Dynamic diversity opens up opportunities - Deutsche Bank Research
Dynamic diversity opens up opportunities - Deutsche Bank Research
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Country Small enterprise<br />
Belgium<br />
Denmark<br />
Germany (Institut für<br />
Mittelstandsforschung, Bonn)<br />
France<br />
UK<br />
Ireland<br />
Italy<br />
Netherlands<br />
Portugal<br />
Sw eden<br />
US<br />
U.S. Small Business<br />
Administration (SBA)<br />
SME: EU definition<br />
Micro<br />
enterprise<br />
Small<br />
enterprise<br />
Current Issues<br />
virtual autonomy of the companies is also an important factor: firms<br />
that belong to large gro<strong>up</strong>s are not classified as SMEs. 2<br />
On account of the availability of data and for the sake of better<br />
comparability we shall use the quantitative, headcount-based EU<br />
definition of SMEs.<br />
(1) Up to 9 employees (1)<br />
(2) Annual turnover of <strong>up</strong> to EUR 1 m (2)<br />
(1) Annual turnover of max. GBP 2.5 m (1)<br />
(2) Balance sheet total: max. GBP 1.4 m (2)<br />
(3) Maximum of 50 employees (3) Maximum of 250 employees<br />
Up to 50 employees 50 to 249 employees<br />
Up to 499 employees<br />
Up to 9 employees 10 to 100 employees<br />
Mediumsizedenterprise<br />
Headcount<br />