The Small and Medium Enterprises and Poverty in Pakistan: An Empirical Analysis

Ali, Sharafat

doi:10.12955/ejbe.v8i2.376

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“…Such kind of industrial setup is common amongst developing economies like Pakistan, where micro and small enterprises cover major businesses in the economy and provide employment to a large number of work force (Gindling & Newhouse, 2014). These kind of enterprises are common in both rural and urban areas (Ali, 2013). MSEs are important for the provision of cheap goods and services (Cowling & Liu, 2014).…”

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“…The demand for initial startup capital and working capital is very high and the supply is limited (Thio, Megananda, & Maulana, 2006). The formal financial institutions for the provision of microfinance are unable to meet the demand of low income earners (Ali, 2013). At the same time these formal financial institutions are unable to meet the needs of micro enterprises for the growth of their businesses (Babajide, 2012).…”

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Microfinance and Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises: Does Training have an Impact

Haider¹,

Asad

Fatima³

et al. 2017

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2 indicators of MSEs who owners have been given training against those whose owners have never been given any kind of training. In order to conduct study survey research has been conducted and a sample of 384 MSEs was selected on simple random basis. The findings revealed that all the performance indicators including sales increase, income increase, assets increase, employment increase, and meeting household expenses have shown a significant difference among the two groups. The findings of the study are very important for the policy makers and the people who are involved in microfinance industry.

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Microfinance and Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises: Does Training have an Impact

Haider¹,

Asad

Fatima³

et al. 2017

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“…To overcome some of these issues that impede the development of SMEs, Ali et al (2014) suggested the development of formal financial markets with simple lending procedures, easy and inexpensive credits, and laws enforcing credit rights. Similarly, M. Hussain, Ajmal, Khan, and Saber (2015) recommended the development of business incubation centers to sustain and enhance the growth of SMEs.…”

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“…It contributes to the prosperity of a country in terms of providing employment (Abor & Quartey, 2010;J. Hussain et al, 2015), enhancing Gross Domestic Product (GDP)/ Gross National Product (GNP), giving birth to big and multinational corporations (Abor & Quartey, 2010) as well as alleviating poverty (Ali, Humayun, & Khan, 2014). Further, report that SMEs paly its role in distribution of economic resources, growth of exports, and in the development of entrepreneurship.…”

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Barriers to SMEs growth: An Exploratory Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Manufacturing Sector

Haleem¹,

Jehangir²,

Ullah³

2019

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Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play a pivotal role in an economy but in a developing country like Pakistan face various critical issues that hold back its potential contribution to the prosperity. An investigation is carried out to find out the issues faced by manufacturing SMEs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. Using multi-case approach, data for the research has been gathered through sixty semi-structured interviews from the Chief Executive Officers (CEO) and Senior Managers. The general issues raised include extended and unscheduled power failure, poor support from government, stringent government regulations, higher business cost and narrow profit margin, corruption, political influence, and seasonal effects. The research serves a great deal of value for the investors, government, and chambers of commerce to take corrective action in time and to enhance the potential contribution of SMEs.

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“…Majority of the studies conducted in the past, have focused on large enterprises only. Despite the importance of MSEs in economic development, and employment generation (Ali, 2013), MSE's are still ignored and there is little understanding that how MSEs can utilize their capabilities like entrepreneurial orientation and innovation, both these capabilities bring change towards better performance.…”

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Mediating role of Innovation and Moderating Role of Size of Enterprise over the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises

Mahmood¹,

Hamzah²

2018

IJET

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In this study the authors tried to identify mediating role of innovation and moderating role of size of enterprise in the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and performance of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs). The researchers also investigated the effect that vary from enterprise size that basically means micro and small enterprises. For the purpose of this study data was collected from 384 MSE's operating in Punjab province. Initially the data was analyzed using SPSS 22 and later on for the development of structure equation modeling Smart PLS-3 was used. Only two aspects of entrepreneurial orientation have been analyzed; first one is risk taking and second one is pro-activeness, third most common aspect innovation has been taken as mediating variable as an enterprise cannot be innovative if it has not the capacity of risk taking and pro-activeness. These both aspects are attached to performance and also deals with innovation. The major contribution of the study is to identify any moderating effect of size of the enterprise over the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation, innovation and performance of MSEs. These elements basically show the contribution that is made by the innovation and performance of the MSE's. The objectives of the study were achieved, and it was found that there is no difference between performance of MSEs on the basis of entrepreneurial orientation and innovation. It is proved that the size of the enterprise is not the factor. The linkages found are affected by size of the enterprises.

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The Small and Medium Enterprises and Poverty in Pakistan: An Empirical Analysis

Cited by 37 publications

References 18 publications

Microfinance and Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises: Does Training have an Impact

Microfinance and Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises: Does Training have an Impact

Barriers to SMEs growth: An Exploratory Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Manufacturing Sector

Mediating role of Innovation and Moderating Role of Size of Enterprise over the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises

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