This paper asks how do small firms behave and what is their role in Indian economic development. It examines aggregate … descriptions of small firms in India: their role in economic development, the industry by industry variation in their relative … theoretical and empirical issues are taken up. The small firms' response to government policy is also examined. …

This paper describes the common financing challenges faced by micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in …

In many low- and middle-income countries most micro and small enterprises (MSEs) struggle to upgrade into medium … what the most important factors for MSE upgrading are: entrepreneur or firm characteristics; personal or business networks …; or the business environment. On the basis of extensive empirical research conducted in Egypt, India, and the Philippines …

This paper describes the common financing challenges faced by micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in …