Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

The big opportunity behind small businesses

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SMEs are the backbone of many countries' economies. Image: Unsplash/Bench Accounting

Olivier Woeffray
Practice Lead, Strategic Intelligence, World Economic Forum
Olivier M. Schwab
Managing Director, World Economic Forum
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