Nepalese opportunities and social assets

Nepalese opportunities and social assets

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Small and Medium Enterprises (MGT 256)

Unit 4: SMEs and Market

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

• Explain the scope and key elements of nepalese opportunities and social assets.
• Apply the relevant concepts to a defined organizational or venture situation using evidence and stated assumptions.

Curriculum Scope

• Government initiatives and Private sector opportunity in Nepal
• The SMEs and Interlocking Markets: The Role of ‘Social Assets’

Detailed Microsyllabus

1. Nepalese opportunities

   1. Identify government initiatives and private-sector opportunities from dated sources.
   2. Assess relevance to a defined SME.
   3. Distinguish announced support from demonstrated access.

2. Interlocking markets

   1. Explain links among product, labor, credit and input markets.
   2. Assess how dependence across markets affects enterprise choices.
   3. Analyze bargaining and coordination relationships.

3. Social assets

   1. Examine trust, networks and community relationships as resources.
   2. Consider both access benefits and exclusion risks.
   3. Use evidence to evaluate their contribution to enterprise development.

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Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 118–120.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.