...Enterprises (SMEs) play a pivotal role in poverty alleviation and rapid industrialization of the developing countries like Bangladesh. In this paper we tried to appraise the Problems and Prospects of SMEs in Bangladesh. We observed from the research that non availability of adequate credit, complex loan granting procedure, inadequate infrastructure facilities, problems of collateral requirements, paucity of working capital, non availability of skilled work force, poor salary structure, lack of coordination among SME related organizations, lack of appropriate marketing strategies etc. are the major hindrances to the development of the SMEs in Bangladesh. In order to overcome the problems researchers have tried to provide some recommendations for the developments of SMEs in Bangladesh based on sound reasoning. Background of the Assignment Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) act as a vital player for the economic growth, poverty alleviation and rapid industrialization of the developing countries like Bangladesh. SMEs are significant in underlying country’s economic growth, employment generation and accelerated industrialization. Government of Bangladesh has highlighted the importance of SME in the Industrial Policy-2005. SMEs have been identified by the Ministry of Industries as a ‘Thrust sector’. As the SME sector is labor intensive, it can create more employment opportunities. For this reason government of Bangladesh has recognized SME as a poverty alleviation tool. SMEs also foster...
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...Abstract This study focuses on demand of P2P market among SMEs and consumer market. The researcher has developed a framework based on how peer to peer lending platforms are important for SME’s and what are the governmental regulations to promote online lending platforms, how SMEs play an important role in the development of economy, how important is the peer to peer platform to them and the future position of peer to peer market in Singapore. The focal point lies on the demand of peer to peer lending platforms among small and medium enterprises and consumer market. The study illustrates a high demand of peer to peer lending among small and medium enterprises regardless of less security of investment. This study also includes risk and regulations associated with peer to peer lending and the impact of social behaviours and social connections on the decision of investors related to investment in online platforms. Acknowledgement I owe a debt of gratitude for working adults and SMEs for providing me accurate data and their feedback regarding their loan preferences. I would like to thank all for their precious time and respond. As this work would not be possible without their time and effort. Tables of Contents 1.0. Introduction 4 1.1. Peer to peer lending platform 5 1.2. Background of the research 7 1.3. Objectives 8 1.4. Research Rationale 9 2.0. Literature Review 9 3.0. Research Methodology 19 4.0. Data analysis 21 5.0. Results and Finding...
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...next one consists of studies indicating the relief provided by Islamic Microfinance institutions globally. The remaining sections comprise of the factors affecting the demand of Islamic financial products namely, awareness, religious factors and trust among parties. The last sections include the Mauritian government’s assistance in introducing Islamic Finance in the country and measures taken to set high standards and women empowerment. 2.1.1 Products...
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.... Date.................................... Declaration by the Supervisors This research project has been submitted for examination with our approval as university supervisors. Dr. Gedion Omwono Catholic University of Eastern Africa, GABA Campus Signature.................................................... Date.................................... ABSTRACT This study discusses the effects of Microfinance credit on the performance of Small and Medium enterprises in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. This study was guided by the following research questions, what are the effects of MFIs credit on the growth of SMEs capital? How does MFIs credit effect growth of SMEs human resource? To what extend does MFIs credit improve financial assistance towards SME growth? Why is...
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...An Investigation into the Marketing Strategies used by Commercial Banks in Managing Service Breakdown among SME Customers. Some Experiences in Kenya By Anyim Kevin Ouma and Dr Justus M Munyoki Paper for presentation during the 1st AIBUMA Conference to be held in Nairobi from 25th to 27th August 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya ABSTRACT This study sought to establish the strategies used by ccommercial banks in Kenya in Managing Service Breakdown among SME Customers. The study focused on five commercial banks namely Barclays, Kenya Commercial Bank, Standard Chartered, Equity and Fina bank which currently offer services to SME customers. A self-administered open and closed ended questionnaire was utilized in collecting primary data from the field. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The study found that lack of clear communication with customers, long procedures; intrusive documentation and lack of flexibility are some of the causes resulting in service breakdown. It also established that the main strategies used by banks to deal with services breakdown include; designing services to fit the needs of customers; ensuring that services are always oh high quality without compromise; putting relevant systems in place; having competent employees in place; on time delivery of services and ensuring that services are driven by customers to increase acceptance and satisfaction. Key words: Services Break down, strategies Introduction This...
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...1.1 Background of the Study : The report is a dynamic approach for practical knowledge gathered at this study. My effort was for practical experience through report prepared on for business communication skills as well as banking sectors particularly in portfolio investment. Financial market has turned into a buyer's market. Banks are also changing with time and trying to become one-stop financial super market. As a student of BBA Honors for the requirement of the report preparation, I was assigned to the BRAC Bank Ltd. for my practical orientation. The information regarding this report has been collected from BRAC Bank Ltd. believe the report will provide me necessary knowledge to work in the banking sector and help me to build a flourish career. Because of the inherence importance of Investment Policies, Procedures, and Practices for a Bank perspective and because of my academic matching, I was inserted to undergo with Investment Policy, Procedures, and Practices of BRAC Bank Ltd. Jessore Branch, jessore. Investment is the most important asset as well as the primary source of earning for the banking financial institutions. On the other hand, this Investment is also the major source of risk for the bank management. A prudent bank management should always try to make an appropriate balance between its return and risk involved with the Investment portfolio. An unregulated banking financial institution might be fraught with unmanageable risks for maximizing its potential...
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...BUSINESS RESEACRH METHOD BOND SALES FOR SME CLIENTS An Action Research Study in Lecturer: Dr. Mirza Manirajah Abdullah Prepared by Student Name : Tan Saw Kien Student ID : EMBA-R-121525 I/C NO : 700707-07-5174 RIVERBANK ACADEMY SDN BHD NO 3-3 & 5-3, JALAN PUSAT PERNIAGAAN 1, PUSAT PERNIAGAAN SG.JELOK, 43000 KAJANG SELANGOR TEL: 03-87375009 FAX: 03-87395418 WEBSITE: www.riverbankacademy.com.my EMAIL: info@riverbankacademy.com.my 1 CONTENTS DESCRIPTION PAGE Executive summary Introduction To Standard Chartered Bank Introduction to Bond Sales & Literature Review Purpose of Study Objective of Study Problem Statement Literature Review Methodlogy Limitation of Study & Data Anaylsis Summary and Conclusions Recommendations page 3 page 4 page 15 page 19 page 21 page 23 page 25 page 27 page 29 page 31 page 32 2 Executive summary Business research functions to study the internal and external factors that affect profitability and market share for a company. There are several methods used in business research that helps executives to focus the energy of developers, production staff and distribution forces. The concept of sales "theory" or marketing "theory" is problematic. This is because these are really subsets of a broader microeconomic approach to the manipulation or creation of demand. The concept of "translating purchasing power into demand" is nothing other than this. Therefore, sales "theory and practice" is an aspect of microeconomics and revolves around the response...
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... PANTONE Cool Gray 10 C C:0 C:0 M:0 Y:0 K : 72 M:0 Y:0 K : 72 Guide on Access to Finance ! The Egyptian Junior Business Association (EJB) is a nongovernmental organization, established in 1999 and formally registered in 2000 with a vision to become the “association of first choice among Egyptian Junior Business people who are committed to the development of a culture of Excellence, Ethics and Public Service” and a mission to “Provide a platform for dynamic business people to affect a positive business environment through Business Development & Social Responsibility promoting a culture of excellence & business ethics.” The Center for International Private Enterprise is a non-profit affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and one of the four core institutes of the National Endowment for Democracy. CIPE has supported more than 1,000 local initiatives in over 100 developing countries, involving the private sector in policy advocacy and institutional reform, improving governance, and building understanding of market-based democratic systems. CIPE provides management assistance, practical experience, and financial support to local organizations to strengthen their capacity to implement democratic and economic reforms. CIPE key program areas include anti-corruption, advocacy, business association, corporate governance, access to information, the informal sector and property rights, and women & youth. CIPE programs are also supported...
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...ucm.es Clara Muñoz Colomina. Complutense University of Madrid. Spain. cimunnoz@ccee.ucm.es Abstract. This research study is aimed, based on empirical evidence, at measuring the relationship between the use of the Accounting Information Systems (AIS) by the Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Spain, and firms’ improved performance indicators and productivity. This empirical study is based on a survey carried out among small and medium-sized firms to ascertain the extent to which development and implementation of accounting information systems had taken place, and subsequently an analysis was made as to how much this introduction may impact on improvement in outcome indicators and productivity. As interesting results we have found that there is a positive relationship among the SMEs that use AIS for fiscal and bank management and better performance measures. This research provides value added in accounting literature given the scarcity of works dealing with the relationship between the application and use of AIS and performance and productivity indicators in SMEs in Spain. Keywords: Accounting Information Systems (AIS), Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), performance measures, productivity. 1 We would like to thank Professor Carlos Rivero, from the Statistics Department (UCM), for his valuable assessment. Also we would like to thank the anonymous reviewers of the journal for their contributions. DOI: 10.4192/1577-8517-v11_2 Submitted...
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...cited February 27, 2013 1. Introduction The goal of the paper is to focus on the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and particularly those of the of the South of the Mediterranean, and examine the relationship between insurance – defined as the capability of covering the cost of future harmful events-and entrepreneurship broadly defined as the capability to start independent businesses activities and possibly introduce new combinations of productive factors. The analysis is based on the distinction between uncertainty and risk that Knight unveiled (Knight, 2012) arguing that risk involves situations where a decision maker face unknown outcomes but known ex-ante probability distributions, while uncertainty is characterized by situations in which the probability distribution of a random outcome is unknown. Consequently, while risk can be covered by insurance, uncertainty normally is not. The other pillar of this research is the role of entrepreneurship; a factor that the economic literature has not considered for long time and that in the last 20 years has become the center of any strategy for economic growth in emerging and advanced economies. The discovery of the role of entrepreneurs dates back to Schumpeter (Schumpeter, 1982a) who regards entrepreneurs as the engine of economic growth. Schumpeter (Schumpeter, 1982a) has a view of the entrepreneur as the one who introduces innovation, but does not bear the risk. The study intends to investigate...
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...crisis in 2008, Bank of England (BoE) and other central banks seek to stabilize and stimulate the economy by conventional and non-conventional policies. It seems that one of the non-conventional policies, called quantitative easing (QE), has become the most popular and controversial topic. In March 2009, the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced that the central banking would purchase the financial asset. They would use the central banking reserves created electronically to achieve this. More specifically, the BoE announced a 50 billion pounds increase in the program of purchasing the asset, to 375 billion pounds totally. However, it was not the first time that central banking used such monetary policy. From 2001 to 2006, the Bank of Japan purchased a great number of public loan and long-term bond to infect the liquidity to the market when the domestic economy was depressed continually and a sharp drop on investment. It seems that QE is an effective way to stimulate the economy and promote the recovery from the financial crisis. However, it may cause the hyperinflation and destroy the whole financial system if it was out of management and supervision. Firstly, this essay will provide a definition of quantitative easing. Further, it will discuss how QE affects the economy and the aims that governments seek to achieve. At last, it will evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of QE as a monetary policy. First of all, in average time, if the central banks seek to adjust...
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...over bearing bureaucracies, corruption, inadequate and inefficient infrastructural facilities and maladministration. The paper concludes that entrepreneurship miracle in other country is an engine for job creation; innovation and diversity and Nigeria’s entrepreneurs have a long way to go before they can effectively drive changes in the economy and recommends that Government (policy makers) should genuine recognize the essence of entrepreneurship to economic development by providing the enabling environment for private sector led investment for economic development and also provide adequate infra-structural facilities (water, electricity, road network, communications etc.) Introduction A nation's ability to generate a steady stream of business opportunities can only come about when its people take to entrepreneurial...
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...fa Factors Effecting Small and Medium Enterprises, Selection of Market Entry Mode Naveed Hussain Malik (naveed.hm@gmail.com) 770325-3059 Masood Hussain Chudary(zindagi03@hotmail.com) 801014-5855 Supervisor: Eva Wittbom Masters Degree Thesis in Business Administration School of Management Sciences Date of submission Abstract Development in infrastructure limits the communication gap, speedy travel and low cost tariff barriers as well other drivers of globalization have made overseas markets easier to get small firms and gave more opportunities to SME´s internationalize. The market entry mode choice or selections have strong effect the success or failure of the company. For instance an insufficient or wrong entry mode selection can decrease opportunities and limit important choice for the firm and could lead to high financial loss as well as lose control on overseas market. The purpose of research study is to provide a deep and better understanding of the factors those effecting SME´s selection of market entry mode. Research question how can the influence of internal and external factors on the selection of market entry mode. A frame of reference led to the building of summary which in turn became the basis for data collection. Two qualitative case studies for Pakistani SME´s namely socks knitter Pakistan and RK International were undertaken. The main findings shows the clear link between the theories claim to be internal and external...
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...Foreign direct investment And Economic Growth in Bangladesh Internship program at Brac Bank Ltd. Internship Report On “Foreign direct investment And Economic Growth in Bangladesh and Internship program at Brac Bank Ltd.” The Internship report is submitted to the Department of Finance, University of Dhaka for the partial fulfillment of the requirement of BBA program. Submitted to: Department of Finance University of Dhaka Supervised by: Mohammad Jahangir Alam Chowdhury Professor Department of Finance University of Dhaka Submitted by: Zarin Tasnim ID: 17-009 Section: A Department of Finance University of Dhaka Signature of the Supervisor Date of Submission: 7th May, 2015 Letter of Transmittal 7th May, 2015 Mohammad Jahangir Alam Chowdhury Professor Department of Finance University of Dhaka Subject: Submission of Internship Report on Foreign direct investment and Economic Growth in Bangladesh. Dear Sir, It is an absolute pleasure for me to submit the Internship Report titled “Foreign direct investment and Economic Growth in Bangladesh” as a significant part of the BBA program. While making this report, I have experienced a fair knowledge about Foreign direct investment and economy of Bangladesh and its impact on the growth of Bangladesh. I have tried my best to follow your guidelines in every aspect of preparing this report. I have collected what I believed...
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...and entrepreneur. Crowdfunding is solicitation of funds which are collected in small amount from multiple investors through a web-based platform or social networking site for a specific project, business venture or social cause. It allow entrepreneurs to raise...
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