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Business community should view the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (
BAS) as an R&D center. Therefore, our task is to provide an opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises in
Bulgaria, which cannot afford funding their own
research and development programs, to use
BAS as such a center, Dr. Boyko Takov, CEO of the Executive Agency for the Promotion of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (ASME) and Acad. Julian Revalski, President of
BAS, said for the Business Start talk show hosted by Hristo Nikolov.
According to Dr. Boyko Takov, Bulgarian business should be able to use this infrastructure to keep abreast with the world in scientific developments.
Focus Agency
The CEO of the Executive Agency for the Promotion of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Dr. Boyko Takov in an interview with Focus agency.
Focus: Did the problems of small and medium-sized enterprises deepen in the second part of the year as a result of the pandemic?
Boyko Takov: Yes, unfortunately there was a noticeable deepening of the problems for companies in the second half of the year. We all see what sectors are the most affected, these are the tourism and restaurant industry, but besides them many companies in the supply chain have suffered. In other sectors the picture is more contrasting: there are companies that are in a very difficult situation, as well as those that have managed to overcome difficulties and are growing. Examples of well-developing enterprises in the current environment are abundant in the IT sector, the automotive sector, the cosmetics and essential oils sector, companies from the food processing sector and many others. Of course,