Small firms’ productivity gap is wider in manufacturing than services

Smaller businesses recorded about 65% of the turnover per person employed achieved by large businesses on average across 33 countries in the OECD’s 2026 productivity compendium, but the gap varied sharply by sector and country. The OECD analysis compares small and medium-sized enterprises with large firms using business-sector data, generally for 2024. The average is ... Read more The post Small firms’ productivity gap is wider in manufacturing than services appeared first on Market Business News.