Strengthening Competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises in Municipalities
Strengthening Competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises in Municipalities

Summary/Abstract: In the article the importance of strengthening competitiveness of small and medium enterprises for municipalities to support economic development is considered. The major problems of small and medium enterprises development in Ukraine were identified. The actual problems of small and medium enterprises competitiveness improvement in single municipality were defined. Methodological approach to conduct the research on strengthening competitiveness of small and medium enterprises for individual municipalities was developed. The model of formation the program of strengthening the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises is offered for a particular industry in a particular city. This model was implemented on the example of two industries in Vinnytsia that confirms the effectiveness and validity of the developed model. The competitive advantages of small and medium enterprises of the tourism and clothing industry in Vinnytsia were identified which enabled to develop the programs for strengthening the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises in these industries.

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