Title: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Characteristics and Performance

Abstract: This report is the third in a series by the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) that examines the domestic and global operations of U.S. small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The Commission found that U.S. exporting SMEs outperform their nonexporting SME counterparts by several measures. Whether they deal in services or manufacturing, exporting SMEs show higher total revenues, faster total revenue growth, and higher labor productivity than their nonexporting SME counterparts. The Commission also found several noteworthy contrasts between exporting large firms and exporting SMEs…

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Publication ID: 100

Category Description: International Trade and related Economic Statistics

Publication Type: Book

Inistitute: USITC

Year: 2010

Month: November

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Author 1: William Deese

Author 2: Erland Herfindahl

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Link: http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4189.pdf

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