Scientific paper ID 1311 : 2016/3

Business ecosystem is enriched model of ”micro” businesses with essential role in promoting the binding of small and medium businesses and creating ”business communities.” The competitiveness of SMEs is strongly influenced by business ecosystems as well as by specific measures for promoting such enterprises at national and European level.The impact of these measures on small transport and logistics companies are essential since they are subject to intense national and international competition.

Despite the fact that in the current financial programming period the accent of the economic prosperity of Europe in the long term is based primarily on industrial development, transport and logistics represent an important part of the European economy. The need for sustainable development of SMEs in the transport sector is a key factor towards the achievement of European economy with ecological features.