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The Usage of Consulting Services Among Romanian SMES between 2011-2015

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  • Urîtu Daniel
  • Corcodel Ștefan-Florin

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania)

Abstract

The gap in competitiveness between Romanian SMEs and European firms is generated by limited access to economic, legal, technological and management knowledge. This gap can be recovered by using the services of external consultants which can bring added value to the company. The consulting services market has had an upward trend in last years at European level, but in Romania there is still some reluctance to these services and even distrust regarding the companies that offer them. Based on these facts, this paper aims to highlight the proportion and the characteristics of Romanian entrepreneurs that use external consultants and the evolution of the usage of external consulting services, taking into account the last five years. The results obtained in the current research reveal an irregular evolution of rate of SMEs that use external consulting services. One can see that, in the period of analysis, there was been a descendant trend of entrepreneurs that resort to consultancy between 2011 and 2014. On the other hand, the percentage of entrepreneurs that use external consultants has had a significant comeback in 2015, when 10,49% of enterprises have resorted to this type of services.

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  • Urîtu Daniel & Corcodel Ștefan-Florin, 2016. "The Usage of Consulting Services Among Romanian SMES between 2011-2015," Management of Sustainable Development, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 8(1), pages 29-34, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:blg:msudev:v:8:y:2016:i:1:p:29-34:n:4
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