The paper is aimed at examining relation between factors determining export behavior and propensity to innovate to fill Afghanistan specific literature gap. For this purpose, a number of 236 small and medium manufacturing firms were targeted as statistical unit of analysis. Required data were...

For past three-years unemployment has been growing in Afghanistan, which has caused many socio-economic problems. One of the solution to this problem is private sector development. A lot of attention has been paid toward attraction of investments at large scale from private sector, however,...

Venture capital is an important source of finance for small businesses although it is least understood. The Venture Capital financing market in Afghanistan is inactive and mainly targets large companies instead of small to medium enterprises. The study sought to evaluate the role of venture...