P. Braidford
Providing business support to SMEs – how to encourage firms’ engagement
Braidford, P.; Stone, I.
Authors
I. Stone
Abstract
While most governments operate a support system for SMEs aiming to encourage improved business performance, there is a widespread problem of having such firms engage with schemes of this kind. This policy issue is tackled here through work to develop a better understanding of SMEs’ attitudes towards the accessing and use of support programmes with a view to their business objectives being achieved. A typology of SMEs based on past interactions with the support system is identified, and consideration given to the way in which this inf luences their attitude to public (and private) support; as well as the way in which the recession has affected use and attitudes.
Citation
Braidford, P., & Stone, I. (2016). Providing business support to SMEs – how to encourage firms’ engagement. Zarządzanie Publiczne, 38(4), 45-61. https://doi.org/10.15678/zp.2016.38.4.04
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 3, 2016 |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Jul 11, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | Zarządzanie publiczne : zeszyty naukowe Instytutu Spraw Publicznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. |
Print ISSN | 1896-0200 |
Electronic ISSN | 2084-3968 |
Publisher | Jagiellonian University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 38 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 45-61 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.15678/zp.2016.38.4.04 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1353494 |
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