TY - CHAP
T1 - On the road to SME sector development in Bangladesh
T2 - A guideline based on current challenges and opportunities
AU - Rahman, Syed Abidur
AU - Ahmad, Noor Hazlina
AU - Taghizadeh, Seyedeh Khadijeh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/2/10
Y1 - 2017/2/10
N2 - Entrepreneurship has been deliberated as multidimensional and multidisciplinary study. From the economic point of view entrepreneurship is the central force for economic development for any nation. Scholars and policy makers now have started to see entrepreneurship as panacea for inclusive growth. Entrepreneurships are most widely popular and discussed area. Study on small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) has been maturing for the last decade as it has been regarded as significant player for the social development along with the economic development. In Bangladesh, SMEs account for a large proportion of the total establishments in various sectors. Considering the importance of the SME sector in Bangladesh, this study intends to explore and sketch-out the landscape of current SME setting in Bangladesh. With this aim the study has extensively carried out literature review, observed and understood the secondary data obtained from various organizations, and finally presented a policy driven recommendation (micro and macro level) which would enable to develop the SME sector in a developing country like Bangladesh.
AB - Entrepreneurship has been deliberated as multidimensional and multidisciplinary study. From the economic point of view entrepreneurship is the central force for economic development for any nation. Scholars and policy makers now have started to see entrepreneurship as panacea for inclusive growth. Entrepreneurships are most widely popular and discussed area. Study on small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) has been maturing for the last decade as it has been regarded as significant player for the social development along with the economic development. In Bangladesh, SMEs account for a large proportion of the total establishments in various sectors. Considering the importance of the SME sector in Bangladesh, this study intends to explore and sketch-out the landscape of current SME setting in Bangladesh. With this aim the study has extensively carried out literature review, observed and understood the secondary data obtained from various organizations, and finally presented a policy driven recommendation (micro and macro level) which would enable to develop the SME sector in a developing country like Bangladesh.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85027503436&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4018/978-1-5225-2165-5.ch006
DO - 10.4018/978-1-5225-2165-5.ch006
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85027503436
SN - 1522521658
SN - 9781522521655
SP - 117
EP - 136
BT - Handbook of Research on Small and Medium Enterprises in Developing Countries
ER -