Increasing the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises and their financing with an emphasis on developing a cluster approach مقاله

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Economic Journal - A monthly review of economic issues and policies Issues 39 and 49, August and September 2012, pages 07-19 Increasing the Competitiveness of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Their Financing with an Emphasis on Developing a Cluster Approach1 Ali Ghasemi2 Mostafa Elmi-Moghaddam3 In Iran, small and medium-sized enterprises, possessing more than 60 percent of employment and 49 percent of the total number of enterprises, face many problems, among which, according to studies conducted, financing and its mechanisms are one of the most important. To identify clusters composed of small and medium enterprises, the location quotient index in ISIC codes, across four variables: value added, exports, number of employees, and number of enterprises during the years (2012-2018), was considered, and codes 15, 17, 24, 26, 27, and 29 accounted for the highest average values; then, the calculation of these four variables at the national and provincial levels in four-digit codes was performed to introduce financial support priorities in four-digit ISIC activities. Provincial priorities for financial support in the field of four-digit code activities (Refer to the page image) National Input-Output Table and Industrial Interaction with a Cluster Approach Organizing industrial clusters in the country, in addition to identifying the geographical concentration of enterprises and industrial activities and consequently the potentials of clusters composed of small and medium enterprises, requires a type of coherent policymaking and the formulation of various supports and policy interventions at the national, provincial, and county and city levels, such that the stage of approving laws and macro policies must be carried out at the national level, and at the regional-provincial levels, a cluster council or committee should be created to support the clusters of each region or province.