Presentation by Prof. Jay Mitra, Business Enterprise and Innovation, University of Essex at the Launch of the SME Policy Index Western Balkans and Turkey 2016. 28 April 2016 - OECD, Paris, France
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Factors affecting SME growth and policy options for internationalisation
1. Factors Affecting SME Growth and
Policy Options for Internationalisation
Jay Mitra
University of Essex
United Kingdom
Policy Session 2
Enhancing Entrepreneurial Skills and Innovation Capabilities to better
integrate SMEs in the Global Market
Good Practices in SME Policy: Panel Discussions
Launch of the SME Policy Index and Western Balkans and Turkey 2016
OECD
OECD Conference Centre, Paris France
28 April, 2016
2. +
Demand Side Perspectives
An Agenda
• Opportunity identification
• Innovation,
• Resource Mobilisation
• Opportunity Realisation
• in the International Market
Place
3. A Measure of Actual International Activity
Smaller SMEs are less internationalised than bigger SMEs,
80% of SMEs with 50 to 249 employees are operating at an
International level, 66% of SMEs with 10 to 49 employees are
international
7. Source: OECD,(2014). SME Internationalisation: Characteristics, Barriers and Policy Options
Barriers and the Policy Response
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2
3
Arm Ltd. and Licensing
The Air Spindles Story: Westwind/Air Bearings
SMEs and Internationalisation: Three Case Studies
Nutella’s GVCSource: adapted from
P.Marsh, 2012
Source:A.Barrell,U.ofCambridge,2012
9. The Demand Side in the Western Balkans
Environmental Factors
Competitiveness
12. • 25.3% - one key
founder;
• $52 billion in sales
• Employed 450,000
workers in 2005
• High representation in
• Semiconductor,
computer,
• communications
• Patent applications up
from 7.3% in 1998 to
24.2% in 2006
• Chinese – largest group
of inventors
An Envious Glance at the USA
Remittances: African migrants
sent at least $40 billion in
remittances to African countries
in 2010.
Trade & investment flows:
Trade Diversity: Migrants have a
preference for their native
country’s goods and services,
thus supporting
“nostalgic trade” in ethnic
products. Migrants facilitate
bilateral trade and investment
flows
Diaspora bonds: possible through
the issuance of a diaspora bond,
a retail saving instrument
marketed to diaspora members.
Skill and technology transfer:
Diasporas may also provide
origin-country firms access to
technology and skills through
professional associations
Source:IMF,2011
Diaspora Assets
The Diaspora: The Missing International Thread
13. Framing Demand Focused Heterogeneous Policy
Organisational Differences &
Relationships
Adaptation of Engagement Developed and Emerging
Economies
Large Firm SME Achieving
mutual
independence
Redressing
power balance
Developed Emerging
Proactiveness Exploit existing
markets
Exploring market
niche
Creating
ecosystem/infor
mation
asymmetry
(structural trust)
Creating
dialogue/informa
tion asymmetry
(social trust)
Existing
ecosystem/inter
mediaries
Substituting lack
of institutional
support
Innovation Incremental/dow
nstream/ scale
Newness/upstrea
m
Technology
platforms/
network
complementariti
es
Corporate
incubators to
select new
ventures/ SME
mini ecosystem
Partnering
innovations using
exitingVC in
accelerators
Partnering
innovation to
build newVC or
corporate risk
capital
Risk-Taking Status
enhancement
lack of flexibility
Status
attainment v
legitimacy deficit
High transaction
costs for large
firms /partner
selection
Managing
defection (large)
Safeguarding IP
(SMEs)
Intense
legitimate
competition
restricting
market potential
Intense
dysfunctional
competition
restricting
market potential
Systems Routines/existing Experimentation Enhancing
network based
systems for
MNEs
Open Innovation
systems/ project
based activity
Enabling global
production
networks
Participating in
upstream/downst
ream global
production
systems
SME Policy
Index
1 1 8 8 & 9 9 & 10 9 &10
Source: adapted from Buckley & Prashantham, 2016
14. Contact
Professor Jay Mitra
Professor of Business Enterprise and Innovation
Essex Business School
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester CO4 3SQ
Essex
United Kingdom
T: +44 (0) 1206 874859
M: +44 (0) 7801552469
E: jmitra@essex.ac.uk
Notas del editor
Good morning and thank you for inviting me to talk about factors affecting SME growth through internationalisation and their policy implications.
I will aim to reflect on the demand side (what happens to firms) with reference to the SME Policy Index examining specifically entrepreneurship skills,
Looking at reality we see that while international activity appears to be buoyant, the percentage of SMEs involved in all types of international activity remains low. Only the larger SMEs are more internationalised. Commercial & technical coopn, + subcontracting are the big activities but note the difference between G7 and BRIC SMEs which outscore the former Iin all strands
Accessing new markets, know-how & technology product diversification – typical innovation variables among high impact firms – score highly. Efficiency drivers associated with consolidation & legitimacy provide routes to excellence.
Relatively good news about going digital and especially smaller firms in UK, Korea, and interestingly Japan., suggesting real changes in landscape. Corroboration of digital presence comes from e-ecommerce participation especially in business & professional services, manufacturing & wholesale. Wherever logistics plays big part.
GVC participation suggests openness to trade but note difference between OECD & non-OECD countries & variations in backward & forward particpation)
Given large variations what have we found to be the main firm level and non-firm barriers with the former being the more difficult challenge.
All very well looking at macro data but what happens to firms. 3 examples of exemplary international activities. Arm Ltd as licensing experts, Air Spindles – story of niche excellence in global value chain & Nutella’s non technological value chain. Bottom line is about achieving singularity of excellence
Note the correlationship between what constituted to be the most important environmental factors an the most important competitive factors
A composite picture shows how levels of internationalisation are related to problems with innovation and skills as summarised by the performance matrix.
What we are really missing is the story of migrants and diasporas. Note OECD average & migrant entrepreneurial pool.
Demand sensitive policy ,making addressing a) relationship between MNE & SME; b) mutual independence & harnessing unique capabilities; c) cooperation & competition