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Small & Medium Scale Enterprises (Smes)

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in modern economies and are recognized as a driver of economic development. SMEs contribute significantly to achieving national economic goals. Definitions of SMEs vary between countries based on factors like number of employees, asset value, sales, and output. Within countries, definitions may also differ by industry. In Pakistan, there is no single agreed upon definition - different organizations define SMEs based on different criteria like number of employees, assets, capital employed, or sales.

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Small & Medium Scale Enterprises (Smes)

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in modern economies and are recognized as a driver of economic development. SMEs contribute significantly to achieving national economic goals. Definitions of SMEs vary between countries based on factors like number of employees, asset value, sales, and output. Within countries, definitions may also differ by industry. In Pakistan, there is no single agreed upon definition - different organizations define SMEs based on different criteria like number of employees, assets, capital employed, or sales.

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SMALL & MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES (SMEs)

INTRODUCTION:
The SME sector plays an extremely important part in modern economy, proving to be the
most attractive and tremendous innovative system. The vital contribution to SME in economic
development is a reality unanimously recognized. Showing their economically and socially
beneficial effects led to the consideration of the SME sector as a field of strategic interest for the
economy (Avasilicai, 2009). Peter Drucker said that small enterprises represent the main catalyst
of economic development. Those small businesses contribute intensely to achieving the
fundamental goals to any national economy, becoming the backbone of social-economic progress
(Druker, 2009).
DEFINITIONS OF SMEs:
Definitions of SMEs in Other Countries: The SME definitions applied in various countries are
based upon various criteria such as number of employees, value of assets, sales and volume of
output (Cunningham & Rowley, 2008). These definitions vary from country to country and also
within countries. For instance, France defines a SME as having less than 500 employees; whereas
Germany uses less than 100 employees. Moreover, within countries, definitions may also vary by
sector or type of business. For instance in Japan, manufacturing, mining, and transportation and
construction industries defines a SME as having less than 300 employees or invested capitalization
less than 100 million yen. While wholesale businesses define a SME as an organization employing
less than 100 employees or capitalization less than 30 million yen. In retail it is defined as
businesses employing less than 50 employees or capitalization less than 10 million yen.

Defining SMEs within the Pakistani Context: There is no uniform definition of SMEs in Pakistan
(Dasanayaka, 2008; Mustafa & Khan,2005;Rana, Khan& Asad, 2007). The SME Bank, SMEDA,
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) and State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) have defined SMEs in
different ways. Under fifth schedule to Companies Ordinance 2015, Securities and Exchange
Commission of Pakistan (SECP) also classified large, medium and small companies exclusively.
For example, SMEDA defines a SME based upon the number of employees and total number of
productive assets. The SME bank uses only total number of assets as the criterion. PBS takes into
consideration only the number of employees. Whereas, SBP’s definition of a SME is based on the
nature of the business, number of employees, amount of capital employed and net sales value per
annum.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SMEs & LARGE SCALE BUSINESSES

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