Development Of Small Industries Research Articles

Small Scale Industries and Rural Development in Edo State, Nigeria

The future of the industrial development of this nation depends to a large extent on the growth and development of the potentials of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs). Small scale industries play a considerable role in the employment of manpower and productivity, distribution of income across the regions through increased investments and profits. In fact, they are termed ‘rural developing motors’. The objective of this study is to highlight the roles and constraints of small scale industries in the rural development of Edo state. The data collected were obtained through field observations, oral interviews and questionnaire administration. The data received were analysed using statistical techniques. Findings revealed that small scale industries have seriously impacted in the area of employment and household income generation .It also shows that there is lack of management skills, poor record keeping and weak access to financing.

Local Economic Development Strategy Based on Localindustrial Core Competence

Local economy can be promoted through the development of small and medium industries by building up localindustrial core competence. Local core competence is one of the strategies to increase local competitiveadvantage through the optimization of local competitive potency. This study was aimed at drafting the strategyof local economic development through local industrial core competence based on competitive commodities ofBanyumas district.This study employed qualitative as well as quantitative approaches. The study site is Banyumas Regency. Datacollecting techniques include secondary data mining, survey, observation, in-depth interview, and focussedgroup disscusion. Data were then analyzed using interactive analysis, Analytic Hierarchy Process andInterpretive Structural Modeling.The results show that batik is the most potential industry to be the local industrial core competence in Banyumasdistrict. The competitive advantage of batik as the industrial core competence of Banyumas district can beexecuted through the following three stages: (1) initial stage (infrastructure improvement, finance and legislationsupport (2) main stage (human resource development, management and marketing, branding and the creation ofbatik uniqueness) and (3) final stage (increase in productivity and initiation of related and supporting industries).

The Impact of Entrepreneurial Marketing and Business Development on Business Sustainability: Small and Household Footwear Industries in Indonesia

Entrepreneurial marketing is a marketing approach that is more appropriate in terms of resource constraints andproblems that exist in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Although the footwear industry is one of thegovernment-supported SMEs sector in Indonesia, the development of the industry is still relatively slow. Variousgovernment policies have been implemented related to export and import settings, but it does not seem toprovide significant benefits to the national development of the footwear industry. The main purpose of this studyis to formulate a model of entrepreneurial marketing for business development and sustainability of small andhousehold footwear industries based on the analysis of structural equation modeling (SEM) with partial leastsquares (PLS), entrepreneurial marketing shows positive influence on the development of the value of pathcoefficient of 0.511 (alpha = 5%). In addition, the ability of entrepreneurial marketing also has a positiveinfluence on the value of business sustainability path coefficient of 0.430 (alpha = 5%). This positive influencemeans that businesses with a higher ability of entrepreneurial marketing will have higher levels of businessdevelopment and sustainability. It can be concluded that entrepreneurial marketing plays an important role inshaping business development and sustainability of small and household footwear industries.

The Relationship between the Performance of Industrial Clusters and Renovation of Small Industries

The purpose of the present study is investigating the relationship between the performance of industrial clusters and renovation of small industries in East Azerbaijan, Iran. In this study, the relationship between the performance of the industrial clusters and its dimensions including the supporting institutions, communicative sectors and production-business sectors has been investigated using the renovation indices of small industries. The participants of the study include all 243 industrial and production units in auto-parts manufacturing cluster of the province. Due to the limited number of subjects, census-taking was used. The data collection instrument for the study was questionnaire. The validity of questionnaire was confirmed through face value of content and its reliability was confirmed using Cronbach’s Alpha, with 0.838 for the questions on industrial clusters’ performance and 0.726 for the questions on small industries development. To test the research hypotheses, Pearson and Friedman tests were used. The results indicate that there is a relationship between the performance of industrial clusters and its dimensions, with renovation of small industries in the province.

Study on the Bank Finances to Small Scale Industries in Theni District in Tamil Nadu

Finance is an important input for an industry. For a small scale industry the need for finance is very essential due to its limited resources. The sources of finance for small scale industries are of two types-internal and external. The role of commercial banks in the process of economic development is well recognized. The year 1969 was a major turning point in Indian financial systems when 14 major banks were nationalized. Different national and state level institutions operating in the country for meeting the credit requirements of the SSIs sector include Small Industries Development Bank of India, Commercial Banks, Regional Rural Banks, Co-operative Banks (State, Central and Primary), State Financial Corporations/ State Industrial Investment Corporations, State Small Industries Development Corporation, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, statutory bodies (KVIC, COIR Board, Handloom Board and Handicraft Boards), National Small Industries Corporations Limited and the like. The State bank of India lending to the small-scale industries in Theni district, compared to the public sector and the priority sector lending. The trend values showed that the target has increased faster than the actual amount of advances. The recovery rate of the SSI advances is a maximum of 69% in Theni district.

Transforming Small, Medium, and Microscale Enterprises? Information-Communication Technologies (Icts) and Industrial Change in Tanzania

The changing structure of international trade offers new opportunities for Africa, and some believe that new information communication technologies (ICTs)—especially mobile phones, the Internet, and computers—can accelerate and deepen the region's integration into the world economy. This paper evaluates such claims through an in-depth empirical analysis of ICT use and its contribution to small, medium, and microscale enterprises (SMMEs) and industrial development in Tanzania's wood products and furniture sector. Drawing on concepts from time geography and sociotechnical transition theory, the analysis determines whether, how, and why (not) ICTs are enabling SMMEs to overcome constraints on their activities and whether the industrial regime governing and guiding the activities of firms is being transformed through ICT-driven changes in communication and information management practices. The findings detail the ways in which ICTs are (not) becoming integrated into the everyday industrial practices, highlight the implications of this integration for the industry's development, and demonstrate how research into ICT for development can benefit from a deeper and more critical understanding of the contexts in which technological diffusion occurs—conceptualized here as activity constraints and sociotechnical regimes.

The relationship between risk-taking propensity and demographic characteristics among MSEs in Malaysia

Micro- and Small Enterprises (MSEs) contribute significantly to economic development, and this could be influenced by demographic factors and risk-taking propensity. This study assesses the relationship between risks-taking propensity and demographic characteristics of Malaysian MSEs owners. A stratified sample totalling 260 names and addresses was derived from the Small and Medium Industries Development Corporation (SME Corp). The Risk Attitudes Inventory (RAI) was used in the survey to measure entrepreneurial risk-taking propensity, which presented with 15 hypothetical situations. The questions were to stimulate reflection and thought about one's risk-taking style and beliefs. The scale that was used for the measurement of risk-taking propensity consisted of three levels: low, medium and high. The study concludes that there is no relationship between risk-taking propensity and business owners' demographic characteristics such as gender, business owners' age, education level and their business experience.

The Role of SIDBI in developing the MSMEs in India

The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector plays a vital role in the growth of our country in creating employment, exports, gross industrial value of output, gross value added, investment in fixed assets, contribution to GDP, and giving boost to manufacture, service and infrastructure sectors. The opportunities in MSME sectors are enormous due to the factors like Less Capital Intensive, Extensive Promotion & Support by Government, Reservation for Exclusive Manufacture, Funding by way of Finance & Subsidies, Reservation for Exclusive Purchase by Government, Export Promotion, great demand in the domestic market , export potential and so on. The number of MSMEs functioning in the country as per Quick Results of 4 All India Census (2006-07), in the registered and unregistered categories are 1.55 Million (5.94%) and 24.55 Million (94.06%) respectively. The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act, 2006 has given choice to entrepreneur that the filing of Memorandum (Registration) by Entrepreneur intending to establish a Micro, Small or Medium Enterprise is discretionary and not mandatory. In this study, besides making a brief review of the overall performance of the MSME sector, the role played by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) in empowering MSMEs and acting as the nodal agency for SME schemes of Government of India, have been described.

Assam Financial Corporation and Industrial Development in Assam

Assam, one of the economically backward states of India represents a contradiction in that, on the one hand, it has a wide availability of resources and on the other, it lies economically and industrially much behind most other states of the country. The limitations posed by geographical isolation, inadequacy of savings, insufficient flow of investment to the region and the like, that hamper industrialisation of the state can be largely met by promoting small scale industries in the state. The small scale industrial sector therefore presents a critical area on which the state’s development strategy should focus and for which AFC was initiated by the government. Such finance led industrial or economic progress was conceptualised long time before by economists like Schumpeter, Kalecki and Keynes. Development banks are a group of heterogeneous financial institutions initiated in the country for the purpose of extending credit of long and medium nature for the purpose of bringing forth industrialisation and overall economic development. State Financial Corporations are regional level development banks established to provide long and medium term finance to small scale industries and to address the region specific requirements for industrialisation. However, with the onset of the era of liberalisation and privatisation in the country such institutions are fast eroding. Yet, the development oriented significance of such institutions has ever been recognised for which caution is raised in completely removing such institutions. The present paper studies the performance of Assam Financial Corporation (AFC) in extending financial assistance to Assam vis-a-vis North-East Development Finance Institution (NEDFi) and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), concerned with the promotion of small scale industries. The study analyses the total assistance sanctioned and disbursed, per capita assistance sanctioned and disbursed in the post-liberalisation era. The study concludes that AFC has failed to perform satisfactorily in the stated period.

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  The literature on development problems of small scale industries in Ghana tend to paint a broad brush picture that may lend less relevance to development planning specific to local situations. Drawing on the case of small scale agro-processing industries, this paper examines geo-specific constraints that affect the development of small scale industries in the kassena-Nankana District of North Eastern Ghana. The findings show that industrialists have limited economic access to raw materials and energy supplies owing to environmental factors and the impact of macro-economic policies. There is also spatial inequity in the utilization of engine powered agro-processing technologies as a result of which many rural industrialists depend on man powered agro-processing technologies which have multiple adverse implications for production and growth. The main issues that underpin access to technology are the level of service development at the community level and accessibility to urban towns. There is also limited utilization of credit for capitalization owing to the lack of accessible credit facilities and ignorance while marketing of industrial products is constrained by climatic variability and poor debt recovery. Within the social setting, multiple household roles reduce time allocation of female industrialists to industrial production, while the lack of formal education and over burdened social expenditures present difficult managerial challenges to rural industrialists in general. The authors recommend the promotion of industrial development through a holistic approach to district development planning and management. Given the nature of the local economy, the authors stress the need to facilitate the development of the agricultural sector as pre-conditional and complimentary to the industrial development process.   Key words: Small-scale industries, agro-processing industries, industrial development, macro-economic policies, kassena-Nankana District.

A Study on the Management of Small Scale Enterprises in India During Five Year Plans

The economic development of a country primarily depends upon the establishment of industries, which require sufficient amount of capital. In a country like India, where capital is scarce and unemployment is wide spread, growth of small scale industries is vital in order to achieve balanced economic growth. Development of Small Scale Industries plays an important role in overall economic development of a country like India where millions of people are unemployed or underemployed. Poverty and unemployment are two burning problems of the country today. This sector solves these two problems by providing employment, with lower investments. Despite of favorable polices of government towards encouragement and promotion of small scale industries, unfortunately, figures show that the conditions of small scale industries are not up to the mark. In this junction an earnest attempt has made to analyze the development of small scale industries during five year plans in India as a whole and in Andhra Pradesh in particular.

Kajian Kinerja Industri Kecil Dengan Metode Balance Score Card Dan Analytical Hierarchy Process

Small industry is one important component in national economic structure, because it can absorb a lot of manpower and a lot of exploiting the potential of natural resources abundant in Indonesia. The number of small industries in Indonesia is quite a lot, but has not been matched by much higher performance. Therefore the number of small industries which are so muchslower average growth and is difficult to compete with large industrial products and imported products. Industry performance is one of the criteria used to measure industry growth. With performance measurement-performance small industry and handicraft villages can be foundin different areas of industry map homeland. During the performance measurement industry is based only on financial aspects. Performance measurement of the financial aspect is important, but still there are other aspects that are also important and need attention because theyaffect the performance of the industry, namely: aspects of customer (market), internal business processes and learning and growth. Therefore it is necessary for measuring the performance of various aspects of small scale industries so that their performance can be evaluated and formulated a model maintenance and development of small industries and handicraft villages are more comprehensive. The method used is the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). The Balanced Scorecard measures the performance of the business / industry with 4 perspective, financial, customer, business process within the company, and the process of learning and growth. Method of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is used to embobot each perspective and each Critical Success Factor. Research results showed that the average performance of small industries in Trowulan Pasuruan Stone Statue of 2083 (category enough). There are 2 perspectives of a very large weight on the performance of a stone statue of a small industry of financial and customer. Moderate success factors have great influence on both perspectives is the total asset turn over the tattoo and the number of new customers.

The impact of areas of multiple intelligence on entrepreneurial behavior

This study examines the formation of entrepreneurial behavior through areas of multiple intelligence. The problem addressed by this research is, “do the multiple intelligence skills of entrepreneurs have any impact on their entrepreneurial ideas?” A quantitative research method was employed in this study. The universe of this study is comprised of 880 SME (Small and Medium Size Enterprises) owners operating in Elazig (Turkey). The sample of the study is 212 SME owners participating in the “Small and Medium Industry Development Organization New Support Package Information Meeting” held by the Elazig Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 08.07.2010. One sample t test, correlation test and regression test were used for evaluation of the findings. Research findings indicated that the “multiple intelligence skills of entrepreneurs have a significant decisive impact on their entrepreneurial ideas”. Key words: Multiple intelligence, small and medium size enterprises, entrepreneurial behavior, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship culture.

Productivity improvement of sports goods industrial cluster in Meerut India

Small scale industries are the main employment provider in any developing country. Most of the micro, small and medium (MSME) scale industries development is due to the efforts of individual entrepreneurs. These entrepreneurs lack the knowledge of various technical and legal aspects of MSMEs. Many times, due to the lack of information, these individual entrepreneurs do not know the latest development in the technology and the market dynamics. They lack the knowledge of the availability of funds required to establish the industry. These issues hamper the MSMEs significantly and undermine the potential of the entrepreneur community as a whole. Difficulties to establish an industry also causes a deterrent to many potential entrepreneurs. A single point information centre called common facilitation centre (CFC) can resolve these issues. CFC can cover all aspects of the industry including availability of technology, machinery, sources of funds, material requirement, new developments and human resource development. CFC can help in changing, not only the development of the industry, but the whole society. In this work, we have presented an overview of a sports goods MSMEs cluster in Meerut city, India. It covers the various aspects of problems and how CFC can help in resolving these issues. Key words: Micro, small and medium scale industries (MSMEs), technology, entrepreneur, innovations.

The Role of Industrial Incentives in Development of Small and Medium Industries

Small and medium industries have had a significant impact on creation of new employment opportunities in recent years. In other words, in today’s modern world, small and medium industries have a significant role in variables like economic growth, competitiveness, and resolution of the ubiquitous unemployment crisis. Even though large-scale industries are still important in economic policy-making due to their economy of scale, the effect of massive production, experience, and organization, small and medium industries have some advantages including transportation, market size, regulations, choice effectiveness, and control. Accordingly, these industries have become the first choice for the production of most goods. This study investigated the role of industrial incentives in the development of small and medium industries in East Azerbaijan province. Based on the review of articles, texts, relevant sources, and comments from experts, relevant indicators were defined for each component of industrial incentives. Based on these indicators, a questionnaire was developed with 30 questions. After testing the validity and reliability of the questionnaire, it was applied to statistical samples using stratified random sampling. Then the questionnaires were collected and the obtained information was analyzed using descriptive statistics as well as inferential statistics (Spearman correlation test r and step by step Regression). The results show that there is a statistically significant relationship between the variables in this study. and obtained Results of regression Analysis shows that across 4 indicators Industrial Incentives, 2 indicators of it, that is, Financial and Customal Incentives were appropriate predicators for Development of Small and Medium Industries.

Women entrepreneurship development in Tanzania: Focus on food processing

Tanzania is heavily dependent on agriculture, but agro-processing for value added is limited. To improve this situation, the Women Entrepreneurship Development programme (WED) was started in 2001, and is now part of the Small Industries Development Organization. WED provides support services to micro- and small-scale entrepreneurs: they facilitate trainees and other entrepreneurs in the sector to start, develop, and sustain their food-processing businesses. In particular, WED has assisted with the packaging needs of microenterprises, to enhance the quality of products.

Análise físico-química de salames coloniais comercializados no município de Toledo, Estado do Paraná

Italian immigration in the west of Paraná State contributed for the development of small meat industries. The colonial Italian-type salami is one of the main commercialized meat products in this region, therefore making necessary its quality evaluation. The aim of this work is to verify whether the composition of the colonial salami is in accordance with Brazilian law, and the nutritional facts information on the labels of these products. Four different marks of colonial Italian-type salami produced in the region of Toledo, Paraná State and one great trade mark of Italian-type salami were herein evaluated. Properties like moisture, percentages of proteins, ashes, lipids and cholesterol were evaluated. We recorded a great discrepancy between values presented in the nutritional facts information and determined values, except for the industrialized salami. The moisture content was higher than the maximum levels recommended by the legislation. On the other hand, protein contents were lower than the minimum values recommended, and only the fat content matched the values established by Brazilian law. The cholesterol contents were lower than described on the labels when they contain them. According to the composition of the product and the Brazilian legislation, such salami could not be classified as Italian-type salami.

Electronic Government Procurement Adoption Behavior amongst Malaysian SMEs

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship electronic procurement (e-procurement) adoption behavior and the level of Government e-procurement adoption amongst Small Medium Enterprise (SME) in Malaysia. Data was collected through questionnaires that were distributed by mail and e-mail to 150 SME selected randomly in all SME in Malaysia in various industries which are listed in Small and Medium Industries Development Corporation Directory (SMIDEC) and registered with electronic government procurement. The data were analyzed using factor analysis, reliability analysis, independent-sample t-test, descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlation and multiple regressions. Regression results reveals that ‘power’, ‘trust’ and ‘value’ have a positive relationship with the level of e-procurement adoption amongst SME in Malaysia. All dimensions, namely; the power of supplier, power of procurement, trust on supplier, trust on information technology, value of implementation system efficiency and value of cost efficiency were also correlated with the level of e-procurement adoption amongst SME. Past studies on e-procurement are beset by problems of buyer-seller relationship perspective. In addition, these studies are skewed towards Government-SME relationship perspective which the Government possesses more power than SME and provide a better incentive to educate and influence SME to adopt e-procurement. In investigation the relationship between a model of e-procurement adoption behavior and the level of Government e-procurement adoption amongst SME in Malaysia, this study also tries to provides recommendation to Malaysian government for improving the level of e-procurement adoption amongst SME. Keyword(s): Government procurement, Communication technologies, electronic procurement and

A Party for the Mezzogiorno: The Christian Democratic Party, Agrarian Reform and the Government of Italy

AbstractIn the 1950s the Christian Democratic party turned its attention to agrarian reform projects and development funding for southern Italy. Its social and economic objectives were the destruction of latifundia, the creation of a class of small landowners, industrial and commercial development and the reduction of territorial inequalities. The ultimate goal, however, was political: to gain loyalty, allegiance and electoral consensus. To manage the economy and direct change, the party had to strengthen the organisation, form a ruling class, lay down territorial roots and widen the scope of its propaganda beyond anti-communism. Elections became the testing ground for the party's new reform strategies.

Sustainable Marketing Strategies for the Micro, Medium and Small Scale Industries of West Bengal - An Empirical Study on Bamboo Artifacts

West Bengal has a well-defined plan for advancement of Micro, Small and Medium Scale Industry sector through the active support of West Bengal Small Industries Development Corporation and other agencies under the MSME Department. Various districts and regions of West Bengal are famous for its MSMEs. Craftsmen/SHGs of Purulia create a myriad of utilitarian items made from bamboo. Yet, with the liberalization of market economy, bamboo artifact of West Bengal is lagging behind with the modern market system in terms of quality of product, quality of skill, access to market, marketing plan, distribution channel, packaging, etc. It is the fact that the manufacturers of this art and craft need infrastructure development, creation of industrial estates, marketing support, skill up gradation, smooth distribution channel, skill of packaging, etc. To bridge these gaps, a market survey was conducted at West Bengal to understand the demand for bamboo artifacts in the local and wider markets and also to formulate a sustainable business strategy for marketing the product and services. The prime objectives of the study were to reveal the gaps at present context. Finally the study aims to develop a broad strategy framework for sustainable livelihood development around bamboo. Detailed interviews through a structured questionnaire were conducted with the various stakeholders in Purulia to assess their viewpoints with respect to the market potential and gaps.