TY - BOOK ID - 65530392 TI - Sme and entrepreneurship policy in brazil 2020 PY - 2020 SN - 9264985573 9789264790315 PB - Paris, France : OECD Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Entrepreneurship. KW - Entrepreneur KW - Intrapreneur KW - Capitalism KW - Business incubators KW - E-books UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:65530392 AB - "This publication presents the findings of the OECD review of SME and entrepreneurship policy in Brazil. SMEs play an important role for economic growth and social inclusion in Brazil, accounting for 62% of total employment and 50% of national value added. However, productivity gaps between SMEs and large companies are wider in Brazil than in the OECD area, which is also the result of low innovation and export propensity among Brazilian SMEs. Business ownership and business creation are common, but growth-oriented entrepreneurship is much less widespread. Brazil's SME policy is enshrined in the 1988 Federal Constitution, which grants to micro and small enterprises a preferential treatment in different policy areas (e.g. tax and labour law). Brazilian SME policies are, therefore, mostly aimed at this constituency, whereas mid-sized firms are largely missing in the national policy debate. Simples Nacional, a preferential tax and regulatory regime, is the main federal SME policy, but Brazil also operates a large number of targeted programmes for SMEs. This report provides policy recommendations to enhance Brazil's SME and entrepreneurship performance, covering, among others, innovation policy, export support, access to finance, and women's entrepreneurship"--Page 4 of cover. ER -