This report was developed in the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director. The report is the result of a project developed in collaboration with the Japanese Small and Medium Enterprise Agency through the support of Mr. Kou Kawaragi, Deputy Director of the Entrepreneurship Division, SME agency, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan and Mr. Masaya Sugimoto, First Secretary, Permanent Delegation of Japan to the OECD. This document was approved by the OECD Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship (WPSMEE) and the OECD Committee on Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) through written procedure on 28 August 2020 (CFE/SME(2020)2) and prepared for publication by the OECD Secretariat.
The report was prepared by Cynthia Lavison (Policy Analyst), David Halabisky (Policy Analyst) and Jonathan Potter (Head of Unit) of the Entrepreneurship Policy and Analysis Unit of CFE. Part 1 was prepared by Professor Colin Mason of the University of Glasgow. Several policy examples were prepared by Professor Pedro Saraiva of the University of Coimbra, Professor Jonathan Levie of the National University of Ireland Galway, Professor Magnus Kloftsen of Linköping University, Professor Robert Blackburn of the University of Liverpool, Dr. Norris Krueger of the University of Phoenix and Professor Erik Stam of the Utrecht University School of Economics.
The authors gratefully acknowledge the operational support received from Heather Mortimer Charoy, of the CFE.