International Conference on Eurasian Economies

9-11 September 2015 – Kazan, RUSSIA

Paper detail

Paper ID : 1207
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : International Trade and Globalization
Presenter: Dr. Yalçın Yalman
Session : 4C Uluslararası Ticaret II

Small and Medium Sizes Enterprises (SMEs) and Foreign Trade Policy
Küçük ve Orta Ölçekli İşletmelerde Dış Ticaret Politikalarının Önemi

• Asst. Prof. Dr. İlkay Noyan Yalman (Cumhuriyet University, Türkiye)
• Ph.D. candidate Mutlu Türkoğlu (Cumhuriyet University, Türkiye)
• Dr. Yalçın Yalman (Cumhuriyet University, Türkiye)

Abstract

A high level of a country’s foreign trade is related to the growth of foreign earnings, to the acceleration of investments, to increase employment and contributes significantly to the growth of the country's economy. In this context, SMEs as one of the mile stones of the economy, foreign trade and economic growth are located in the leading roles. Especially SMEs sufficiently developed oppressed against strong opponents abroad, government policies or practices in trade restrictive policies are some of the reasons for this downside. SMEs that exports goods, or the infrastructure needed to produce goods for SMEs who import raw materials as well as the country's foreign trade policies and developments in the world economy is important. SMEs to follow the development, recognizing competitors, new markets, new products is very important in terms of growth both business and the countries. In this study, SMEs engaged in foreign trade in Sivas Province performing an application on in terms of both the business and government policy at the local level status will be examined. Data will be obtained on issues such as ultimately foreign trade potential of existing SMEs while doing foreign trade problems they face, strengths and weaknesses, market policies at national and international levels, the opinions about the state's foreign trade policy. The results obtained from the data on SMEs engaged in foreign trade by making general inferences about the data obtained on a micro scale, will allow making inferences on the macro scale.

JEL codes: F02, F14, F16

Noyan Yalman, İlkay, Türkoğlu , Mutlu, Yalman, Yalçın (2015). "Small and Medium Sizes Enterprises (SMEs) and Foreign Trade Policy" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2015, pp.461-468, Kazan, RUSSIA.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C06.01207

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Session 4C: Uluslararası Ticaret II