Competitiveness policies towards SMEs in Mexico: possibilities for linking Mexican and European SMEs

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to carry out a brief review of institutional efforts, both public and private, aimed at boosting the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Mexico during the last six years. In addition, this purpose is aimed at visualizing and clarifying the progress of such policies based on the experience acquired in this regard in some European countries, in order to resume inter-institutional linkage strategies through specific projects of university academic networks, as well as financing programs, training and technical assistance programs that could be derived from the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between Mexico and the European Union, signed in 2000, which are aimed at strengthening production chains and the assimilation and introduction of the systemic competitiveness scheme in Mexico.