Open AccessThe Study of Self-employment at SMEs Level with Reference to Poverty in Developing Countries
Author(s) -
Muhammad Nawaz Tunio,
Aqeel Ahmed Soomro,
Dieter Bögenhold
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
business and management research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1927-601X
pISSN - 1927-6001
DOI - 10.5430/bmr.v6n2p33
Subject(s) - poverty , entrepreneurship , developing country , context (archaeology) , information and communications technology , narrative , phenomenon , small and medium sized enterprises , process (computing) , business , self employment , economics , economic growth , political science , computer science , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , law , biology , operating system
This study endeavors to answer the research question; how self-employment at Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) level is related to poverty in the developing countries. During these efforts, we used the narrative literature review, methodology, to study related research stream in this domain to develop a better understanding of the phenomenon. Moreover, in the process Peter Ducker and Noel’s theory of entrepreneurship and Israel Kirzner’s theory of entrepreneurship reviewed to develop theoretical foundations of our research. In this research, we come to the observation that self-employment at SMEs level, somehow helps in fighting poverty in the developing countries. In addition, interestingly Information and Communication Technology (ICT) role has been significant in the developing countries from the context of gig economy, where the firms might not be found in yellow pages, but yet they are part of the economic system against poverty (Subrahmany, 2005).