El Pais:
Opinion: Microempresa y productividad: lecciones francesas
22 January 2017
El predominio de las firmas de menos de 10 empeados es in obstaculo para la productividad e internacionalizacion
Article by Luis Garicano, Claire LeLarge and John Van Reenen
The prevalence of firms of less than 10 employees is a barrier to the internationalization.
In contrast to the more advanced economies, almost one in every two Spanish workers is employed in a micro-enterprise of less than ten people. In Germany, for example, this proportion is reduced to one of five workers. There is no doubt that this predominance of microenterprise in Spain is an obstacle to productivity and the internationalization of Spanish companies: invest in international trade or Automation is practically impossible for a firm of such small size.