The Impact of the Barriers in Development of Small and Medium Enterprises

Abstract

The small and medium enterprises (SME) have a very important role in economy due to its contribution in the functioning of the country and generation of job opportunities. Development of SME-s would contribute to envisage many challenges in relation to the economic development, high level of unemployment, demographic growth and the need for structural changes. The importance of the development of small and medium enterprises is very high due to the positive effects in the local economy but in their performance face many barriers that obstruct its development. Identification of the SME barriers remains an important challenge for the owners, managers, policy makers and including the entire society; therefore in this presentation I would try to elaborate the issue of the Impact of barriers in development of the SME-s in Kosovo. The aim of this study is to review the importance of the barriers on development of SME-s in Kosovo and identification of the ways to possible minimization of them. Finalization of this study would enable its adequate addressing on the matter and would enable extraction of the necessary recommendations to further struggle the barriers that would have an impact in development of the small and medium enterprises in Kosovo.

DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2015.v4n2s1p58