I was groomed as an entrepreneur.

It's a company that thrives on idealism.

And that's really how I became an entrepreneur.

Many such firms were family firms, which found it difficult to develop an entrepreneurial outlook.

The first set of activities is associated with the operations of larger established firms that influence economic growth primarily through advancing market opportunities for smaller enterprises, which in turn create jobs.26 Those are influenced by general business conditions termed the general national framework conditions .

They are the entrepreneurs.

Consequently, no award was made in respect of one of the two businesses.

The regional gender programme Empowering women as agents of economic change

So if you're going to talk about jobs, then you have to talk about entrepreneurs.

I've been a huge fan of enterprise and entrepreneurship since 1993.

Based on an enterprise, i.e., made up of workers employed in the same enterprise.

This has allowed enterprises, including SMEs, to replace other forms of capital and labour with information technology equipment, thus driving down overall costs.

The development of enterprises, especially small and medium sized enterprises, is essential to economic growth and employment.

Official statistics demonstrate that microenterprises have become significant generators of employment and self employment.

Trade facilitation reduced barriers to the participation of SMEs in trade, increased employment and allowed entrepreneurs to become partners in the globalization and liberalization of trade.

This measure could remove one important obstacle to growing microenterprises into SMEs.

(d) Development of an agri business component.

New enterprises are formed, new jobs are created, new skills are gained and incomes begin to rise.

In particular, how can indigenous food processing be developed into viable exports?

In employment creation, employment development strategies should take into account the role of self employment, entrepreneurship, small and medium sized enterprises and the informal sector.

76. In addition, the Federation of Congolese Businesses was dissolved and the Government created the National Association of Congolese Businesses.

With regard to the former, crime drives away business and investment and increases the costs for businesses, both local and international, that conduct commercial activities in Africa.

While shortage of finance could affect all firms, it is particularly constraining for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and firms in LDCs.

(c) Creation of a business village, to be completed in 1995

The simple truth is that there is no hope for development without business and, in the long term, there is no business without development.

In addition, coursework on entrepreneurship and business management should also be part of school curricula.

Has this kind of assistance enabled microenterprises to grow into SMEs?

35. Expected results and success criteria. The expected results of the enterprise Africa initiative will include 20 African countries assisted in starting new entrepreneurship programmes or strengthening existing ones 5,000 entrepreneurs trained, of which at least 40 per cent will be women 150 enterprise linkages established between African SMEs and foreign companies 90 local trainers certified to implement entrepreneurship workshops 200 entrepreneurship workshops organized.

So we need to encourage the growth of local firms.

But the domestic was much easier to do.

The first benefit of compassion is that it creates highly effective business leaders.

3. individually and through enterprises (at a very small scale).

37. Expected results and success criteria. The expected results are a dynamic network of women entrepreneurial groups structured business skills development training modules and formal channels through which women entrepreneurs can access global markets.

In some cases, export companies have seen a more rapid growth than those producing solely for the domestic market or those in the service sector.

But kids could be entrepreneurs as well.

Only 1.46 per cent of women are classified as employers or business partners.

The days when SMEs needed to become big players before embarking on international expansion seem to be over this is one of the main results of globalization.

The Business of Business is More Than Business

With respect to the types of enterprises, one may distinguish between informal sector enterprises, essentially microenterprises, and enterprises in the formal sector, which include some microenterprises, SMEs and large firms.

Kazakh enterprises successfully accomplished the objective sought.

EMPRETEC was conceived and implemented for the identification and promotion of growth and development of potentially successful entrepreneurs who, in turn, would help jumpstart the economy and expand job opportunities.

45 of all micro enterprises and small businesses in the country are owned by women and generate one third of the employment in those businesses.

UNIDO also assisted 14 Latin American countries in the establishment of a regional network of 28 subcontracting and partnership exchanges linking small and medium scale enterprises and promoting various forms of business cooperation that have stimulated business activity and created new jobs.

If this critical mass can be generated from a large population of local enterprises (especially SMEs), new telecom infrastructure will contribute to the enhancement of local employment, transfer of technologies and economic performance.

If there are several unions based on an enterprise, on an industry, or both, competing in the same enterprise, the collective agreement shall be concluded with the union with the greatest number of members in the enterprise