This training tool shows the applications of standards and certification and the consequences for SMEs.

This training tool shows how to improve Quality Managment on SMEs.

This training tool explains the European Food Safety Policy and its impact on SMEs.

This training tool explain the European Environmental Policy and its impact on SMEs.

This article represents an attempt to better understand the unique learning processes in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Such firms are generally limited in both their managerial capabilities and mechanisms for accessing knowledge from external sources. Findings indicate two distinct groups, which we term innovative and stable firms. Owner-managers in ‘stable’ firms were inward facing, and learning was generally experiential and concentrated on single individuals or small groups. In contrast, owner-managers in innovative firms were outward facing and encouraged the development of ‘deeper and wider’ learning.