Description
The European Union remains the leading investor and trading partner in the Mediterranean region and its resolve has not been weakened despite the global crisis. This is even more striking in the case of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), whose level of investment has been less affected than that of larger companies. Furthermore, SMEs on average generate twice as many jobs per euro invested as large companies and multinationals.
That is why we decided to include in this second edition “Entrepreneurs' Success Stories in the Mediterranean”, alongside the experiences of SMEs and tales of successful business partnerships – the first stage in making an investment – concrete examples of South-North investments.
