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The World Bank in collaboration with the Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) conducted an assessment on the constraints and opportunities faced by non-farm household enterprise owners when starting and growing a business. The report highlights the findings from two applied methodologies namely a qualitative toolkit and a quantitative analysis. The toolkit included several qualitative techniques like focus groups, life stories, key informant interviews, and a community mapping exercise administered to 385 individuals from eight communities, among whom about a third were beneficiaries of the countrywide TASASF III - Productive Social Safety Net (PSSN) program. The quantitative data had rich information on 7,400 Tanzanian households and included a specific section on household enterprises. The authors found that the major constraints household enterprise owners face when starting or growing a business are lack of access to financial resources, weak markets and high competition among themselves, and lack of skills. Participants also identified severe weather conditions (droughts and rainy season) as a risk for their businesses and their communities. The report concludes with recommendation for TASAF and the Tanzanian government as they move forward towards the next phase of the PSSN program.

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are vital to Vietnam's economic growth, accounting for more than 98 percent of all business, 40 percent of Gross domestic product (GDP), and 50 percent of total employment. The number of SMEs grew by around 100,000 in 2016, encouraged in part by increased government efforts to facilitate new business. Vietnam's women own 95,906 or about 21 percent of formal enterprises. Vietnam has fewer differences between the legal statuses of men and women. However, most banks have yet to consider adopting strategies that cater to women-owned SMEs. Even when women entrepreneurs do qualify for a bank loan, they tend to receive less than what they asked for, and lower amounts than men. This report reframes these and other perceived challenges of serving this segment as an opportunity for banks and other service providers to capture a growing market of savvy businesswomen who seek better services to grow their firms. By recognizing the needs of business women and demonstrating a more nuanced approach to serving them, this report makes the case that championing rather than dismissing women's preferences can in fact make a big difference in terms of customer acquisition and sales volumes over time.

THE ENTERPRISE ZONE (EZ) IS A RELATIVELY NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY THAT PROVIDES INCENTIVES TO BUSINESSES INVESTING IN DESIGNATED DISTRESSED AREAS. AT THE END OF THE 1980'S, 38 U.S. STATES HAD EZ PROGRAMS, WITH ABOUT HALF OF THE STATE-DESIGNATED EZ'S IN RURAL AREAS. IN THIS ESSAY, THE AUTHORS USE STATE EXPERIENCE WITH EZ'S TO EXAMINE THE THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL SUPPORT FOR USING EZ'S TO CREATE JOBS AND OTHER BENEFITS IN DISTRESSED RURAL AREAS. THEY FOCUS ON TWO QUESTIONS: HOW EFFECTIVE ARE STATE EZ'S IN GENERAL? HOW EFFECTIVE ARE RURAL EZ'S IN PARTICULAR?

The conditions of making business in Ukraine are characterized by economic, political, social and military tensions, which significantly affects its efficiency and development dynamics. The development of new protection systems requires the formation of the theoretical basis, which is possible provided that the scientific search in the field of enterprise security is stepped up. The essence and key parameters of the enterprise's safety are characterized. The definition is proposed, the components are identified, the principles are considered and the place of safety of potential in the structure of the economic potential of the enterprise is justified.

Ukraine has made steps in the legislation on foreign investment promotion and development of priority directions of science and technology. As a result, businesses can not start working on the project in full, as some issues remain unresolved accounting and tax accounting in the performance of investment projects, cost sharing between innovation and regular activities, reporting forms, unresolved issue in passing customs clearance and laying contracts for the use of the scientific activities of the special accounts of the company. The problems of entrepreneurs have to find out by queries to the appropriate legislative and executive power, which, in turn, should create conditions for the development of science, development and production of export competitive products. The article outlines the main issues that arise in the way of creating parks. The advantages parks are supposed. It`s considered the ways of increasing the export potential of industrial enterprises by various factors. The specific of projects for technology parks and foreign investors are systematized and the information which should be provided in the preparation of business plans for innovative projects.

The study aims to analyze the innovation potential of enterprises, explain the use of the binary regression methodology, and explore different indicators of the enterprises in the regions of Kazakhstan for building an effective management strategy. Methodological substantiation is based on the complex survey data analysis, provided by the World Bank Enterprises Survey (WBES) for Kazakhstan. WBES database has covered a sociological survey of enterprises, which was conducted using a random survey and representativeness among 1,296 enterprises, mainly in the production sector. Besides, the data were collected among companies regarding their experience in environmental perception (including innovation activity), in which they worked. The results have demonstrated that the age of the company, exporter status, type, sector, or activity – all these have a positive influence on the company's tendency to innovations. However, as part of the study, it has found out that competitors in the marketplace and regions of activity of enterprises predominantly negatively affect the prospects of introducing innovation. It was also in evidence that the same factors (foreign ownership, advanced training, type, size, and sector of an enterprise) are essential determinants of product, technology, R&D, ICT, and innovation. Obtained results can be used by enterprises for building an effective management strategy of own business innovative development, as well as by local authorities to upgrade the competitive performance.
AcknowledgmentsThis study has been funded by the Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Grant "Priorities and mechanisms of inclusive regional development of Kazakhstan in the context of overcoming the economic recession" No. AP09259004).