This paper aims to comprehend the intrinsic limitations of the market players in the financial system and how these create a situation of `missing middle` for small and medium industries (SME) financing in Bangladesh. A clear dualism prevails in the manufacturing industry of this country. While the SMEs maintains the biggest share in establishments and employment creation, large enterprises (LE...

innovation is the key to growth, without it, most organization would forever be stuck doing the same old things the same old way. new products, new services and new ways of doing business would never emerge. entrepreneurship activities brings about business innovation with resultant development in enterprises which also serves as a panacea to economic growth in developing countries. entrepreneu...

the corporate entrepreneurship (ce) of firms and enterprises is the subject of current research in the fields of management and business. however, analyses on this subject in agricultural firms are lacking. the purpose of this research was to study the relationships between corporate entrepreneurship and firm performance in agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises (asmes) in iran. specif...

it is widely agreed that small scale enterprises (sses) used to play a crucial role in achieving the industrial and economic development. though sses play indispensable economic role, studies are limited to analyze the external factors that affect the growth of sses independently. therefore, the objective of this paper is to examine the effect of external firm factors influencing small scale ma...

Purpose – Drawing from the Absorptive Capabilities theory, this paper examines role played by dimensions of absorptive capabilities (i.e., knowledge acquisition, assimilation, transformation, and exploitation) on economic sustainability SMEs in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a cross-sectional research design to collect quantitative data 343 owners/managers Plateau State. S...

The focus of this research was on small-scale firms' entrepreneurial actions for long-term development in Nigeria. As a result, the study looked into role SMEs success and extent to which SME owners' might help Nigeria achieve sustainable development. conducted 100 from five states making population 2,111. sample size (336) determined using Taro Yamane sampling techniques, Bowler’s proportional...