formulation with appropriate and relevant measurement of entrepreneurship and the business environment, the primary focus in this … paper is to scrutinize existing international indicators, in particular the World Bank's Doing Business (DB) indicators and …

economies, little is known about the business development support requirements of these firms and the extent to which their … at various stages of business development, and to identify potential support gaps. Findings indicate support used by KBBs … business development support mandate. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2006 …