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Providing business support to SMEs – how to encourage firms’ engagement

Braidford, P.; Stone, I.

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Authors

P. Braidford

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
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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