Labour Market Forum 2010 - Planning Institute of Jamaica
Labour Market Forum 2010 - Planning Institute of Jamaica
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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