Entrepreneurs’ Personnel Characteristics And Their Impact On The Growth Of Smes

Abstract

The growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is one of the most important research topics that have been studied by researchers because SMEs constitute an important economic power in job creation with such rates are much more than the large enterprises. The growth of small business helps in raising employment and therefore reducing unemployment rates and increasing economic growth. To understand and to analyze the growth of SMEs, as it is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon, many theories and models have attempted to interpret this phenomenon by identifying the internal and external variables, which affect it. To identify the characteristics of SME’s growth as a human institution, we have studied the characteristics of the entrepreneur who represents its principal core, thus the growth of the enterprise and its continuity depends on him because it is the extension of his personality. For that, to explain the growth of SMEs process many factors that may affect this process such as personal characteristics of the entrepreneur, his human capital, and his motivations and personal objectives are taken into account in the growth strategy of these enterprises in addition to other determinants.

Keywords

• entrepreneurship
• smes
• entrepreneurs' personnal characteristics
• smes growth