Mikro, küçük ve orta büyüklükteki işletmelerin geliştirilmesinin zorlukları ve başarı şansının değerlendirilmesi: Etiyopya örneği

Various studies in both developed and developing countries show that Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) play an important role in poverty alleviation, income generation, job creation, and economic development. Despite their contributions, the growth and development of these enterprises are hampered by a variety of internal and external factors. For this reason, the overall objective of the study is to assess and analyze major challenges that hindering the development of MSMEs in Ethiopia. Taking this into consideration, this study used both primary and secondary data sources. Primary data was collected from 291 MSME owners and/or managers, by using survey. Wood and metalwork, food processing, and textile and garment subsectors located in Nifas Silk Lafto Sub-city/Addis Ababa, were chosen for data collection due to their convenience. To achieve the study's objectives, questionnaires were analyzed using statistical techniques such as descriptive and inferential analysis. The empirical investigation demonstrated seven major challenges that appear to be hindering the development of MSMEs. Descriptive findings showed that financial, infrastructural, work place, and technological factors, respectively, were found to be the four top most severe problems that challenged the MSMEs development. Inferential analysis output, on the other hand, indicates that technological, marketing, work place, political-legal, and infrastructure factors all have a significant effect on the development of MSMEs at the 1% level of significance, with the exception of infrastructure, which has a 5% level of significance. Furthermore, the results of the correlation analysis show that all independent variables (financial, management, marketing, infrastructure, technological, work environment, political, and legal factors) have a significant positive association with the dependent variable (development of MSMEs). Keywords: MSME, Challenges of MSMEs, Prospect of MSMEs, Development of MSMEs.