Assessment of The Local Business Environment In Arbaminch Town (The Case of Small And Micro Enterprises Operating In Associations
| dc.contributor.advisor | Gebre, Tegegne (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Getahun, Misganu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27T10:57:51Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:56:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-27T10:57:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:56:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-11 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study was conducted to assess the internal and external business environment of the associations operating in Arba Minch town. The areas of internal business environment of the associations include organizational structure and management, internal resources, working premises, line of businesses and marketing activities, and the firms' business concepts. The external environmental factors investigated are linkages of the firms, government-related factors, finance, supply and market factors. Whereas multi-stage sampling design was used, structured interviews with the chairpersons of the firms, unstructured interviews with key informants, and personal observations of the researcher were employed to collect primary data. For secondary data; reports, proclamation and policy documents from SMEs development desk, Omo MFI, and A1MlTlTllnlT offices were consulted. To analyze data, descriptive research method was employed. Due to the creation of associations, employment opportunities were created for many unemployed and poor residents of the town. According ly, their socio-economic status Goint actions and benefits, employment and income), and the income of the locality have changed. However; poor organizational structures; inadequate finance, working premises and tools of production; poor record keeping, and poor promotion activities are the major internal problems. The constraints from the external environment are absence of inter-firm associations, poor linkages of the firms with medium and large business firms; inadequate training and BOSs from the local government due to poor implementation capacity (shortage of human, financial and material resources), bureaucracies and inequitable focus of government authorities for business sectors; poor quality, high cost and few alternative sources of raw materials; confinement to the local market , dearness of cost of life in the locality and under-optimal supplies of infrastructural facilities. In conclusion, those shortfalls can end up in the under-capacity operations of the firms and under-optimal income generating capacity of the entrepreneurs. Specifically, overlapping of tasks and therefore distrusts and conflicts among the team members; poor resource management, and limited marketing efforts of the firms; lack of inter-firm associations, poor implementation capacity of the local authority and discriminatory supports and focuses of the local government for business sectors and activities are the major problems. Therefore, the under-capacity operations of the SMEs should be capacitated by addressing the financial, business premises, supply of inputs, and tools of production needs of the enterprises. Stabilizing the rising costs of items in the market place and strengthening the purchasing power of the community have to be capitalized on. Demand-driven productions are also VII recommendable. The marketing scope of the firms should be promoted beyond the locality and they should not be limited to government organizations but their linkages with NGOs, other SMEs, private organizations and other government organizations in and outside the area have to be promoted. Creating fair and equitable market opportunities for the competing firms is also important factor. Promotion, distribution; new products, markets, and new business lines development are the other efforts of the firms need to be strengthened. Besides, undertaking training need assessment, and capacitating local institutional infrastructure are the other important inputs. The regulatory provisions to privilege associations need to be revised in a way other business ownerships are promoted; the associations become self reliant, income of the local authority is optimized, and income contribution cultures of the entrepreneurs to the locality are stimulated. Lastly, the implementation capacity of the local authority should be strengthened | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/10245 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababauniversity | en_US |
| dc.subject | Micro Enterprises Operating In Associations | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of The Local Business Environment In Arbaminch Town (The Case of Small And Micro Enterprises Operating In Associations | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |