performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India and Pakistan. Micro-level data was obtained for 3,492 Indian and … 696 Pakistani SMEs from the World Bank's Enterprise Survey, and bivariate probit estimation techniques were used. The … stronger for Indian SMEs. The negative relationship between firm size and innovation output implies that SMEs in both countries …

factors that contribute to ethnic disadvantaged groups being poorer are the strongly persistent high inequalities in education …

children's health and education outcomes improve. Our study recommends evaluating the social demand curve for a piped water …

in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India. The focus of the paper is to bring out the key barriers SMEs face … set of unique situations and challenges that impede the innovation potential of SMEs operating in it. Many of these … framework and enablers to support SMEs' innovation in India. It presents the key findings and recommendations in the form of …

In this study, we examine the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in global value chains (GVCs … 888 SMEs for Indian manufacturing over the period 2006‒2016. While examining the effect of financial constraints on the … participation in GVCs of Indian SMEs, our sample suffers from two possible sources of endogeneity. In this regard, the empirical …

provide policy support for enhanced e-governance, investments, and technology innovation through research and higher education …

The existing potential of SMEs remains untapped in most developing countries, including India. In India, most SMEs have … a lower share of foreign goods and services to produce exports than larger firms. Moreover, dependent SMEs also have … greater integration in terms of imports than independent SMEs and are better equipped to overcome import trade barriers …