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Even though small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) share of world trade still remains much lower than that of larger firms, numerous studies indicate that many SMEs are nevertheless very active abroad, and rely increasingly on the development of foreign markets to ensure corporate growth. For example, SMEs are ‘directly producing about 20 percent of OECD exports and about 35 per cent of Asia’s exports’ (OECD, 1997, p. 7). A report issued by the US Secretary of Trade and Commerce reveals that 70 per cent of all exporting firms were small firms with fewer than 100 employees (Prozak, 1993). SMEs are also the fastest-growing group of exporters in the USA (Axinn et ah , 1994, p. 49). A similar trend is observed in Canada, where the number of SMEs involved in export activities doubled in the six-year period from 1986 to 1992 (Industry Canada, 1996). In the future, SMEs are likely to be even more exposed to international competition (Reynold, 1997; OECD, 1997). These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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