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The morphology of small and medium enterprises |
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Authors: |
Skordili, Sophia Kalogeresis, Athanasios |
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Abstract: |
Chapter 4, attempts to define SMEs, shows their geographical distribution and socio-economic significance and presents the broad morphology of main types of SMEs. The first section comments on the significant difficulties that prevent the formulation of a comprehensive and widely applicant definition of SMEs. SMEs are characterised by obvious qualitative characteristics which are problematic, if impossible, to be valued and collected for large surveys. Therefore, both national and international organizations define SMEs solely on the basis of quantitative data, mainly on the basis of employment criterion. The second section presents the international map of SMEs with a focus on the EU countries. Their economic and social contribution is important in every country, particularly in developing countries, if the extensive activity of SMEs in the informal sector is also taken into account. The concluding section attempts to outline the main characteristics of widespread types of SMEs that fall into two broad typologies. The first, based on the purpose of creating the business, comprises of four SMEs types: entrepreneurial SMEs, wage-substituting SMEs, lifestyle SMEs and social SMEs. The second, on the basis of how to access the market, distinguishes three types of enterprises: SMEs that have direct access to the market, subcontracting SMEs and SMEs that adopt the model of franchise.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Mavridi, Emona - Angeliki |
Graphic Editors: |
Avgoustiniatou, Anna |
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Chapter |
Creation Date: | 21-11-2024 |
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License: |
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/14189 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Skordili, S., & Kalogeresis, A. (2024). The morphology of small and medium enterprises [Chapter]. In Skordili, S., & Kalogeresis, A. 2024. Spatial Dimensions of Small Entrepreneurship [Postgraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/14189 |
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Greek |
Is Part of: |
Spatial Dimensions of Small Entrepreneurship |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |