Title: Factors affecting SMEs entrepreneurship development: a study on northern region of Bangladesh

Authors: Md. Motahar Hossain; Nitin Pathak

Addresses: Department of Business Management, University School of Business, Chandigarh University, India ' Department of Commerce, University School of Business, Chandigarh University, India

Abstract: SMEs are considered the rising area for the economic development of any country on the planet. This area is impacted significantly with less capital contrasted with different business areas. Bangladesh has an incredible opportunity to advance SMEs area like other non-industrial nations. This examination pointed toward investigating the factors influencing the performance of small and medium enterprises in the northern area of Bangladesh. The investigation approach is quantitative. Sixty SMEs' proprietors/managers were interviewed from Bangladesh's north area for the examination. The affecting factors examined in this study were socio-economic background (age, sex, education level and parental occupation of SMEs owners and managers), work experience, technical skills, business characteristics (source of initial capital), financial constraints, enterprise management and government support. The regression results uncovered that the significant variables influencing the development of SMEs demonstrated by income in the examination region.

Keywords: small and medium enterprises; SMEs; gross domestic product; poverty reduction strategy paper; SMEs entrepreneurship development; SED; Bangladesh.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2025.144528

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2025 Vol.35 No.1, pp.27 - 41

Received: 21 Sep 2021
Accepted: 09 Apr 2022
Published online: 18 Feb 2025 *

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