Essay On SME

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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 OVERVIEW
Internationalization and international entrepreneurship among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is a topic of considerable relevance, principally owing to the observed growth effects of cross-border venturing, and the demonstrated capacity of SMEs to drive economic development at national, regional, and global levels. (European Commission, 2007).
It is becoming increasingly apparent to governments and policy makers that the role of small and medium enterprises “SMEs” is crucial to the development and growth of any economy. SMEs are now widely known as the force that can motivate the global economy. A number of countries that have adopted this philosophy have managed, through long- term planning and the implementation of SME-serious policies, to upgrade this vital sector. "China and India, for example, are two countries which, according to the World Bank's estimate, will be leading the world's economy for the next 30 years. Both have a very strong SME sector, which has extremely contributed to the growth of their economies. “Said Jan Sturrason, a Swedish expert at Price-Waterhouse Cooper”.
The thesis reports on research into the internationalization process of manufacturing SMEs in Egypt. As one of the African developing countries depends on Small and medium enterprises sector. However, very few is understood about the highly importance of SME internationalization or how, why and when SMEs internationalize. Also examines the barrier and factors that hindering the Egyptian SMEs from going global including the problems which either internal or external directly affecting the internationalization processes. As in Egypt, the performance of SMEs is of great significance to Egyptian economic g...

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... Analysis Methods
It will be determined according to the questionnaire design and results.
1.7 THESIS STRUCTURE

The research will divided into five chapters:
Chapter One:
This chapter constituted of an introduction, an overview a problem definition, research objectives and variables.
Chapter Two:
A literature review mentioning and citing all the main previous academic and practical studies done on the research topic that were read, reviewed and used to formulate the theoretical framework and hypotheses.
Chapter Three:
Thoroughly displays and describes the details of the theoretical framework, the variables and the hypotheses used to test the data collected.
Chapter four:
Gives detailed deep dive into the analysis of the data, testing of the hypotheses and discussions.
Chapter five: This chapter contains the summary, conclusion and recommendations.

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