There has been considerable debate about the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate governance and corporate and social performance but in recent years the term corporate social responsibility has gained prominence, both in business and in the press to such an...

Limited data on micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) make it difficult for governments to design appropriate MSME policies in Asia and the Pacific. To identify factors affecting MSME development and promote evidence-based policymaking, we propose a probabilistic principal component...

Empirical work on micro and small firms has focused on developed countries. The little work that exists on developing countries is all too often based on small samples taken from ad hoc questionnaires. The census data we analyze are fairly representative of the structure of small business in...

Finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) has been a concern for all stakeholders including entrepreneurs, financial institutions, and government organizations. The key objective of the study was to identify various challenges faced by MSMEs in sourcing of finance during...

Entrepreneurship is a backbone of economy. They are playing vital role of increase the industrial sector as well as economic growth of country. Entrepreneurs are driven to achieve success in their business along with the qualities of a entrepreneurs. They saw the bigger picture but wisely...

Objective – This study aims to examine and analyze micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) coaching program and to obtain an empirical evidence regarding the effect of MSMEs coaching program on the quality of financial statements.Methodology/Technique – This study was conducted using...

This paper examines the structure and growth of micro and small enterprises (MSE) sector in Assam. We analyse the growth of the sector by different enterprise types in terms of different indicators such as number of units, employment, value added and fixed capital. The analysis, based on...

Women entrepreneurs have proved to be equi-potential with their men counterparts in business expertise and are emerging as smart and dynamic entrepreneurs. A strong desire to do something positive is an inbuilt quality of entrepreneurial women, who is capable of contributing values in both...