This statistic shows the most important challenges that small and medium enterprises (SME) face in Italy from February 2016 to January 2018. From the responding SMEs in January 2018, 56 percent stated that their most important challenge was attracting new customers and 48 percent the uncertainty over the economic conditions to be a challenge.
Most important challenges the SME faces in Italy from February 2016 to January 2018*
Characteristic
Attracting customers
Maintaining profitability
Uncertainty over economic conditions
Retaining/recruiting skilled employees
Developing new products/innovation
Finding/working with suppliers
Securing financing for business as usual
Securing financing for expansion
Other government regulations (e.g., compliance, technical regulation, patents, reporting)
* Source question: What are the most important challenges your business currently faces?
** Regulatory and other barriers to exports is deleted since October 2016.
** Selling to foreign markets is new since October 2016.
*** Survey sample group size varies:
Feb '16 = 2,099
Mar '16 = 998
Apr '16 = 482
May '16 = 420
Jun '16 = 419
Jul '16 = 461
Aug '16 = 436
Sep '16 = 589
Oct '16 = 488
Nov '16 = 520
Dec '16 = 507
Jan '17 = 494
Feb '17 = 445
Mar '17 = 439
Apr '17 = 540
May '17 = 405
Jun '17 = 373
Jul '17 = 533
Aug '17 = 469
Sep '17 = 557
Oct '17 = 468
Nov '17 = 684
Dec '17 = 354
Jan '18 = 532.
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FactWorks. (March 1, 2017). Most important challenges the SME faces in Italy from February 2016 to January 2018* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/700777/monthly-current-challenges-before-sme-italy/
FactWorks. "Most important challenges the SME faces in Italy from February 2016 to January 2018*." Chart. March 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/700777/monthly-current-challenges-before-sme-italy/
FactWorks. (2017). Most important challenges the SME faces in Italy from February 2016 to January 2018*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/700777/monthly-current-challenges-before-sme-italy/
FactWorks. "Most Important Challenges The Sme Faces in Italy from February 2016 to January 2018*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/700777/monthly-current-challenges-before-sme-italy/
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Most important challenges the SME faces in Italy from February 2016 to January 2018* [Graph], FactWorks, March 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/700777/monthly-current-challenges-before-sme-italy/