Underexplored Operational Barriers for SMEs in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Comparative Analysis of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

• In Event: Legitimacy and Governance in Central Asia and Eastern Europe

Brief Overview

This study challenges common views on SME barriers in Central Asia. It discovers overlooked obstacles that are essential to understanding why many manufacturing SMEs fail to develop in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

Author

• Ainur Kenzhetayeva, Bluefield State College