Analysis of the Export Potential of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Republic of Serbia

Svetlana Trajkovic; Ljiljana Stosic Mihajlovic

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Analysis of the Export Potential of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Republic of Serbia

Svetlana Trajkovic, Ljiljana Stosic Mihajlovic

Published in International Journal of Business and Economics Research (Volume 10, Issue 5)

Received: 6 September 2021 Accepted: 22 September 2021 Published: 12 October 2021

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The long-term stagnation of Serbia's exports is a limiting factor for further economic growth. Therefore, increasing exports is seen as a development necessity. The trend of international networking and multicultural business environment represents a new type of requirement for the management of Serbian companies, both at the national and local level. Their main goal is to contribute to a more efficient integration of the domestic economy into global trade and production flows. In this way, exports become one of the most important determinants of successful and sustainable economic development. Only 30% of companies in the tradable sector of the Serbian economy are active exporters, while the remaining 70% of companies are oriented exclusively to doing business in the country. Although most small and medium-sized companies in the tradable sector are exporters, a relatively small number of micro-enterprises have managed to expand their business abroad, which has had a significant impact on the relatively low share of exporters in the total number of companies in Serbia. In general, exporters are more successful and dynamic, as well as twice as productive, as non-exporting companies. The main goal of this paper is to identify the sector of small, medium enterprises and entrepreneurs (SMEs) with development potentials to increase exports and thus create the conditions for these potentials to be used to a greater extent than before. In this way, SMEs can be helped to increase their competitiveness in the international market. This will enable SMEs to make and make a greater contribution to the development of the domestic economy, as well as to broader economic and social priorities. In addition, this paper should indicate which sectors have obvious market potential but at the same time difficulties in achieving their goals and fully realizing that potential. The results of this research should help to design various actions whose implementation would provide adequate support to the identified sectors while minimizing the constraints faced by these sectors.

Published in	International Journal of Business and Economics Research (Volume 10, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijber.20211005.12
Page(s)	171-177
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Small and Medium Enterprises, Exports, Market, Serbia

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Svetlana Trajkovic

Nis Department, Academy of Technical and Educational Vocational Studies, Vranje, Serbia
Ljiljana Stosic Mihajlovic

Nis Department, Academy of Technical and Educational Vocational Studies, Vranje, Serbia

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