A CHARACTHERIZATION OF PORTUGUESE SME COMPARING EUROPEAN UNION - CASE STUDY ABOUT SETÚBAL REGION

Jorge Jose Martins Rodrigues (), Maria Teresa Gomes Valente Da Costa () and Henrique Manuel Pimentel Reis ()
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Jorge Jose Martins Rodrigues: Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, High School of Management, Management and Economic Department, Campus do IPS, Estefanilha, SETÚBAL, Portugal
Maria Teresa Gomes Valente Da Costa: Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, High School of Management, Management and Economic Department, Campus do IPS, Estefanilha, SETÚBAL, Portugal
Henrique Manuel Pimentel Reis: Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, High School of Management, Management and Economic Department, Campus do IPS, Estefanilha, SETÚBAL, Portugal

JOURNAL STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABES-BOLYAI NEGOTIA, 2007

Abstract: Considering the European Union definition for Small and Medium Enterprises and their importance in EU economy we refer the most relevant matters of this kind of companies in the European development. Next step broaches the importance of Portuguese SME for the domestic economy, referring their social and economic role, as well its weight in Gross Domestic Product and employment. The main goal of this study is to characterize Setúbal region concerning its small and medium enterprises (SME) comparing its performance indicators with the reference indicators of EU’s SME. The higher education institution where we are lecturing stays in Setúbal. Most of our students come from this region, so we thought it would be interesting to analyse an important stakeholder cluster of our community – the SME. We work with a significant sample of regional SME trying also to understand if there are activity sectors or companies’ characteristics we can refer as relevant for regional development.

Keywords: SME; EU; Economy; Regional Development; Employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M10 M21 M50 R59 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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