According to the government's small and medium-sized enterprise agency, 65% of small Japanese firms thought of themselves as subcontractors to bigger ones in 1981.
Politicians argued that Britain should try to wean itself off financial services and rediscover honest manufacturing and small- and medium-sized enterprise.
As we look forward into 2013, we are preparing to launch Weibo advertising solutions geared toward the small and medium-sized enterprise market, which will open up new opportunities for SINA advertising.
While SuccessFactors and Taleo (Nasdaq:TLEO) have done a bang-up job for enterprise HCM, Flip sees an even bigger opportunity for small- and medium-sized businesses.
And at salesforce.com (CRM), Holleran help lead its transition from a Small and Medium-Sized Business sales force automation SaaS company to one more focused on global enterprise Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications and cloud platform services.
In a recent report, the Department of Enterprise asked local small to medium sized companies (SMEs) - that's firms with up to 250 staff - about their experiences with banks.