CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Since the 1960s to date, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have been given due recognitions especially in the developed nations for playing very important roles towards fostering accelerated economic growth, development and stability within several economies (Yitzhaki, 2006). They make-up the largest proportion of businesses all over the world and play tremendous roles in employment generation, provision of goods and services, creating
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What is entrepreneurship? 1. Introduction An entrepreneur is one of the factors which very important to promote social and economic development and it are a best combine for the human capital, physical capital and social capital. Entrepreneurs are also engaged in the creative activity of innovators. Entrepreneurship is an entrepreneur, a quality, a way of thinking or an ideology. There are four major elements are significant with entrepreneurial spirit: enterprising spirit, adventure spirit,
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246 -What is entrepreneurship Jin Mingming 199151 Considering the influence of the context, Entrepreneurship should be perceived as a living and breathing human being, who act as a social animal and is growth with the sensibility to opportunities and threats around.This article is mainly talking about the importance of sensing and manipulating as a entrepreneur. Firstly, two pictures of entrepreneurship will be illustrated with understanding about the principal of entrepreneurship. Afterward,
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MBA 1015 Entrepreneurship Ku Chong Yoong 900509-05-5279 0173690600 201044 JANUARY 2014 SEMESTER Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 SME 7 2.1 Benefit of SME 7 3.0 Case Study 1 13 4.0 Case Study 2 25 5.0 Reference 44 1.0 Introduction While individuals may be publicly recognized as social entrepreneurs for their contributions to improve the welfare of communities, the field of social entrepreneurship continues to struggle to gain academic legitimacy. Social entrepreneurship
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The need to incorporate in our system the need to be technologically self-reliant cannot be over-emphasized. The first step is to develop our human and natural resources, thus increasing our per capital income. In the past Seven years, or more, especially during the administration of Ibrahim Babangida, Nigeria has constantly pursued an economic policy that is geared towards self-reliance for the individual as show by such programmes as the National
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the field. The most evident case of enterprise is the beginning of new organizations. The Entrepreneur and teacher Jon Burgstone and writer Bill Murphy, Jr. Of Stevenson’s definition, Burgstone says, “people often need to say it out loud 50 or 100 times before they really understand what it means.” Here it is: Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources currently controlled. No two entrepreneurs are the same, and if you ask a few what made them invest on an idea
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Dynamic Markets The Theories of Case, Kouzes, and Drucker have many common elements related to the new definition of Entrepreneurial Leadership. The philosophies of these individuals highlight principal characteristics that are necessary in good leadership. Case’s theory focuses on people, passion, and perseverance as the key to strong economic growth for the country through entrepreneurship. Five of the key elements identified by Kouzes include; modeling the way, inspiring a shared vision, challenging
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Innovation: A Systematic Review of the Literature’, it is clear to say that there is not one specific definition to the word ‘Innovation’. According to Schumpeter the term contained the novelty aspect, which makes every new ‘thing’ an innovation. With this in mind, I agree more with the definition stated in this article, because it includes different aspects all in one. Aside from the definition, a great number of papers have been written so far, regarding Innovation. Taking into account this previous
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Emirates Executive Summary 1. Introduction & Context 1.1 Background to the Study 1.2 Objectives of this Work 1.3 Consultations 1.4 Limitations 2.1 Definition of ‘SME’ 2.1.1 EU Definition of SME 2.1.2 World Bank Definition of SME 2.1.3 Criteria Used by Banks to Define SMEs 2.1.4 UAE Definitions of SME 2.2 Current overview of SME prevalence in Abu Dhabi/UAE 3.1 Scale of SME Finance in the UAE 3.2 Supply of Finance by Type 3.3 Sources of Finance 3.4 Stakeholder Mapping
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MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH OF SMALL & MICRO-ENTERPRISES (SMES) ACASE STUDY OF (UWMFO) MICRO FINANCE INSTITUTION BY HENRY EGYEYU DEDICATION To the memory of my grand father Daniel Egeyu Whose love & enthusiasm for academia first kindled mine? ABSTRACT This research study investigates the impact of microfinance institutions on entrepreneurial development of Small & Micro-enterprises (SMEs) that are
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