The book explores how, to what extent and with what consequences the international crisis of 2007-2008 and the recession which followed have affected European SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in both the well established market economies of the old member countries and in the post-transformation new member countries, and what can be done at the institutional and political level to uphold them.

This edited volume analyses and assesses the consequences of the international crisis on SMEs, asking how, to what extent and with which consequences the crisis has affected European SMEs, and what can be done at the institutional and political level to uphold them.