The SME and Entrepreneurship Outlook is a joint report produced by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui and the OECD Statistics and Data Directorate (SDD) led by Martine Durand. The report was prepared under the aegis of the OECD Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship (WPSMEE). Useful comments and guidance were also provided by delegates to the OECD Committee on Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE). The report was approved and declassified by the WPSMEE and the CIIE.
Sandrine Kergroach (CFE) and Mariarosa Lunati (SDD) coordinated the production of the first 2019 edition of this report. Lucia Cusmano and Miriam Koreen (CFE) and Nadim Ahmad (SDD) supervised the project. Special thanks go to Joaquim Oliveira Martins (CFE) for his suggestions on the report.
Chapter 1, “Trends in SME sector and performance”, was prepared by Nadim Ahmad and Mariarosa Lunati from SDD, with input and statistical assistance from Gueram Sargsyan, Liliana Suchodolska and Belen Zinni.
Part I on “SME business conditions and access to strategic resources”, and the conceptual framework, was designed and produced by Sandrine Kergroach from CFE. Lead authors also include Lucia Cusmano, Kris Boschmans and David Halabisky, with contributions from Giulia Ajmone Marsan, Dorothee Allain-Dupre, Sara Ballero, Marco Bianchini, Isabelle Chatry, Andrea Hofer, Alexander Lembcke, Marco Marchese, Hubert Massoni, Lora Pissareva, Jonathan Potter, Stephan Raes, Oriana Romano, Raffaele Trapasso and Lenka Wildnerova.
Part II which provides detailed country profiles was jointly designed and produced by Sandrine Kergroach from CFE and Mariarosa Lunati from SDD. It benefited from contributions from Giulia Ajmone-Marsan, Sara Ballero, Marco Bianchini, Kris Boschmans, Pierre Coster, Eric Gonnard, David Halabisky, Sandra Hannig, Cynthia Lavison, Marco Marchese, Hubert Massoni, Lora Pissareva, Pierre Popineau, Jonathan Potter, Stephan Raes, Laetitia Reille, Mikko-Waltteri Sihvola and Raffaele Trapasso (from CFE) and Samuel Pinto-Ribeiro, Gueram Sargsyan, Liliana Suchodolska and Waleed Adebayo-Renaud (from SDD).
Colleagues from other OECD Directorates provided valuable input and feedback. Thanks go to Silvia Appelt, Michela Bello, Frédéric Bourassa, Hélène Dernis, Guillaume Kpodar, Pierre Montagnier and Fabien Verger from the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI); Cristiana Vitale from the OECD Economics Department (ECO); and Frederic Gonzales from the OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate (TAD).
The publication process was managed by CFE. François Iglesias designed the cover and, together with Pilar Philip, served as coordinator. Heather Mortimer-Charoy provided project and secretariat assistance.