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Participation of Lithuanian Innovative SME’s in the European Union Single Market: Political and Legal Aspects
Participation of Lithuanian Innovative SME’s in the European Union Single Market: Political and Legal Aspects

Author(s): Živilė Paužaitė, Jurgita Barynienė
Subject(s): Supranational / Global Economy, Micro-Economics, International relations/trade, Political economy, Law on Economics, EU-Legislation
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: European Union; Single market; SMEs; Innovation; Innovative; Internationalisation; political and legal aspects;

Summary/Abstract: The aim: is to study political and legal aspects of Lithuanian SMEs performance in the EU single market. To achieve this aim three tasks were solved: to highlight the linkage between internationalisation and innovation as well as SMEs’ performance in the EU single market; to analyse political and legal aspects of SMEs performance in the EU single market; to highlight Lithuanian innovative SMEs performance in the EU single market. The research methods: comparative analysis of Lithuanian and international scientific works; comparative analysis and interpretation of the EU legal documents, strategies, reports and practical papers; comparative and explanatory analysis of statistic data. The results of the article: the analysis of Lithuanian and foreign scientific works has revealed the linkage between internationalisation and innovation as well as SMEs’ performance in the EU single market; the comparative analysis and interpretation of the EU legal documents, strategies, reports and practical papers have highlighted the main political initiatives and legal aspects towards bigger involvement of SMEs into the EU single market; comparative and explanatory analysis of statistic data as well as the EU and Lithuanian strategic documents and reports have highlighted Lithuanian innovative SMEs performance in the EU single market.

  • Issue Year: 15/2014
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 540-555
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English