MSME & Entrepreneurship Policy (14th Draft) February 2013
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A Growth-Inducement Strategy for Jamaica in the Short and Medium Term, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), March 4, 2011 ii Ayyagari, Meghana (August 2003). Small and Medium Enterprises across the Globe: A New Database, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3127 iii Kushnir, Khrystyna, How do economies define Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)?See: http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/gfm.nsf/AttachmentsByTitle/MSME-CI-Note/$FILE/MSME-CI-Note.pdf iv A physical production criteria and sales value are used to evaluate the EVAO. v See South Africa‟s National Small Business Act, 1996 http://www.info.gov.za/acts/1996/a102-96.pdf vi Moore, C. W., Petty, J. W. & Palich, L. E., Longenecker, J. G. (2010). Managing Small Business: An Entrepreneurial Emphasis. vii Bygrave, W. D., & Hofer, C. W. (1991, Winter). Theorizing about Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 16(2), 13-22. (c970746) viii http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/entrepreneurship.html ix Measuring Entrepreneurship: A Collection of Indicators. OECD 2009 http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/44/0/44069408.pdf x Franken, Robert E. (2006). Human Motivation, 3rd ed. xi In Creativity and its importance in business. Accessible at: http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/0415345421/about/pdf/sample.pdf xii Moore, Petty et al. xiii See National Youth Policy. Accessible at:http://planipolis.iiep.unesco.org/upload/Youth/Jamaica/Jamaica_2003YouthPolicy.pdf) xiv PSDP (April 2008). A Landscape Assessment of Jamaican Micro, Small and Medium-Size Enterprises (MSMEs). Prepared for the Target Growth Competitiveness Committee (TGCC) xv Inter-American Development Bank. (2006). Informal Sector in Jamaica. IDB: New York. xvi A comprehensive description of the Jamaican Micro and Small Enterprise. Study conducted by Carmen McFarlane of McFarlane Consultants, September 1997 xvii A comprehensive description of the Jamaican Micro and Small Enterprise. Study conducted by Carmen McFarlane of McFarlane Consultants, September 1997 xviii PSDP (April 2008). A Landscape Assessment of Jamaican Micro, Small and Medium-Size Enterprises (MSMEs). Prepared for the Target Growth Competitiveness Committee (TGCC) xix Inter-American Development Bank. (2006). Informal Sector in Jamaica. IDB: New York. xx McFarlane (1997) referred to the trade sector as the distribution sector in „A comprehensive description of the Jamaican Micro and Small Enterprise’, page. 15. xxi A comprehensive description of the Jamaican Micro and Small Enterprise. Study conducted by Carmen McFarlane of McFarlane Consultants, September 1997 xxii The United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government (USAID) (2007). Land and Business Formalization for Legal Empowerment of the Poor: Strategic Overview Paper. See:http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADI080.pdf xxiii Inter-American Development Bank. (2006). Informal Sector in Jamaica. IDB: New York. xxiv Economic and Social Statistics of Jamaica (ESSJ) 2010. Planning Institute of Jamaica xxv A comprehensive description of the Jamaican Micro and Small Enterprise. Study conducted by Carmen McFarlane of McFarlane Consultants, September 1997 xxvi PSDP (April 2008). A Landscape Assessment of Jamaican Micro, Small and Medium-Size Enterprises (MSMEs). Prepared for the Target Growth Competitiveness Committee (TGCC) xxvii A comprehensive description of the Jamaican Micro and Small Enterprise. Study conducted by Carmen McFarlane of McFarlane Consultants, September 1997 xxviii Nicholson and Garvey (2006). Survey of family-owned and women-owned Businesses in Jamaica. Mona School of Business, the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica xxix
Inter-American Development Bank. (2006). Informal Sector in Jamaica. IDB: New York. “Benefits of Listing on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market.” http://www.jamstockex.com/controller.php?action=junior_market xxxi Inter-American Development Bank. (2006). Informal Sector in Jamaica. IDB: New York. xxxii A comprehensive description of the Jamaican Micro and Small Enterprise. Study conducted by Carmen McFarlane of McFarlane Consultants, September 1997 xxxiii Inter-American Development Bank. (2006). Informal Sector in Jamaica. IDB: New York. xxxiv Nicholson, Lawrence & Garvey, Maxine (2006). Survey of Family-Owned and Women-Owned Businesses in Jamaica. Mona School of Business (MSB), UWI, Mona xxx
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