecc.org)
Added to ADG on: 07 December 2005 , contributed by: ADG team
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