Essays about: "Micro and small-scale businesses"
Found 5 essays containing the words Micro and small-scale businesses.
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1. Challenges Facing Food Processing MSEs in Tanzania : A Qualitative Case Study of the Sunflower Oil Industry in Babati, Manyara
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknikAbstract : Food processing micro- and small-scale enterprises (MSEs) play an important role in the national economic development of Tanzania. Though many of them have great growth potential, they face a number of constraints hindering further development, and large amounts of cooking oil are imported each year. READ MORE
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2. Sustainability Comparison between EnDev and not-EnDev Micro-Hydro Power (MHP) in Indonesia : Analysis of the long-term technical, social, environmental and economic sustainability of the rural energy infrastructure of MHP in Indonesia
University essay from KTH/Kraft- och värmeteknologiAbstract : The Energising Development (EnDev) initiative, for which the GIZ acts as implementing agency, promotes the supply of modern energy technologies to households and small‐scale businesses in the rural communities of 24 countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia. In Indonesia, this has been achieved through off‐grid micro‐hydro (MHP) and solar power mini‐grids and since 2006 230 MHP and 117 solar projects have been supported to varying degree at substantial cost, reaching more than 167 thousand people. READ MORE
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3. The potential of energy efficiency measures in micro and small scale businesses in Kumasi-Ghana
University essay from Industriell miljöteknikAbstract : In industry, energy efficiency reduces operating cost and emissions to the environment whiles enhancing energy security. In order to ensure the sustainability of micro and small scale businesses in a developing country such as Ghana, measures that can ensure energy efficiency are therefore essential for these businesses to have a productive and economical operation that will ensure their sustainability. READ MORE
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4. Finding the path - women entrepreneurs, micro and small scale enterprises and their path to growth in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : This study of ten micro and small scale businesses owned and management by Tanzanian women in Dar es Salaam aimed at fulfilling two purposes; to highlight male biased assumptions and gender blindness in the discourse and discursive practices on entrepreneurship as well as exploring women’s own perceptions of identity and gender. The second more straight forward empirical purpose was exploring women entrepreneurs pathways to growth, but still taking in to account how structural gendered processes affects and is affected by this pathway, the strategies and goals. READ MORE
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5. FINANCING OPTIONS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMES) : EXPLORING NON-BANK FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AS AN ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF FINANCING
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för managementAbstract : ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND PROBLEM DISCUSSION: Small and medium-sized enterprises are observed as capable instruments to solving the critical problems of development and poverty affecting most developing countries (Kayanula and Quartey 2000; Mead and Liedholm 1998; Fischer 1995), therefore the need for their growth in Nigeria is beyond question. Amidst many other problems, gaining access to bank credits and other financial markets have been identified as a key hindrance to this growth. READ MORE
