SEKTOR MALOG I SREDNJEG BIZNISA U EVROPSKOJ VIZIJI ZA XXI VIJEK-„STRATEGIJA EVROPA 2020“
SECTOR OF SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESS IN THE EU

Summary/Abstract: Faced with the economic crisis, the global character of the European Union in 2010 adopted a strategy for smart, comprehensive and of Sustainable Development entitled "Europe 2020". The document defines the objectives, priorities and initiatives for the economic development of Europe in the 21st century. An important role in its implementation belongs sector SME businesses. Starting from these facts, the paper presents an analysis of the sector in 2014 when it accounted for 99.8% of all enterprises in the EU, employed about 90 million people or 67% of total employment and participated with about 58% in the creation of added value, excluding the financial sector. It has been concluded that the affirmation of the business entities in the period from 2011 to the present day have many activities undertaken in the field of adoption of a number of "smart" regulations for SMEs, which were aimed at improving the business environment within which the function SMEs in the European Union.

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