Measuring the Costs and Coverage of SME and Entrepreneurship Policy: A Pioneering Study
Lundström, Anders Vikström, Peter Fink, Matthias Meuleman*, Miguel Głodek, Paweł Storey, David Kroksgård, Andreas
Lundström, Anders
Vikström, Peter
Fink, Matthias
Meuleman*, Miguel
Głodek, Paweł
Storey, David
Kroksgård, Andreas
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2014-07
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Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
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38
Publication Issue
4
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941
Publication End page
957
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This paper documents a methodology used to assess, for the first time, the costs to the taxpayer of small and medium enterprise (SME) and entrepreneurship policy in Sweden. It then uses that data to compare the resulting expenditure patterns with the focus of policy as expressed by experts. It finds important areas where the two diverge, implying a possible mismatch between expenditure priorities and political rhetoric. This approach is then extended beyond Sweden to include Poland, Austria, and the Flanders region of Belgium to demonstrate the application of the approach to other countries and regions.
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3505 Human Resources and Industrial Relations, 35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services, 3507 Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour