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SMEs are an economic miracle in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia today — there were four times more in 1998 than in 1990. The “SMEs boom” has some roots in the socio-economic and cultural background as well as in the history of this country. The following contribution describes the development of SMEs in the 20th century in Yugoslavia and tries to identify possibilities for a further development of the SME sector here in the coming years. The paper is organised in five chapters:
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Kutlaca, D. (2002). Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Yugoslavia: A Driving Force in the Catching-Up Process. In: Pfirrmann, O., Walter, G.H. (eds) Small Firms and Entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe. Technology, Innovation and Policy, vol 14. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57460-3_8
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