http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/news/indian-economy-news/ SME News in Editorials at http://smetimes.tradeindia.com en Copyright 2006 tradeindia.com. All Rights Reserved. Sat, 25 May 2013 06:06:15 +0530 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530 helpdesk@tradeindia.com helpdesk@tradeindia.com perl XML::RSS version 1.05 http://img.tradeindia.com/tradeindia.com/2008/images/logo_white_bg.gif http://www.tradeindia.com/ 110 39 Tradeindia.com, India's larget B2B eMarketPlace http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/editorial/2013/May/21/why-smes-fail-keep-your-eyes-open80881.html Surveys and studies conducted across the world over different time periods provide compelling evidence that a vast number of small businesses fail in the first few years. Majority of failures occur in the first two years while only a handful succeed to complete their first five years. Expert opinions on why this happens vary, but overall most of them point out some common pitfalls into which small business start-ups easily tumble into. Staff Reporter story_id-92514 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530 http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/editorial/2013/May/14/export-outlook-not-so-grim80856.html Our export target for the current financial year has been set at $325 billion, more than one-third lower than the $500 billion target fixed two years ago. Staff Reporter story_id-92188 Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530 http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/editorial/2013/May/07/rbi-monetary-policy-inflation-still-in-focus80803.html The Reserve Bank of India announced its 2013-14 annual monetary policy last week, and as expected it stuck to its cautious stance, cutting the repo rate by just 0.25 percentage points to 7.25 percent. Staff Reporter story_id-91896 Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530 http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/editorial/2013/Apr/30/msme-schemes-do-you-know-all-of-them80751.html How many Government schemes are currently in place to support our micro, small and medium enterprise sector? You may find this a little difficult to answer! Staff Reporter story_id-91648 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0530 http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/editorial/2013/Apr/24/ftp-new-but-not-novel80716.html It was widely expected that the Annual Supplement to Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14 would at least address the key challenges faced by the export sector, considering the bleak demand outlook in international markets. But last week's FTP again put a dampener on our expectations. Staff Reporter story_id-91364 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0530 http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/editorial/2013/Apr/18/india-eu-free-trade-deal-is-it-going-happen80704.html India and the 27-nation European Union, our largest merchandise trade partner as a single economy, are inching toward a Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement – we have heard this dime-a-dozen in recent years. Staff Reporter story_id-91094 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0530 http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/editorial/2013/Apr/09/bring-your-financial-planning-up-to-scratch80635.html One financial year has just ended and another begun. This time of the year is always quite a busy one for business-people like us. In fact, a stressful time -- and more if we leave everything for the last hour. Staff Reporter story_id-90520 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0530 http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/editorial/2013/Apr/02/internet-revolution-time-to-leap-on-the-bandwagon80591.html How much promise the Internet holds for small businesses? Thousands, perhaps millions, of pages have been written about how the Internet is making its way to our lives. It is changing everything - the way we work, learn and play Staff Reporter story_id-90168 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0530 http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/editorial/2013/Mar/26/what-do-you-expect-upcoming-foreign-trade-policy80539.html The Budget 2013 has failed to inspire hope among our exporters, and now with the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) likely to be announced in the first week of April, all eyes are on the Commerce Minister. What steps do you want him to take for the sector? Staff Reporter story_id-90022 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0530 http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/editorial/2013/Mar/19/tradeindia-introduces-mobile-ready-catalogs-websites80490.html Much has been talked about India's mobile phone and Internet revolutions. Today, we have more than 900 million mobile phone subscribers for our 1.22 billion people. A similar, though less stunning, trend is evident when it comes to the Internet Staff Reporter story_id-89717 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0530