Competitiveness and upgrade of SME: between the theory and the practice

Abstract EN

This purpose of this paper is to study the impact of the upgrading mechanism on the improvement of the performance of Algerian companies and the promotion of their levels of productivity and profitability and their adaptation to the conditions of national competitiveness and even foreign ones.

To answer this question, an empirical study was carried out, focusing on a group of industrial SMEs in the Oran wilaya benefiting from the upgrading program, thus presenting their situations before and after the installation of the level program.

However, and of all evidences, the results prove that the upgrade performed does not in any way satisfy the conditions checked.

Indeed, these companies face enormous difficulties to survive and to promote their economic and managerial level.