The report was produced by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui (Director), as part of the programme of work of the OECD Committee on SMEs and Entrepreneurship (CSMEE).
The report benefited from the financial support of the Permanent Delegation of Korea to the OECD. Sincere thanks are extended to Sangdae Choi, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the OECD, and Jongsuk Moon, Counsellor, for their valuable guidance and active engagement throughout the project.
The lead authors of this report are Jian Bang (Senior Policy Analyst, CFE), Jan-Philipp Schmidt (Policy Analyst, CFE), Marta Lasheras Sancho (Policy Analyst, CFE), and Jae Won Kang (Expert, Korea SMEs and Startups Institute - KOSI), under the supervision of Lucia Cusmano (Head of the SME and Entrepreneurship Division, CFE).
Jian Bang co-ordinated the overall development of the report, authored the section on the electronics sector, and contributed to the synthesis of findings. The section on the machinery sector and the synthesis of findings were authored by Jan-Philipp Schmidt. The automotive sector chapter was authored by Jae Won Kang, with research contributions from Jan-Philipp Schmidt.
Marta Lasheras Sancho co-ordinated and contributed to the development of the country profiles. The France case study was authored by Marta Lasheras Sancho, Germany by Jan-Philipp Schmidt, Japan by Hiroyuki Oiwa (CFE) and Shiguma Okawa (CFE), Korea by Minsuk Kim (CFE), and the United States by Paris Boo (CFE) and Marta Lasheras Sancho.
The team would like to thank all the national ministries, public agencies and institutions who provided data, participated in interviews, and shared policy insights during the project. Their contributions were instrumental in shaping the analysis and ensuring the report reflects real-world policy developments in industrial and SME policy.
The team would also like to extend its thanks to Heather Mortimer-Charoy for her technical support in preparing the report for publication.