Background:
The aim of
the proposed study is to generate a rating index for the small and medium
enterprises of emerging economies globally. The study will involve generation
of a comprehensive network based system of rating individual SMEs from all over
the world, along parameters that will be decided using SNA. This will
involve creating multiple databases of a diverse range of factors that
investors take into account while judging the feasibility of an SME. The growth
story has only been focused towards the large players of the developing countries.
The project aims to provide the small and medium
enterprises of developing countries access to internationally
available capital and subsequently provide the capital of developed countries
to the growth potential of the SMEs of developing countries.
(1)Select the twenty top performing countries from Asia,
Africa, North America, South America, Europe and Australia according to their
growth rates for the last ten years (i.e. create a ranking of each continent
separately).
(6)Create a network (it can be an online network) of the SMEs
and the investors identified in the steps (4) and (5).
(7)Do a survey of their judgment criteria which is used to
evaluate investment potential in SMEs and ask them to rate the chosen top
performers according to these criteria.
Multiple
factors for further refining the process will be used as the research
progresses in order to strengthen the international and cross sectoral
character of the index.
Abhishek
Kishore
3 comments:
Two comments. Big piece of work, and where's the network?
I clearly understand the index idea; that's where you're going with this, and I understand, but I'm still not sure what you mean by "create a network" of top SME performers and investors. Networks exist for a reason--there's some link between the nodes that's shared throughout. It seems to me that the network here would be those orgs. that have invested in SMEs already, and looking to see which ones have co-invested in same SME, or other existing or historic funding links. If that's what you mean by "create a network," that's fine. Making a matrix of top performers and investors is not.
Prof Tunnard,
Thank you very much for your comments as this kind constructive feedback would help me refine my research.Yes, there will be reasoning behind creating the networks. Historic funding link is one of the most important reasoning, as you have rightly pointed out. Historic links would be the criteria for creating the databases of a factors that investors take into account while judging the feasibility of an SME.
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