scholarly journals Requirements of the Small and Medium Enterprises Sector in the State of Kuwait - Challenges and Prospects: متطلبات قطاع المشروعات الصغيرة والمتوسطة في دولة الكويت – التحديات والآفاق

Author(s):  
Wedad Fahad Al-Mudhaf, Afaf Mershed Al Mershed Wedad Fahad Al-Mudhaf, Afaf Mershed Al Mershed

Small and medium companies represent great importance in creating new job opportunities, and the current and potential high growth rates of these projects have proven their superior ability to influence the future of any country. However, there remain many barriers that impede the development and growth of these projects and limit their development, for example; difficulties in financing, difficulties in marketing, lack of specialized workers, etc. Therefore, this research focuses on the most important difficulties and challenges facing small and medium enterprises in Kuwait, and the factors that help their success and continuity, as we presented through this study some success factors through laws legislation, or financial support, in addition to mentioning the most important factors that help the success of small and medium enterprises in Kuwait. At the end of the research, a set of recommendations and proposals were mentioned that contribute significantly to the viability of small and medium-sized companies

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Abdulmohsen S. Z. Al-Ajami ◽  
Marzouq Ayed Al-Qa’eed

The study aimed to measure the Impact of Knowledge Management on the Marketing Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in the State of Kuwait. The population of the study comprised of the owners of small and medium enterprises in the State of Kuwait. An appropriate sample of 150 respondents was used and 124 valid questionnaires were retrieved for analysis. The study reached an effect of knowledge management has been found on the marketing performance in small and medium projects in the State of Kuwait. This reflects the importance of attention to diversifying the sources of obtaining knowledge from the environment surrounding the project in a manner that can be used to its advantage in order to improve the level of its marketing performance. The study also highlighted that the opinions of the study sample on the impact of knowledge management on the marketing performance in small and medium enterprises in the State of Kuwait do not differ according to their practical experiences and scientific qualifications.


2021 ◽  
pp. 135-142
Author(s):  
Denys Korytin

Problem setting. The formation of state policy to support small and medium enterprises (hereinafter - SMEs) requires consideration of global developments in the direction of legal regulation and economic and managerial justification of certain forms of support. In addition, within the globalized market, as well as taking into account Ukraine's desire to approximate national legislation to EU law, it is not possible to create mechanisms to support SMEs without adapting to global standards, that is, mechanisms similar to conventional ones should be invented. Of course, international documents, including the European Charter for Small Enterprises, can be a guide. Analysis of resent researches and publications. Legal analysis of certain means of state support for small and medium enterprises was carried out by such scientists as N. M. Vnukova, S. V. Hlibko, A. M. Lyubchych, I. V. Podrez-Riapolova, A.T. Zavadska and others. At the same time, this paper will analyze the implementation of financial support for small and medium enterprises, taking into account current government programs. The target of research is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of financial support for small and medium enterprises provided by the state, represented by public authorities and local governments, taking into account the principles of European Union law and current national and international programs to support entrepreneurship in Ukraine. Article’s main body. One of the most popular and effective forms of support is state financial support for SMEs. It is noted that the support from the financial and credit system reflects, in fact, the financial and economic relations between the state and market actors on the redistribution of funds. The state program «5-7-9» offers partial compensation of the interest rate on the hryvnia loan in combination with the mechanism of partial credit guarantees to address the problem of lack of collateral and insufficient credit history. The program is implemented by the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, the Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development (formerly the German-Ukrainian Foundation) through a network of partner banks in partnership with the Ministry of Economy and the Office for Small and Medium Enterprises to prevent, spread and eliminate COVID-19 disease caused by the crown virus SARS-CoV-2, and to prevent and overcome their effects. By analyzing the statistical information of the ten largest banks, it was found that there is no unity in the terms of lending, lending is not within a single program, but for individual loan products of banks, which may differ from each other. Conclusions and prospects of the development. Summarizing the above, it is possible to conclude that the current state policy to support SMEs is characterized by the presence of a significant network of funds. One of the most relevant of these is the provision of soft loans. At the same time, there is insufficient information support for the process of direct provision of this support. In view of this, it should be noted that in order to ensure the economic security of the state, these forms should be used through a system of state bodies and organizations, local governments and organizations that must exist in reality, and electronic (virtual) portals for services should operate in additions to the real ones.


Author(s):  
Huong Vu Thanh ◽  
Thu Anh Nguyen ◽  
Mai Thi Thanh Nguyen

Technological innovation state funds supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are not common in the developing countries like Vietnam, but are common in the developed nations like the European countries and Korea. The financial and non-financial support of these funds has contributed significantly to the development of many SMEs. Learning from the funds which have successfully facilitated SMEs in innovating and developing advanced technologies is meaningful to the Vietnamese sicence and techonology management bodies and state funds. This article will review the experience of some typical fund in supporting SMEs, thereby providing some lessons for technology innovation Funds of Vietnam to create a more favorable environment for SMEs to access funds.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 298
Author(s):  
Muhamad Marwan

The aim of this study is to determine the impact of networking on SME’s ability to access government financial support through legal channels in Asia Pacific. This study is quantitative in nature in which the data has been gathered from 281 employees and managers working in SMEs through survey questionnaire. The SEM technique was utilised for the purpose of analysing and testing the mediation effect. The study found that there is a partial mediation of government financial support through legal channels among the relationship between networking with officers and access to finance. This study is restricted to the SMEs operating in the region of Asia Pacific.


2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Juma James Masele

TitleTwiga Hosting Ltd – providing affordable information and communication technologies services to small and medium enterprises.Subject areaThe case describes the launch of Twiga Hosting Ltd, a company providing information and communication technology (ICT) services to the underserved small and medium enterprise (SME) sector in Tanzania and in a many countries in Africa.Study level/applicabilityThis case targets a range of audience from undergraduate students taking both Bachelor of Commerce and those taking Bachelor of Business Administration; and Postgraduate students taking business‐related courses. Nonetheless, the case may be used by all other learners of advanced studies in entrepreneurship and innovation management.Case overviewThe case addresses a number of issues including: Issues to be considered when starting an ICT enterprise. Strategic management. Business revenue models.Expected learning outcomes To impart/inculcate entrepreneurial insights in ICT and related areas. To make learners aware of the business growth opportunities in ICT ventures. The success factors for fruitful ICT ventures. To enable learners to identify challenges facing entrepreneurs in ICT ventures and the ways to overcome them.Supplementary materialsTeaching notes.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-48
Author(s):  
Yixuan Yao ◽  
Hongjun Zeng

Through the empirical analysis and test of 2106 valid questionnaires of employees of small and medium enterprises(SMEs) in China, the article presents the influence mechanism of the sense of fairness of salary distribution on employees' turnover intention based on the cross angle of internal and external factors. The theory of organizational commitment and perception of external job opportunities was introduced and applied AMOS 22.0 to conduct confirmatory factor analysis on the scale. Then applies SPSS 23.0 to establish a hierarchical linear regression model to analyze the impact of the fairness of salary distribution on turnover intention and analyze organizational commitment and the mediating and regulating role of external job opportunities. The results indicate that the sense of fairness in salary distribution and organizational commitment can effectively reduce employees' turnover intention, and employees' perceived external job opportunities moderate this inhibition.


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