Internationalization of SME’s in the Context of the Economic Crises

Abstract

The Small and medium enterprises bring a significant contribution in whatconcerns competitiveness, research, innovation, employment as well as thesolution to particular problems. We should strive to develop a dynamic andcompetitive SME sector, which will contribute to the economic growth,employment and reduction of poverty. In the context of the economic crises theneed to have vast and inclusive information will trigger a very profound andbroad process, with major changes in all the components of the economicalactivity, also in SME’s. In this paper we present the importance that small andmedium-sized enterprises have and the objectives to understand the necessity todevelop them for the national economy, knowing the optimal strategies to beadopted, practical possibility to adopt strategies of innovation by the SMEs.

Keywords

• small and medium enterprises
• internationalization
• competitiveness