The lack of a policy strategy towards competition and the missing links between SME policy and competition policy can lead to severe inefficiencies in the market system. Unreasonably low entry barriers for solo entrepreneurs and microbusinesses combined with growth barriers and the protection of big incumbent companies destroy incentives to innovate, create a class of chanceless low-income micro-entrepreneurs and contribute to economic stagnation.
In order to take advantage of the synergies between SME policy and competition policy in Ukraine, the policy paper "Linking competition policy with SME development in Ukraine" contains a number of recommendations.