This 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 development of this report benefited from the inputs of Delegates of the CSMEE, chaired by Angelina Cannizzaro (Department for Business and Trade, United Kingdom), and its Informal Steering Group on SME and Entrepreneurship Financing, as well as the members of the OECD Platform on Financing SMEs for Sustainability.
This publication was written by Marija Kuzmanovic (Policy Analyst, CFE) and Giulia Honegger (Policy Analyst, CFE) under the supervision of Lucia Cusmano (Head of Division, CFE) and Miriam Koreen (Senior Counsellor and Head of Unit, CFE). Kris Boschmans (Senior Researcher, IDEA Consult) contributed to Chapter 5 and the case studies, with the support of Giulia Bergui (Analyst, IDEA Consult). The report also benefited from valuable feedback from Nadim Ahmad (Deputy Director, CFE) and Karen Maguire (Senior Counsellor, CFE). Yoshiyuki Miyoshi (Senior Counsellor, OECD) helped facilitate contacts with financial institutions.
The report was developed with the financial support and inputs of the members of the OECD Platform on Financing SMEs for Sustainability - the British Business Bank, the Business Development Bank of Canada, the Industrial Bank of Korea and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti – whose contributions are gratefully acknowledged.
The report benefited from the valuable inputs provided by participants in the case study consultations, whose insights are gratefully acknowledged: Nattasuda Anusonadisai and Pang Thitirat Sittakaradej (Asian Development Bank), Susan Rohac and William Polushin (The Business Development Bank of Canada), Jussi Åkerberg and Tessa Skinner (Business Finland), Jai Shah and Anjana Seshadri (SBI Ventures Limited), Zakiah Mat Esa, Asmayuzi Ismail and Nanthakumaran Thankamony (SME Bank Malaysia), Amanda Alletorp Edwards (Export and Investment Fund of Denmark), Navina Balasingam, Mishallani Nair Reveendran and Muhammad Al Fadzriq Hamzah (Capital Markets Malaysia), Alina Cebotariov, Vadim Indoitu, Iaroslav Rurac and Vadim Codreanu (The Organization for Entrepreneurship Development), Vivek Kotak (Solar Victoria), Jan Riegl (National Development Bank of the Czech Republic), Anders Bomholdt and Frederik Weiergang Larsen (Danish Business Authority), Kyong Ran Seo, Justin Ham, and So Jeong In (The Industrial Bank of Korea), Karen Garcia Mata Alanis, Jocelyn Alexia Flores Gonzalez, Ivan Vicente Cornejo Villalva and Juan Carlos Freyre (Nacional Financiera), Erik Welin and Rozália Pál (European Investment Bank), Ana Vele, Jana Lorger, Rok Huber, Igor Kotarščak and Tina Zager (Slovenian Enterprise Fund), Adelaide Cracco, Diana Patrascu, Frank Lang, Andrea Hermida Parapar, Lievijne Neuteboom, Ghislain Terrier and Raluca Stanciu (European Investment Fund), Onur Bingöl, Can Saripinarli, Paolo Monaco, Merve Bas and Elif Nalbantoglu Çelebi (The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development), Claren Kwei Fang Chang and Kenneth Foo (DBS Bank), Shen Yang Mok (Enterprise Singapore), Giulio Franci and Kumbirai Makanza (Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership), representatives from Shoko Chukin Bank, Marloes van den Berg and Eva Top (Netherlands Enterprise Agency).