Enterprise links and local resources

Enterprise links and local resources

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Small and Medium Enterprises (MGT 256)

Unit 5: Setting Up a Small Business Enterprise

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

• Explain the scope and key elements of enterprise links and local resources.
• Apply the relevant concepts to a defined organizational or venture situation using evidence and stated assumptions.

Curriculum Scope

• Contribution of Small Enterprises to Large Enterprises
• the Relationship between Local Resources and SMEs

Detailed Microsyllabus

1. Enterprise linkages

   1. Explain supply, subcontracting and service contributions to large enterprises.
   2. Assess quality, volume and delivery requirements.
   3. Consider bargaining power and customer concentration.

2. Local resources

   1. Identify local material, skill, knowledge and infrastructure resources.
   2. Assess suitability, availability and sustainability.
   3. Relate resource use to the SME's value proposition.

3. Application

   1. Design a realistic SME-to-large-enterprise linkage.
   2. State resource and demand assumptions.
   3. Evaluate benefits, dependencies and constraints.

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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.