What We Know About: Talent Management in Small and Growing Businesses
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Summary

The term talent management can be defined in various ways, but in general refers to a business’ processes to recruit, develop, and retain employees whose roles have the greatest potential to contribute to a firm’s competitive advantage. SMEs face certain constraints given their size and fragility and therefore need different approaches to find and retain a high-functioning workforce. This report summarizes the existing literature on talent management within SMEs, with a focus on developing economies where possible, and points to specific research gaps that should be prioritized moving forward.

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This report is part of a series. Read our other reports summarizing the evidence on  job quality and cultivating entrepreneurial ecosystems.