释放中小企业发展潜力：助力中小企业扩大规模

Unleashing SME Potential toScale Up Helping SMEs Scale Up Unleashing SME Potentialto Scale Up HELPING SMES SCALE UP This work was approved and declassified by the Committee on SMEs and Entrepreneurship (CSMEE) on 01/09/2025. This document, as well as any data and map included herein, are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty overany territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. The statistical data for Israel are supplied by and under the responsibility of the relevant Israeli authorities. The use ofsuch data by the OECD is without prejudice to the status of the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements inthe West Bank under the terms of international law. Note by the Republic of Türkiye The information in this document with reference to “Cyprus” relates to the southern part of the Island. There is no singleauthority representing both Turkish and Greek Cypriot people on the Island. Türkiye recognises the Turkish Republic ofNorthern Cyprus (TRNC). Until a lasting and equitable solution is found within the context of the United Nations, Türkiyeshall preserve its position concerning the “Cyprus issue”. Note by all the European Union Member States of the OECD and the European UnionThe Republic of Cyprus is recognised by all members of the United Nations with the exception of Türkiye. Theinformation in this document relates to the area under the effective control of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus. ISBN 978-92-64-76595-5 (print)ISBN 978-92-64-66162-2 (PDF)ISBN 978-92-64-60042-3 (HTML) OECD Studies on SMEs and EntrepreneurshipISSN 2078-0982 (print)ISSN 2078-0990 (online) Photo credits:Cover © Merovingian/Getty Images Plus. Corrigenda to OECD publications may be found at: https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/support/corrigenda.html.© OECD 2025 Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. By using this work, you accept to be bound by the terms of this licence(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Attribution– you must cite the work.Translations– you must cite the original work, identify changes to the original and add the following text:In the event of any discrepancy between the original work and thetranslation, only the text of the original work should be considered valid.Adaptations– you must cite the original work and add the following text:This is an adaptation of an original work by the OECD. The opinions expressed and arguments employed inthis adaptation should not be reported as representing the official views of the OECD or of its Member countries.Third-party material– the licence does not apply to third-party material in the work. If using such material, you are responsible for obtaining permission from the third party and forany claims of infringement.You must not use the OECD logo, visual identity or cover image without express permission or suggest the OECD endorses your use of the work.Any dispute arising under this licence shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Arbitration Rules 2012. The seat of arbitration shallbe Paris (France). The number of arbitrators shall be one. Foreword SMEs and start-ups that grow rapidly contribute significantly to job creation, economic growth andcompetitiveness. Indeed, scalars, i.e., SMEs that grow by one-third over a three-year period, contributeabout as much to job creation as large firms. However, there are barriers to SMEs scaling up andopportunities to better leverage their potential. This report examines and identifies the characteristics ofscalers and, in turn, the policies that can support them. The report draws on firm-level data for 17OECD and accession candidate countries for the period 2014-20and includes a mapping of more than 2500 SME and entrepreneurship policies of 520 institutions acrossOECD countries. The central message of this report is that all types of SMEs, no matter their size, economic activity, age orlocation, can scale up, but that the likelihood is higher for some types of SMEs than others. An effectivepolicy mix needs to cater to both realities. This means setting favourable framework conditions andbroad-based support for all types of SMEs to grow, as well as targeted interventions to support those SMEswith high growth potential. The report contributes to the workstream on “Helping SMEs to Scale Up”, developed by the OECD withthe support of the European Commission, that has produced two earlier reports: “Understanding FirmGrowth: Helping SMEsScaleUp”, released in November 2021and “Financing Growth and Turning Datainto Business: Helping SMEs Scale Up”, released in October 2022. This reportwaspreparedby the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), aspart of the Programme of Work and Budget of the OECD Committee on SMEs andEntrepreneurship(CSM