THE CONTRIBUTION AND SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF CROSS BORDER COOPERATION FOR MOLDOVAN SMES (THE CASE OF COOPERATION WITH ROMANIA)
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Authors:
• Elena Aculai, email: unknown, Afiliation: Institute of Economy, Finance and Statistics Chisinau, Moldova
• Adela Bulgac, email: unknown, Afiliation: Institute of Economy, Finance and Statistics Chisinau, Moldova -
Keywords: small and middle enterprises, cross border cooperation, the European Union
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Abstract:
In the paper, some characteristics of cross border cooperation of Moldovan SMEs are examined - types of cooperation, problems and preferences in choosing foreign partners, impact of cross border cooperation on business and regional development. The stress is made on the cooperation with Romania. Content of the paper is based on results of the international research project “Cross-border Cooperation and Partnership in selected NIS countries and the Consequences of EU-Enlargement: Fostering Entrepreneurship in the Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova”, elaborated by a research team from 5 countries during 2005-2007 years with the support of INTAS.
The main research method within the project was weakly structured “face to face” interviews with different actors, first of all, with enterprises and households involved in CBC. In Moldova, actors from 2 districts (Edinet, Cahul) placed in the northern and southern parts of the country, correspondingly on the territories of Upper Prut and Lower Danube Euroregions, right along the border with Romania, were interviewed.