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Labour Market Forum 2010 - Planning Institute of Jamaica

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ROLE OF MSMEs IN ECONOMIC EXPANSION/TRANSFORMATION<br />

“Entrepreneurial” MSMEs<br />

It is the “Entrepreneurial” MSMEs (“E”MSMEs) who innovate and<br />

add value that will drive the growth <strong>of</strong> domestic capital and in<br />

turn, economic expansion and transformation<br />

⇒ Most meaningful way to think about “MSMEs” and their<br />

role in economic expansion (transformation) is to focus on<br />

what they do and NOT their size<br />

⇒ It is the ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY <strong>of</strong> the MSME that is the<br />

most important feature <strong>of</strong> what they do in the economic<br />

expansion process<br />

Global competitiveness requires “E”MSMEs to have<br />

business/managerial competencies derived mainly from:<br />

⇒ Education/training; and/or<br />

⇒ Experience and tacit knowledge (i.e., knowledge based<br />

on habits and culture that we <strong>of</strong>ten are not aware <strong>of</strong>… or<br />

the “natural” way we do things)<br />

This tacit knowledge is important since much <strong>of</strong> the operating<br />

knowledge <strong>of</strong> “E”MSMEs is TACIT<br />

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