Abstract
Now days there is a global consensus among all stakeholders that SMEs represent a driving force to the overall economic development, due to their significant contribution both on GDP and employment of national economies. SMEs also by numbers dominate the world business stage, although their contribution does vary among the countries. SMEs in Albania represents about 98% of the total enterprises with a contribution to national GDP for about 70%. The structure and the performance of national economy is depended very much on the economic performance and contribution of SME, that’s why most of the governments have strategic programmes which support the SME’s development. To measure SMEs’ performance and their ability to compete on national and international markets requires a lot of information in all aspects. Through this paper the author aims to measure and analyze the economic performance of SMEs operating in Albania. To achieve this objective, official data on business statistics published by national the statistical office (INSTAT) are used for two years period 2014-2015. In addition using an international framework addressed to the objective “improve the techniques for SMEs productivity measurement”, for the first time, a set of comparative performance indicators is established and in doing so, those results can be used as term of reference in future research activities in SMEs sector. From the results it came out that although the positive growth rate of GDP during the last years , the performance indicators of SMEs show a slightly negative trend, indicating indirectly the need for support, in order to empower their contribution in national economy.
Highlights
The main important contribution to the economic development of the country is due to the private sector, which continuously shows growing trends in the traditional sector of the market economy such as service sector but is increasingly its present in the manufacturing sector
From the results it came out that the positive growth rate of GDP during the last years, the performance indicators of SMEs show a slightly negative trend, indicating indirectly the need for support, in order to empower their contribution in national economy
In case of Albania, the SMEs has a decisive role on economic development, while in EU countries about 0.2% of companies classified as large ones provide more than 43% of value added and 33 % of employment of the total EU economy
Summary
The main important contribution to the economic development of the country is due to the private sector, which continuously shows growing trends in the traditional sector of the market economy such as service sector but is increasingly its present in the manufacturing sector
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