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Journal articles on the topic "Small-scale business traders"
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Gichohi, Paul M., Omwoyo B. Onyancha, and Frankwell W. Dulle. "How public libraries in Meru County, Kenya, address the business information needs of small-scale enterprises." Information Development 33, no. 4 (September 7, 2016): 418–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266666916667998.
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The purpose of the study was to explore how public libraries in Meru County, Kenya, address the information needs of small-scale business enterprises (SBEs) in the region. It was carried out from 2013 to 2015. A quantitative approach and survey research design were adopted to collect data from SBE traders and staff from three public libraries in Meru County. The study found that the business information needs of SBEs are myriad, sector-specific and cut across all stages of business development. These needs are fulfilled by consulting informal information resources and places. The few SBEs traders who were using public libraries for business information expressed high levels of satisfaction. The study concludes that public libraries have facilitative and functional roles of providing business information to SBEs by collaborating with like-minded stakeholders. The study recommends symmetrical dissemination of business information and the re-positioning of public libraries as community development centers by providing value-based and sector-specific business information solutions.
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Sumarti, Novriana, and Adythia Dean Marendri. "A MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF PROFIT-LOSS SHARING SCHEME OF SMALL INVESTMENT FOR TRADITIONAL MARKET TRADERS USING THE SEMI-FUZZY LOGIC APPROACH." Journal of Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance 2, no. 2 (February 28, 2017): 173–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.21098/jimf.v2i2.650.
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A mathematical model of micro-finance investment using profit-loss sharing scheme are made and implemented to simulated data. Here profits from the venture will be shared in a portion between the investor and the entity running the business. The scheme can be classified as Musharaka type of investment in Sharia economy. The proposed model is theoretically implemented with data from small-scale traders at a local traditional market who have small turnover. They are common target of usurers who lend money with high interest rate and penalties. If the traders are in unfortunate conditions, they are potentially in poorer condition than before committing themselves to the usurer. In the conventional practices of the profit sharing scheme, the investor will get a fixed portion of the trader’s income, which is applied for all kind of small-scale traders. If the traders are diligent and hard worker and have very high turnover, then the investor will gain much more profit whether the contributed capital is small or large. In this paper, the scheme is implemented using Semi-Fuzzy Logic Approach so that the profit-loss sharing scheme can achieve its intended goal, which is to make a profitable investment not only for the investor but also for traders. The approach is not fully using Fuzzy Logic because some variables are still in crisp numbers and the optimization problem is regular in the form of crisp numbers. Based on the existing data, the results show that the optimal profit share is depended on the income of the traders. The higher the income coming from the venture, the lesser the profit share for the investor which is reasonable with the fixed initial contributed capital. Keywords: Profit-Loss Sharing, Fuzzy logic, Musharaka, Optimization, Mathematical modelJEL Classification: C61, D60
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Islam, Serazul. "Start‐up and growth constraints on small‐scale trading in Bangladesh." Journal of Chinese Entrepreneurship 1, no. 3 (October 23, 2009): 227–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17561390910999515.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to ascertain the reasons for starting the new small business by the people and also to find out the difficulties they experienced at the time of and after starting their business at Pabna and Gazipur – two districts of Bangladesh.Design/methodology/approachTo attain the objectives, both primary and secondary data have been used. To collect the primary data, an interview schedule has been used to interview the selected 250 small entrepreneurs. For secondary sources, the journal, article, web site, textbooks, etc. have been consulted.FindingsThe paper reveals that money earning for family, self‐employment, relief from the curse of unemployment, family business tradition, previous experience of the similar or different line of business, lack of higher formal education, etc. are the broad general reasons for start‐up of new business. Shortage of fixed and working capital, lack of training and business skill, lack of collateral free institutional support, lack of experienced and reliable employees, etc. are the common factors that inhibit the entrepreneurs to start and run their business smoothly.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper is limited to two districts and trading enterprises only. Owing to time and resource constraints and non‐availability of official records of the number of small‐scale traders, statistically representative sampling cannot be chosen. In order to capture a large sample size, almost all trading concerns of Pabna and Gazipur will have to be visited, which is almost impossible. However, some of the limitations are overcome by synthesizing information from a number of sources. The present paper provides a starting‐point for further research in the small‐scale trading of suburban areas of other districts.Originality/valueThe paper provides useful information about the starting of new small businesses and initial difficulties.
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M.J, Bime, Fon D.E, Ngalim S.B, and Ongla J. "Profitability and Efficiency Analyses of Small Scale Rice processing units in Ngoketunjia Division, North West Region, Cameroon." JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN AGRICULTURE 3, no. 2 (October 24, 2014): 177–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.24297/jaa.v3i2.4259.
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Rice production and processing over the years has been on an increase with more small holders entering the business. This study on profitability of processing and marketing of small scale rice processors had as objective to analyse the profitability levels of rice processing and marketing by small scale processors, determine the value added to the commodity at each stage and also identify the constraints faced by these processors. The study used primary data collected using well-structured questionnaire from millers only, miller traders for white/parboiled rice through a multistage sampling technique. Results showed that the net processing income (3,151,201), value added (8,147,456) and efficiency (138) for miller-traders of white rice was highest, followed by miller-traders for parboiled rice and lastly millers only. Results further showed that millers only had Benefit/cost ratio of 0.4 indicating that milling only is not profitable due to small quantities milled, and high fixed cost. Miller-traders for parboiled rice had a benefit/cost ratio of 2.3 implying that their venture is most profitable. Based on the results, it was recommended that millers only should purchase large quantities of paddy to enable them reduce the overhead cost. Also the services of parboilers should reflect in the sales price of parboiled rice so that the parboiling services can be paid for.
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Zusmelia, Zusmelia, Dasrizal Dasrizal, and Yeni Erita. "Model Pengembangan Enterpreneurship dalam Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Rumah Tangga di Minangkabau." MIMBAR, Jurnal Sosial dan Pembangunan 28, no. 2 (December 20, 2012): 125. http://dx.doi.org/10.29313/mimbar.v28i2.347.
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The focus of this research to investigate the women who participate to trade in regional market. It concerns with entrepreneur spirit among Minangkabau societies and explores the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic empowerment either locally and nationally. The presence of women traders is an incubator entrepreneur spirit for next generation. It also contributes to the economic empowerment of West Sumatra in particular and the national. Model development of entrepreneurship spirit in starting a small business and acted by an individual (one-man enterprise), and then put family (family enterprise), evolving toward small companies (small scale enterprise), medium-scale enterprises (medium scale enterprise), and the company (big scale enterprise).
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Choudhury, Devomitra. "Use of Mobile Telephones among Small-Scale Goods and Service Providers in Shillong, India." Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 14, no. 6 (November 4, 2015): 619–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15691497-12341365.
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The study, carried out in Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, was selected as a case study of the use of mobile telephones among small-scale goods and service providers in a relatively slowly moving urban place like Shillong. The study attempts to observe different sectors of traders and goods and service providers of perishable and non-perishable items using mobile telephones. The attempt is to see if the mobile device has evolved as a grand tool to overcome various obstacles in the expansion and extension of livelihood and business opportunities, and understand the how changes in communication technology have an enabling influence in people’s business lives—as a resource for increasing clientele, improving sales, and connecting to new markets, buyers and vendors. Differences are greatly found to lie in the type of goods and service provider, types of clientele being targeted (local versus international) and scale of operations.
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Guedes Ferreira, Roberto, and Ana Paula Bôscaro. "Cabeças: disseminação, desigualdade e concentração no mercado de cativos (Luanda, c. 1798-1804)." Cliocanarias, no. 3 (2021): 1–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.53335/cliocanarias.2021.3.11.
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Based on baptismal parish records, this paper analyses the relative market share between slave traders in Luanda from 1798 to 1804. In the context of high Atlantic demand for slaves, the baptism of cabeças (term used to refer to adult slaves destined for sale) show that the market was at the same time open and concentrated. Alongside many small-scale merchants, that sold a few slaves at a time, an extremely reduced number of large-scale traders dominated the trade in people. However, this select group of nearly monopolistic traders was heterogeneous, since it was composed of different kinds of people, including vessel captains, members of the Luanda elite and men from other parts of the Portuguese monarchy (Brazil and Portugal). The conclusion reached is that the intense participation of different social groups in the business meant that the market for captives had wide political, moral and social support.
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Micah, Damilola John, and Ezekiel Tunde Omolayo. "Small-scale enterprise: exploring social adaptation of survival among traders in Akure, Nigeria." World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development 1, no. 1 (2021): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/wremsd.2021.10039889.
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Purnomo, Sutrisno Hadi, Endang Tri Rahayu, and Sidiq Budi Antoro. "DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF BEEF CATTLE IN SMALL SCALE BUSINESS AT WURYANTORO SUBDISTRICT OF WONOGIRI REGENCY." Buletin Peternakan 41, no. 4 (November 30, 2017): 484. http://dx.doi.org/10.21059/buletinpeternak.v41i4.22861.
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This study was aimed to determine the principal factors that may affect any development of the cattle business and know what strategies can be applied in the development of the cattle business in the District WuryantoroWonogiri. Research method used in this study was a mixed method collect qualitative and quantitative primary data from respondents and secondary data from relevant agencies, namely BPS Wonogiri, Wonogiri District Agriculture Office, and Subdistrict Wuryantoro. Research sampling was determined by convenience sampling of 60 farmers, and 10 respondents from public government and cattle traders. Analysis of data using internal and external situation analysis, also SWOT analysis. SWOT analysis qualitative of internal factors resulted in the identification of Strength and Weakness contained in the cattle business that consists of human resources, financial condition, operations / production, management, marketing. The analysis of external factors resulted in the identification of factors external in the form of opportunity and threats that exist in the beef cattle business as consisting of social, economic, public policy, and technology. The results of the matrix analysis showed results that the internal factors of 1.09 (on the x-axis), and external factors of 0.23 (on the y-axis).Hence,appropriate strategy in the development of beef cattle farms was in quadrant I that support aggressive growth policy (GrowthOriented Strategy),which uses strength to gain opportunities, profits in the cattle business.
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Bhaduri, Madhuchandra. "Impact of Demonetization on Small Businesses in Indian Economy - An Empirical Study on Small Businesses at Cooch Behar District, West Bengal." IRA-International Journal of Management & Social Sciences (ISSN 2455-2267) 10, no. 3 (March 14, 2018): 100. http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jmss.v10.n3.p2.
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<p>November 8<sup>th</sup>, 2016 was a path breaking day in Indian economy when Govt. of India has demonetized the high value currency notes and replaced with new notes of Rs.500 and Rs.2000. This move Govt. was taken to clean the black money from the market, to inspire digital economy and to reduce the ‘Cash’ payment culture of some people for tax evasion. The overnight decision changed the life of many people in India. Thousands of people they waited in long queues in front of Banks, ATMs for money. Entire social life of people throughout the country got distracted. Many poor daily wage workers were left with no job and income as owners were unable to pay their daily wage because of less cash, around 15 lakh jobs have been obsolete during this one year.</p><p> Despite Govt. of India has taken a bold step to make India corruption free and inspire the people in cashless transaction but after one year can we say India is really corruption free? Can we observe any significant improvement in cashless transactions? Can we see the digital payments have significantly improved for common general man?</p><p>Many reports stated that Country’s automobile and real estate sectors are highly affected and World Bank has downgraded the Indian economy’s growth forecast as sharp falls. The empirical findings suggest that the impact of demonetization on GDP growth during Q3 and Q4 of 2016-17 was mostly felt in construction and real estate, but the good thing was that because of stronger growth in manufacturing, agriculture, mining and electricity the overall impact on gross domestic product growth was modest.</p><p>Many reports stated that small traders have immensely affected after demonetization because of the cash crunch and lack of infrastructure like digital payment system etc. Small traders in retail sector (grocery shops etc), service sector (restaurants, nursing homes etc.), gems and jewellery, small traders in agricultural products, SMEs, small dealers, professionals like doctors, lawyers etc, have highly affected because of demonetization during last one year. So my objective to find out whether the small traders have really affected or not. If they are affected then how they have affected?</p><p>The main objective of this paper is to study the impact of demonetization on the small scale traders at Cooch Behar District of West Bengal and how it affected their business. As we all know that Cooch Behar is the princely state of West Bengal which is located very near to Assam, Bhutan and Siliguri region. As a district town Cooch Behar has a high significance in businesses with Northeast, Siliguri and Bhutan. I prepared a questionnaire and surveyed to 50 small scale businessmen at Cooch Behar district and tried to find their perception on demonetization and its impacts on their businesses during last one year. The study at Cooch Behar district may reflect the status of small traders for entire country. Another objectives I have kept here to study whether demonetization really eradicated corruption from India and whether demonetization has changed the behavior of the citizens of the country in cashless transactions?</p>
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Small-scale business traders"
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Krupka, Joseph. "The Fair Trade Coffee Business Model’s Affect on the Small Scale Producers through the Lens of the Triple Bottom Line." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/bus_admin_diss/9.
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The aim of this study is to understand the Fair Trade Coffee Business Model by determining how the Fair Trade Coffee Business Model affects the livelihoods of the small scale producers in developing countries. The Fair Trade Coffee Business Model is driven by the mission to improve the well-being of the small scale producers located in developing countries through the lens of the Triple Bottom Line (economic, social and environment). What is the significance of fair trade coffee to the economies of developing countries that produce coffee? The economies are considerably impacted by coffee production as coffee ranks as the second foremost exported commodity from developing countries (European Coffee Federation, 2006). Ensuring the small scale producers receive a fair price for the coffee they grow is only one of the initiatives of the model. Other key initiatives include pre-harvest financing, increased healthcare services, working together for a higher quality coffee, fairer business conduct, improvements in education, and technical assistance. The findings of this study provide some insights into the Fair Trade Coffee Business Model’s effect on the livelihoods of the small scale producers in developing countries through the lens of the Triple Bottom Line. The Fair Trade Coffee Business Model has increased the quality of the coffee bean produced by the small scale producers along with developing long term business relationships throughout the Fair Trade Coffee Business Model supply chain. In sum, the small scale producers reported that the Fair Trade Coffee Business Model has a positive effect on their livelihood and well-being. More specifically, they also indicated that the motivations for them to participate in the Fair Trade Coffee Business Model are receiving a better price for coffee, democratic decision making and farm training. An additional finding affirms that the Fair Trade Coffee Business Model is a sound contributor to the socio-economic stability of the small scale producers, offering a sustainable income-generating alternative market strategy.
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Gichohi, Paul Maku. "The role of public libraries in the development of small-scale business enterprises in Meru County, Kenya." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21588.
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Small-scale Business Enterprises (SBEs) lack proper mechanisms for supporting the provision and access to business information that can nurture their development in Kenya. This study investigated the role that public libraries could play in supporting the development of SBEs in Meru County with a view to developing a model that would enable public libraries to effectively support the development of SBEs. The study used the pragmatic paradigm to explore the identified phenomena. It applied the mixed methods approach and survey research design; collected data from 355 SBEs, 21 staff from three public libraries and two staff from the enterprise development unit of Meru County. Data was collected using questionnaires, interviews and document analysis. The response rate was 83.4% and 95% for SBEs and public library staff respectively. The descriptive and inferential statistics were used with the help of SPSS and Excel. Thematic analysis was applied on qualitative data. The study found that the factors that influence the development of SBEs are anchored in the environmental, cultural and personality factors of SBEs. SBEs have a myriad of business information needs which are sector-specific and cut across all the stages of business development. To fulfil these needs, most SBEs consult informal information sources and places. Technology-related tools were a popular means of accessing business information. Public libraries were poorly stocked with business information sources while business information services were in a desolate state. The study concludes that public libraries have facilitative and functional roles of providing business information solutions to SBEs by collaborating with like- minded stakeholders. The availability and accessibility of business information sources and services at public libraries is critical in addressing the information needs of SBEs. The study recommends repositioning of public libraries as business community development centres by providing value-based information sources and services. Public libraries need to revise their collection development policy, increase budget allocation, establish business information centres, seek partnerships, improve ICT facilities, ensure adequate staffing, engage business services librarians, open more libraries and widen their business outreach activities for effective support of SBEs. Policy framework and support systems for symmetrical access to business information, and entrepreneurial training for SBEs and for public library staff are needed. The proposed model of public library’s support for the development of SBEs is valuable and contribute to knowledge in business development.Information Science
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Selwe, Milane Kgalanyana. "The impact of Botswana international trade fair on informal small scale clothing producers." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/4562.
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Micro and small businesses have become a contributor to both reduction of
unemployment and to national development. The informal small scale clothing
producers in Botswana have been supported by government through policies
directed towards poverty alleviation and employment creation. Despite the
government's efforts of availing financial assistance, technical expertise,
promotional and marketing support, the informal small scale clothing producers
do not seem to be utilising these for full benefit. Participation of the informal
small scale clothing producers at Botswana International Trade Fair was
expected to provide them with avenues for long term benefits through marketing
their products and learning. The purpose of this study was to establish the
impact of Botswana International Trade Fair on the informal small scale clothing
producers. The informal small scale clothing producers have had assistance and
access to promoting their products for a considerable time, with not much change
in the market share and quantities of production. The challenges facing these
informal small scale clothing producers has been to utilise BITF for competing
with local and regional producers in providing quality products; to increase
production for meeting the demands of the market; to increase profits, and
expand businesses to reduce unemployment.
Purposive sampling was used to select participating informal small scale clothing
producers and council Home Economists while the· independent small scale
exhibitors were conveniently sampled during the 2006 trade fair. Seventeen
informal small scale clothing producers from the eastern part of Botswana were
interviewed to establish impacts from participating at the trade fair. One
producer who h-ad won most prizes at the trade fair was interviewed for a
different perspective in production strategies employed. Fifteen council Home
Economists, acting as liaison and change agents for the informal small scale
clothing pmducers, also participated in the survey and focus group discussions.
Two case studies were developed fmm in-depth interviews with independent
small scale exhibitors to ascertain impact brought about by BITF on these
producers. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used in collecting
data. The results were analysed in terms of frequencies and chi-square
relationships.
Great similarities were found to exist between the three samples. The results
revealed that there was adequate knowledge about BITF on the informal small
scale clothing producers, as weil as with council Home Economists and the
independent small scale exhibitors. The three groups understood the objectives
of BITF to be mostly educational and followed by promotion. All the groups
reported noticeable impact to be growth in the number of customers, increase in
production, increase in assets, improvement in quality of products and addition of
newly developed products. Perceptions of the three groups on the benefits from
BITF matched what they experienced as result of participation at the trade fair.
The producers on the other hand experienced a decline in the number of
employees while the independent small scale exhibitors had an increase.
For utmost benefit of BITF, the producers have to. strengthen their marketing
strategies, during and outside the trade fair. There is need for the producers to
take initiatives to secure their own stalls for participation during the trade fair as
individuals or jointly with other producers. Producers could benefit more from
using funding from government for promotion of products. Home Economists
should support self representation by the producers so that they directly learn
from participation and eventually wean off continued support from government.
For monitoring and planning purposes, a national data base for micro and
informal small scale clothing producers should be kept by the Department of
Social Services. Benchmarking on involving micro and small scale businesses in
training is essential, and establishment of local markets for continued contact
with customers could expand producers' knowledge in production.Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2007.
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Matsiketa, Khensani Eullen. "Development of product quality management guidelines for informal small-scale brick manufacturing enterprises in Dididi, Limpopo Province, South Africa." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1129.
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MESMEGDepartment of Mining and Environmental Geology
Although clay brick manufacturing has been going on for many years in South Africa, informal small-scale clay brick manufacturing enterprises are not officially regulated. Consequently, informal brick makers in the study area do not adhere to the demanding requirements of the South African National Standards for burnt clay masonry. Therefore, their clay bricks lack uniformity in terms of quality. Preliminary work revealed that over time, buildings constructed with these bricks develop cracks, thereby compromising safety. The importance of product quality management is not well understood in the informal brick manufacturing enterprises. As a result, they do not have any product quality management guidelines. The main purpose of this research was to develop the product quality management guidelines for ensuring quality in small-scale brick making enterprises in Dididi area. The specific objectives were to characterize the raw materials for clay brick manufacturing, identify and assess the technical problems of clay brick production, analyse the process of clay brick production and determine areas where product quality improvement is warranted. The research involved fieldwork which included soil sampling, analysis of clay brick production through the use of questionnaires and onsite observation of the production process, collection of samples of burnt bricks which were examined for compressive strength, water absorption as well as dimension measurements. These were then compared with the prescribed quality standards. Laboratory analyses of samples of raw materials were conducted and these included sieve analysis which was conducted in order to establish the particle size distribution of the raw materials; Atterberg limit tests were conducted in order to establish the physical characteristics of the soil. Chemical and mineralogical analyses were carried out to determine the chemical and mineralogical composition of the soil using XRF and XRD respectively. The textural characterisation of the material revealed abundance of sand sized particles and significantly low amounts of clay and silt. The plasticity of the soil used for bricks manufacturing in the study area was found to be ranging from slight to medium plasticity. Chemical analysis showed elevated silica contents with minor amounts of alumina and iron oxide. XRD analysis revealed the dominance of non-clay minerals with the highest concentration of quartz. The average compressive strengths of the tested brick samples for site A was 3.8, and 2.9 and 3.8 MPa for sites B and C respectively. The water absorption of the bricks was 13.5, 15.0 and 16.1% for samples from Site A, B and C respectively. The bricks dimensions met the recommended standards although their sizes were not uniform. v The survey conducted on brick manufacturing process revealed that the technical inefficiencies were mostly influenced by human and mechanical factors as well as the material inappropriateness. The production process was found to be too manual and labour intensive. Selection of the raw materials for brick manufacturing was based on indigenous knowledge and experience and most of the brick manufacturers lacked the prerequisite experience for making quality bricks. On the basis of the results of this research, it can be concluded that the materials used for manufacturing of clay bricks in Dididi are not well suited for making good quality bricks due to the reduced plasticity of the soil and the high concentration of quartz. These render the bricks brittle. It was also concluded that the production process also contributes to the poor quality of the bricks as the nature of the process was too manual. Selection of materials based merely on knowledge and experience and no scientific tests resulted in selection of inadequate materials which in turn affect the quality of the final bricks. It is therefore recommended that plastic clays be added to the raw clay materials to enhance its moulding property. In addition, materials such as internal fuels and anti-shrinkage materials should be incorporated into the process cycle to prevent cracking during drying and firing. Based on the findings of the analysis of the production process, it is recommended that mechanized techniques be employed in the operation and awareness training conducted to improve the understanding and skills of the brick manufacturers and to ensure production of good quality bricks.
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Books on the topic "Small-scale business traders"
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Rusike, Joseph. Opportunities for small scale seed production by self help groups. Harare, Zimbabwe: The Project, 1996.
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Blim, Michael. Made in Italy: Small-scale industrialization and its consequences. New York: Praeger, 1990.
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Made in Italy: Small-scale industrialization and its consequences. New York: Praeger, 1990.
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Jentoft, Svein, Arne H. Eide, and Maria-Victoria Gunnarsdottir. Poverty mosaics: Realities and prospects in small-scale fisheries. London: Springer, 2011.
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Canela, Eduardo Q. Production management for small-and medium-scale furniture manufacturing firms in developing countries. Vienna: United Nations Industrial Development Organization, 1987.
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Velzen, Anita van. Small scale food processing industries in West Java: Potentialities and constraints. Bandung: Published for the ISS by Akatiga Foundation, Centre for Social Analysis, 1992.
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Rippa, Alessandro. Borderland Infrastructures. NL Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9789463725606.
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Across the Chinese borderlands, investments in large-scale transnational infrastructure such as roads and special economic zones have increased exponentially over the past two decades. Based on long-term ethnographic research, Borderland Infrastructures addresses a major contradiction at the heart of this fast-paced development: small-scale traders have lost their historic strategic advantages under the growth of massive Chinese state investment and are now struggling to keep their businesses afloat. Concurrently, local ethnic minorities have become the target of radical resettlement projects, securitization, and tourism initiatives, and have in many cases grown increasingly dependent on state subsidies. At the juncture of anthropological explorations of the state, border studies, and research on transnational trade and infrastructure development, Borderland Infrastructures provides new analytical tools to understand how state power is experienced, mediated, and enacted in Xinjiang and Yunnan. In the process, Rippa offers a rich and nuanced ethnography of life across China’s peripheries.
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Uno, Kimiko. Small-scale food processing industry to raise rural income and enhance trade competitiveness in Republic of Kiribati. Port Vila, Vanuatu: ESCAP/POC, 2003.
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Tsuchiya, Melinda. Vanuatu market study: A study of agriculture produce and retail products for the small scale food processing industry. Port Vila, Vanuatu: United Nations ESCAP, Pacific Operations Centre, 1996.
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Workshop, on Rural Small-scale Business Opportunities: the Hammermill-Force for Growth in Rural Zambia (1992 Lusaka Zambia). A Workshop on Rural Small-scale Business Opportunities: The Hammermill--Force for Growth in Rural Zambia : [papers]. Lusaka, Zambia: ZAMS, 1992.
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Sako, Dramane, Mamary Traoré, Folocoum Doumbia, Fodé Diallo, Moussa Fané, and Issoufou Kapran. "Kolokani Groundnut Innovation Platform Activities and Achievements Through TL III Project in Mali." In Enhancing Smallholder Farmers' Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms, 51–64. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8014-7_4.
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AbstractGroundnut productions have been declining in Mali in spite of several new improved varieties being released, the key problem being inadequacy of the seed supply system. To solve this problem, Kolokani MSP was established in 2012 and reorganized with support from TL III in 2015 to include more stakeholders in the groundnut value chain—farmers particularly women, farmer associations, cooperative societies, seed producers, agro-dealers, grain traders, processors, research and extension. Four new varieties Fleur11, ICGV 86124, ICGV 86015, and ICGV 86024 were supplied to the platform for FPVS and among them two, Fleur 11 and ICGV 86124 were preferred for their high yields and large grain size under farmer conditions. Through training of trainers, the different members of the platform reached 1246 farmers among them 928 women with improved groundnut seed production, aflatoxin management, seed business plans, and small-scale mechanization. A total 47 FPVS, 50 Demonstrations, and three multi-locational variety trials were conducted annually from 2016 to 2018. Kolokani platform have played an important role in groundnut value chain by producing and marketing 85 tons groundnut certified seed of these varieties annually for farmers. This is expected to stop the national productivity decline while improving platform members’ livelihoods and nutrition status.
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Kaposi, Zoltán. "Large Scale Manufacturing Businesses in Nagykanizsa at the Turn of the 20th Century." In Economic and Social Changes: Historical Facts, Analyses and Interpretations, 23–33. Working Group of Economic and Social History, Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Pécs, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.15170/seshst-01-03.
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This study deals with the industrialisation of the largest market centre of the Southwest Transdanubian Region of Hungary. Nagykanizsa was an agrarian town for a long time; however, a quick increase in trade began from the 1830s. The industry showed small plant traits. The industrialisation started in the 1880s in this region too. Newness was the mass-producing mechanised manufacturing. The manufacturing came into existence in three ways. The first case was when the already existing small plants were developed into factories due to the good trading opportunities. In the second case traders and craftsmen established businesses based on local innovations; therefore, new industries were acclimatised. And the third case was the creation of corporations which presumed large amount of capital. The capital of the large-scale industrial businesses mostly came from previous merchant activity and most of the business founders were merchants before. The evolution of the manufacturing industry was perceptible on every level of contemporary economic and social life. More and more labour migrated from agriculture to industries. Financing the local businesses gave a stable future for the local banks. The increasing number of factories aided local construction industry. Due to the development, industry became the most important sector in the structure of the economy of the town before World War I.
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Bloch, Alexia. "Gender, Labor, and Emotion in a Global Economy." In Sex, Love, and Migration. Cornell University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501713149.003.0003.
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This chapter considers how shuttle traders, or small-scale entrepreneurs in the wholesale garment business, move merchandise from Turkey to locations across the former Soviet Union and are part of a broader transformation of intimate practices and affective states brought about by gendered mobility in the region. Featuring the accounts of three women entrepreneurs from Russia, the chapter reflects on how particular political-economic formations generate their own distinctive affective states. The chapter considers the emotion work required of women as men contend with shame about no longer being primary breadwinners, and as women widely reflect on their shame associated with becoming traders. Overall, the chapter analyzes how ideals around gender and labor are renegotiated as global capitalism encompasses former socialists.
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Malik, Himanshu, and Minky Sharma. "E-Marketing as a Tool to Achieve Competitiveness in Travel Trade Industry." In Handbook of Research on International Travel Agency and Tour Operation Management, 272–83. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8434-6.ch017.
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E-marketing allows one to do business by using online sources. This internet source is also helping the travel and trade industries in getting the growth in their business or if the business man of small-scale industries were made aware of this then they can achieve much more in their travelling business along with the valuable customers. The chapter aims at identifying components of e-marketing that provide competitiveness in travel trade industry and address the use of e-marketing components that provide competitiveness in travel and tour industries.
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Mahoney, Dillon. "Crafts Traders versus the State." In Art of Connection. University of California Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520292871.003.0003.
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This chapter traces the development of Kenya’s tourism and handicraft industries from their roots in 20th century British colonialism to provide some of the broader history of Kenya’s tourism and co-operative development, their emergence in Mombasa, and their relationships with local governments. I draw on archival as well as ethnographic data collected just before the 2002 demolition of Mombasa’s roadside kiosks, which form the starting point for the larger longitudinal study. I focus on the array of experiences of Mombasa’s roadside traders of diverse backgrounds as they struggle with the privatization and segregation of urban residential and commercial space both before and after the demolitions. The economy was radically altered as the roadsides were “cleaned” and a new wave of economic formalization characterized the relationship between small-scale businesspeople and the state. For many entrepreneurs invested in the global crafts trade, this was the final straw that pushed them toward new technologies, jumping scales into global markets, and investing in export and wholesale businesses that were not spatially dependent upon a connection to the city center.
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Thomason, Jane, Sonja Bernhardt, Tia Kansara, and Nichola Cooper. "Can Blockchain Really Help the Poor?" In Research Anthology on Blockchain Technology in Business, Healthcare, Education, and Government, 1593–621. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5351-0.ch087.
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It is the firm belief of the authors that Blockchain and other frontier technologies will be an important tool for social impact globally. It is now possible, with technology, to envision a world where everyone has an identity, where everyone can be connected to the economic system, where farmers get fair deals for their crops, and land registration is incorruptible. Advances in solar, battery, and digital commerce make it possible to imagine even the smallest village in Africa being able to produce and trade small amounts of energy. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were a visionary leap to a future state where the world can be a better place for humankind. However, they will not be achieved without harnessing the potential of technology. Nor will they be reached alone. In this chapter, the authors profile innovative case studies in Blockchain, which, if brought to scale, may realise the technology's potential. It is through this learning and experimentation that we will learn how to deploy this technology globally for social impact.
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Michie, Ranald C. "Banks and Brokers, 2007–20." In Banks, Exchanges, and Regulators, 390–425. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199553730.003.0015.
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Before the crisis the megabanks had established themselves at the centre of the world’s financial system, transcending national boundaries and time zones as they extended their operations around the globe. These banks also spread themselves over a growing diversity of activities that destroyed the compartmentalized structures of the past.Such was their size, scale, and spread, and the structure of the business they conducted, that these banks were regarded as too-big-to-fail not only by those who worked for them, used them, and traded with them but also by the regulators responsible for supervising financial systems and the central banks tasked with preserving financial and monetary stability. It was this world that appeared to evaporate with the Global Financial Crisis. That turned out not to be the case. Though curbs were placed on the megabanks they turned out to be indispensible in an age of globalization and the only available mechanism through which regulators and central banks could exercise a degree of control over the financial system. What remained after the crisis was a small number of even more powerful US-based megabanks along with an equivalent group of US-based megafunds.
Conference papers on the topic "Small-scale business traders"
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Tong, Zhiwei, and Ning Yan. "Countermeasures for the Development of Small-scale Border Trade of Yunnan Province." In 3rd International Symposium on Asian B&R Conference on International Business Cooperation (ISBCD 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/isbcd-18.2018.24.
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