JIMS8M: The Journal of Indian Management & Strategy
Web of Science
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue: 1

Entrepreneurs’ biographic characteristics and small enterprise growth in Bangladesh: an empirical analysis

  • Author:
  • Serazul Islam
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 4 to 12

Assistant Professor (Accounting), School of Business, Bangladesh Open University, Gazipur, Bangladesh

Online published on 13 March, 2014.

Abstract

The growth of any business enterprise depends on different factors including its entrepreneur's biographic characteristics. The present paper aims at exploring these characteristics and analyzing their effects on the growth of small enterprises in Bangladesh. The entrepreneurs (400) were selected randomly for the study using multi-stage sampling technique constitute and have been interviewed personally. Findings of the study reveal that relatively higher educated and married male entrepreneurs, having business experience of less than ten years, were significant group to enter the business. The majority of the sample entrepreneurs hailed from non-business family and had started their business at young and middle age. Results also claim that entrepreneurs’ biographic characteristics except family background and marital status play a significant role in the growth of small enterprises’ equity capital, production, employment, sales, and profit.