...2012), PP 18-29 www.iosrjournals.org Promoting Women’s Entrepreneurship through SME: Growth and Development in the context of Bangladesh Afiya Sultana * Lecturer, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Science and Technology Chittagong, Post Box- 1079, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Abstract: Women’s entrepreneurship is an inevitable part of country’s economic development process. The main objective of this study is to having an overview of women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh and growth situation through SME. The issue covered by this study are socio-demographic profile of women entrepreneur, types of women owned entrepreneur, regulatory procedures, training and capacity building and human resources development through women’s empowerment. The study also focused on role of SME to promoting women entrepreneurs. It also explores the social perspective of women entrepreneurs as well as the impact of these entrepreneurs on the economic development of Bangladesh. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods adapting with primary data collection process were applied to explore information from sample unit of women entrepreneur of Chittagong region in Bangladesh. A semi structured questionnaire survey was conducted to collect primary data. Data were analyzed using various statistical software including SPSS, MS Excel. The findings shows that women’s entrepreneurship of Bangladesh is growing at accelerate rate and their contribution to socio- economic development...
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...ENTERPRISES (SMES): EXPLORING NON-BANK FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AS AN ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF FINANCING THE CASE OF BANGLADESH Submitted To Submitted By James Bakul Sarkar Md. Moniruzzaman Assistant Professor ID: 111091381 School of Business Bachelor of Business Administration Bachelor’s Degree Thesis in Business Administration ACRONYMS SMES SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES NBFI NON BANK FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. FFS FORMAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM IFS INFORMAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM FMF FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE CBN CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA NDIC NIGERIAN DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION SEC SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NIC NATIONAL INSURANCE COMMISSION FMBN FEDERAL MORTGAGE BANK OF NIGERIA NDIC NIGERIA DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION SEC SECURITY AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NAICOM NATIONAL INSURANCE COMMISSION ABSTRACT TITLE: FINANCING OPTIONS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMES): EXPLORING NON-BANK FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AS AN ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF FINANCING. AUTHOR: Md. Moniruzzaman SUPERVISOR: James Bakul Sarkar DEPARTMENT: School of Business, United International University COURSE: Bachelor’s Thesis in Business Administration. BACKGROUND AND PROBLEM DISCUSSION: Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are...
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...Enterprise (SME) 4. ReadyMade Garment(RMG) 5. BangladeshBank(BB) ABSTRACT: Although women in Bangladesh make a direct and equal contribution to that of men in economical contributions, their productive worth is not acknowledged by this male‐dominated society. Some principal reasons for the lack of recognition include the inferior social and religious status of women, seclusion through systematic segregation, negligible legal and property rights ,sex discrimination in gaining access to economic activities, lack of valuation of women's activities, and absence of government policies regarding women’s development. Male‐dominated Bangladesh society undervalues women's work by paying them less than men with the same workload and even with the same output. Credit is taken over by their male counterparts (husbands). This report explores the contribution of women in Agriculture, SME and RMG sectors that would recognize women's labor and incorporate women incomprehensive development activities throughout Bangladesh. INTRODUCTION: Bangladesh has a population around 140 million (July 2011EST.). About 45% of them are still living below the poverty line. Bangladesh’s Human development index (HDI) is 139 (out of 177), ranking as the lowest in the Asian country list. Although women in Bangladesh make a direct and equal contribution to that of men in ECONOMICS. Some principal reasons for the lack of recognition include the inferior social and religious status of women, seclusion...
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...Characteristics/Profiles of Bangladeshi Entrepreneurs Several studies were done in order to identify the characteristics or profiles of Bangladeshi entrepreneurs. Papanek (1969) observed psychological trait of risk taking among the people of the then East Pakistan(now Bangladesh). Farouk (1983) did a survey on Bangladeshi entrepreneurs and in this survey he focused on the biography of successful Bangladeshi entrepreneurs. He found that Bangladeshi entrepreneurs are generally hard working, honest, religious, trustworthy, reliable, and less educated and live simple lives. Most of the entrepreneurs in this survey had poor educational background and were not good students. Generally these entrepreneurs come from three groups: 1. Those families who have been in business or industry by tradition and their children Are now in business, 2. Retired government officers or politicians or their family members. 3. Those that began small but achieved considerable success by their personal efforts. Rahman (1989) found that Bangladeshi Entrepreneurs possess some characteristics that are similar to characteristics of entrepreneurs in other countries. He did an extensive survey on 5 living Bangladeshi entrepreneurs and found that they are hard workers, truthful, religious, simple living, honest, sincere, good leaders; task oriented and had capacity to influence others. The highest educational degree they achieved was the Bachelors degree. Most of them started their businesses...
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...Introduction A woman entrepreneur is defined as a woman who has alone or with one or more partners started or inherited a business, and is eager to take financial, administrative, and social risks and responsibilities, and participate in the day-to-day management activities (UNDP, 2004). Women in Asian countries like India, Myanmar and Bangladesh have played and also are playing a good role in politics. So, Bangladeshi women are enjoying freedom to join politics as well as business. But compared with the Unites States and the European countries, the number is still poor. In fact, women entrepreneurship development is a challenging phenomenon in Bangladesh as women are lagged behind (economically and socially) compared to men. Generally, women are more victimized as because of their illiteracy, unawareness, unorganized, powerless or less political representation, deprivation, rigid social customs, religious constrains and injustice by their counter partners particularly in rural area. Women constitute about a half of the total population in Bangladesh. So for proper representation of women in the arena of entrepreneurship development, "women should constitute 50 per cent of the country's total entrepreneurs." But the ground reality is totally different. "The ratio is not even 10 per cent. The actual ratio is much lower than that. We do not know the exact number of women entrepreneurs in the country,” There is no real information on how many women entrepreneurs exist in the country...
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...where profit and social responsibility goes hand in hand as it strives towards a poverty-free, enlightened Bangladesh. BRAC Bank Limited is a scheduled commercial bank in Bangladesh. It established under the Banking Companies Act, 1991 and its operation started on July 4, 2001 with a vision to be the market leader through to providing all sorts support to people in term of promoting corporate and small entrepreneurs and individuals all over the Bangladesh. Just as BRAC Bank has a corporate identity, they have a social identity too. As a Bank they are socially responsible. Fifty percent (50%) of BRAC Bank’s loan portfolio is diverted to Small and Medium enterprise Banking, and as a financial intermediary they channel funds from the surplus end to the needy. Country-wide network of SME Units centre to the end of small entrepreneurs to help them build their asset base. BRAC Bank is market leader in SME, striving for socio-economic upheaval in Bangladesh. The bottom line is, BRAC Bank do not support any finances that are detrimental to our environment. Some Important Features: * A portion of BRAC Banks revenue is channeled to support BRAC schools, where children study for free. 70% of these children are female. * Fastest growing Bank in the country for the last three years; * Leader in SME financing through 460 offices; * Biggest suit of personal Banking and SME products; Large ATM’s and POS network. The Bank consists of major divisions named: 1) Corporate...
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...SME Financing in Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects SME Financing in Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects Prepared for Arafat Rahman Assistant Professor Institute of Business Administration Jahangirnagar University Prepared by Tanjila Sharmin 201301029 Md. Mourshed Uddin 201303006 Naim Ahmad 201403020 Sayeed Ishtiaque Ahmed 201403027 Md. Sazzad Hossain 201403034 Course Participant BUS 501: Managerial Communication (Section-02) WMBA Program Institute of Business Administration Jahangirnagar University December 20, 2014 Letter of authorization November 23, 2014 Course Participant BUS 501: Managerial Communication The purpose of this report is to familiarize you with the basic techniques and principles associated with writing a formal business report so that you can build and enhance this specific written communication skill. This formal report will be coordinated with a formal presentation session on the topic of the report. At a minimum, your report should include information related to the following issues: Introduction to the Industry/Sector/Area – What is the industry/sector/Area? What is the background of the industry/sector/Area in Bangladesh? Who are the major participants? You may show how the industry/sector/area is contributing to the economic development of the country. In this case, you must use industry-related data for the past three years (at least). In case of export-oriented industries...
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...OVERVIEW Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) occupy unique position in most of the countries especially in a developing country. They are a primary target for many countries desiring to stimulate economic growth and development. The SMEs sub-sector plays an increasingly dominant role in the technology assimilation and dissemination and in economic development in Bangladesh as well. In Bangladesh, SMEs playing a significant role for the development of our economy by creating employment opportunity and producing important alternative machines and machinery parts for saving huge foreign currency for our country. So as a part of our development strategy, we should intensify our efforts to develop this sector to grow industrial base and volume of foreign trade. As we know the in this age of globalization, it is impossible to stop the flow of foreign goods to any country. Only quality products can meet the challenges in global market. For meeting this situation SMEs need to upgrade their technological capabilities and production facilities in order to produce quality products at a competitive price. DEFINITION Small and medium enterprises or small and medium-sized enterprises (also: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises; acronym in the plural: SMEs; small and medium businesses or small and medium-sized businesses, acronym: SMBs; and variations thereof) are companies whose headcount or turnover falls below certain limits. Enterprises Fixed Capital Investment Employees Small ≤Tk...
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...presents both the entrepreneur and financial institution’s view on financing opportunities for SME institutions. As a financial organization the report shed light on BSRS and its BCC/BASIS/ICT Incubator and its adjacent financing modules. From entrepreneur’s point of view a number of incubator listed firms were selected and their financing process has been introduced. This report exclusively focused its view toward ICT SMEs. The fact that ICT Incubator is only accessible to IT companies and the importance of ICT in Bangladesh economy growth has an implicit importance in this regard. The report took this issue further by listing the bars that remains in today’s financial market for an ICT SME. The report also contains critical analysis of the whole financing process and its pro/cons. The submitters took the liberty of comparing BSRS normal SME financing schemes and its past data with BSRS/BCC/ICT Incubator financing schemes. This report also showed the Requirements, Paper works, Validation process, Other payment options & Follow through of the whole financing process. Past data of BSRS financial investments and loan disbursements as well as data on participation in ICT incubator has also been included. Recent times have seen an encouraging up rise of women participation in SME institutions. This fact has not been ignored and an analysis with relevant data on women participation in BSRS and ICT Incubator scenario has been introduced. The investment process for SMEs has been presented...
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...time spent at home and a recent survey by the Pew Research Center found the majority of full-time working moms would like to trade in their current situation for a part-time position. In Bangladeshi perspective, it is very difficult to balance between family and career. Many people may find it very difficult to manage their career and family life. The needs of their families are important but at the same time, career is important in order to survive. These duties are an important obligation in life but we must take control of it so that we are managing our time in our careers and making sure that our families are satisfied. Bangladesh was the first country in South Asia to achieve gender-parity in primary education. Achieving this milestone is a result of effective public policy, resource allocation and strong commitment from public and non-government sectors. For example, Female enrolment in primary schools is now 51% and in secondary schools it is now 53%, while male is 47%. Women in Bangladesh take a huge step in the economy of Bangladesh. Between 2010 and 2013, banks and non-bank financial institutions has disbursed TK 67 billion to 57,722 women entrepreneurs from their own sources. In 2010, 13,831 women entrepreneurs received TK 18 billion; in 2011, 16,696 women entrepreneurs received TK 20 billion; and in 2012, 17,362...
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...University Bangladesh. Subject: Women Entrepreneurship A study on some selected Boutique Business in Chittagong. Dear Sir, This is a great honor for us to hand you the report about Women Entrepreneurship: A study of some selected Boutique business in Chittagong, completed on different boutique house belongs to women’s. However, we have tried to attain practical knowledge of entrepreneurship. We have learned the practical experience of entrepreneurs and achieved some theoretical knowledge about it. We also find out the present situation of the women entrepreneurs and recommend the future steps that must be taken by Govt. for the improvement of women entrepreneurs. We appreciate having worked under you and to complete the report under your course teacher. Sincerely Yours, Name | Signature | Masudur Rahman | | Raihanul Islam | | Md.Hediatul Islam | | Md.Habibuzzaman | | Md.Tanvir Reza | Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A) Batch: 10th (A) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Preparing a report requires a number of people’s contribution. The group members of “Proactive” do their part efficiently. We would like to recognize just a few people who contributed to this report. We would like to express our gratitude to all those who gave us the possibility to complete the report. We are highly obliged to or honorable teacher, Dr. A. K.M. Helal ul zaman Professor, Faculty of Business, ASA University Bangladesh , who gave...
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...Contribution of Banks on SME Sector in Bangladesh 1 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 3 Table of contents No: Page: Chapter One Introduction 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Background of the study 2 1.3 Problem statement 3 1.4 Objectives of the study 3 1.5 Scope of the study 4 Chapter Two Methodology 2.1 Data requirement 5 2.2 Study area 6 2.3 Sample size selection 6 2.4 Questionnaire development 7 2.5 Literature review 8 2.6 Small enterprise 10 2.7 Medium enterprise 10 2.8 SME financing by Banks in Bangladesh 11 Chapter Three Results 3.1 Contribution of SMEs in the economy 13 3.2 Current status of SME financing by Bangladesh Bank 14 4 3.3 Loan documents needed for SME financing by banks 14 3.4 About the sample banks 15 3.5 Portfolio size of different banks in SME sector 17 3.6 Target given by Bangladesh Bank 19 3.7 Survey analysis 24 3.8 Findings 27 Chapter Four 29 Limitation Chapter Five 30 Conclusions and recommendation Appended Parts Data collection instruments Details of entrepreneurs Bibliography List of Tables 3.1 Portfolio size of Different Banks in SME sector 17 3.2 Distribution of entrepreneurs whether or not they take bank loan 24 to operate their SME business. 3.3 Distribution of entrepreneurs by their responses...
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...Letter of Transmittal March 22, 2016 Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed Faculty Masters of Business Administration BRAC University Subject: Submission of project paper on “Venture Capital Firm” Dear Sir, We are pleased to present our project paper of startup of a “Venture Capital Firm” after a long and rigorous teamwork. We have tried to integrate the knowledge that you have imparted upon us into various topics in the report. This report consists of the overview of our venture capital firm “SEED”.. We hope that you would be kind enough to have your insight in our paper .We will be glad to answer any of your queries regarding the study and report. Sincerely Yours Acknowledgement At first we would like to express our gratitude to Almighty Allah who makes us able to prepare this project paper with good health and sound mind. Then we would like to express our deepest gratitude and warmest appreciation to our research supervisor Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, whose assistance and guidance was outstanding for the successful completion of this project paper. Without his help, it was impossible for us to complete this project paper. His excellent method of guiding helped us to understand this critical title easily. We also thanked him for kindly assigning us such a nice and significant title which we are always supposed to remember gratefully. Table of Content Section | Page No. | 1. Background and justification of the project | | 2. Objectives of the...
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...Enterprise (SME) Development in Bangladesh 1Business Feroz Ahmed1, *Md. Mizanur Rahman1, Monimul Haque2 Administration Discipline, Khulna University, Bangladesh 2Department of Finance and Banking, University of Rajshahi *mizanurku03@yahoo.com Abstract: Small and medium enterprises (henceforth, SMEs) play a key role in economic growth and industrial development of a country. They make vital contributions in improving economic and social sectors of a country through stimulating large scale employment, investment, development of indigenous skill and technology, promotion of entrepreneurship and innovativeness, enhancing exports, and also building an industrial base at different scales. SMEs worldwide have been benefited from the combined interactions of forces of product mix, location factors, and market advantages. However, evidences also suggest that there are cases of SME failures. Growth of SMEs is constrained by many factors. Many SMEs occasionally go on growing into large firms. This paper looks for identifying such constraints of manufacture based SME Development in Bangladesh. From the study, it has been identified that, lack of utility facilities, for example, electricity, gas and water, frequent changes of the prices of raw materials as well as shortage of raw materials, political unrest, high interest rate on borrowings, high transportation cost, lack of financing for ongoing concern, and inadequate infrastructure are the major constraints of manufacture based SMEs Development...
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...[pic] An Introduction to FBCCI and Its Contribution to Business in Bangladesh A Term Paper By |Group : ……….. | |Roll : 3-11-21-052 |: |Abul Kalam Azad | |Roll : 3-11-21-055 |: |Narayan Chandra Saha | |Roll : 3-11-21-061 |: |Manash Kumar Adhikary | |Roll : 3-11-21-066 |: |Mir Zahid Hasan | |Roll : 3-11-21- |: | | Submitted to Mrs. Rumana Parveen Course Instructor Course No. EM 501: Introduction to Business In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Master in Business Administration in Management Studies Dedicated To The Martyrs And Freedom Fighters Of Our Beloved Motherland ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, we thank specifically to our course instructor Mrs. Rumana Parveen for the guidance, assistance and direction she provided us...
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