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List five challenges facing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in your country.

      

List five challenges facing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in your country.

  

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Martin
Challenges of SMEs may include;

The most commonly faced external factors by SMEs may include;

- Economic fluctuations such as boom, recession, depression and recovery can find a business at any stage of its progress.
-Fluctuating interest rates which grossly affect SMEs in the export import business.
- Interruption in supplies caused by war, or piracy in the sea for business which import their commodities.
- Government regulations and restrictions which sometimes are costly to SMEs to comply with such as taxation policies.
-Natural catastrophes and disasters such as fire and floods which may hinder operations and break down the supply chain and major routes
Personal factors may also affect entrepreneurs engaged in the SMEs some of which may include;
- Financial risks involved such loss of all personal savings which may discourage entrepreneurs.
- Career risks such as giving up on employment to pick up business.
- Lack of skills and experience in a given business area.
- Mismanagement of business which leads to failure of many SMEs in the country.
- Poor business ethics such as unfair business ethics in order to make quick gains may be a contributing factor to failure of many SMEs

marto answered the question on February 4, 2019 at 08:34


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