Author(s)

Dipak Bahadur Adhikari¹, Bimal Shakya², Niranjan Devkota^2*, Dipendra Karki³, Udbodh Bhandari², Seeprata Parajuli², Udaya Raj Paudel²

¹Patan Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Patandhoka, Lalitpur, Nepal.
²Quest International College, Pokhara University, Gwarko, Lalitpur, Nepal.
³Nepal Commerce Campus, Tribhuvan University, Minbhawan, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Small businesses are the backbone of the economy in developing countries like Nepal. In such circumstances, small-scale businesses are more appropriate ones in the process of the economic development of the nation. This study pursues to contribute to the experiential understanding of the important and financial hurdles in small business enterprises in Nepal. This paper is based on primary data which are collected from 403 entrepreneurs in small business enterprises. The survey shows more than ninety percent of respondents feel different factors constraining the financial aspect of small businesses while a negligible percent of respondents do not feel any challenges.

Small & Medium Scale Industries, Business, Financial Hurdles, Financial Institutions, Kathmandu Valley

Adhikari, D. , Shakya, B. , Devkota, N. , Karki, D. , Bhandari, U. , Parajuli, S. and Paudel, U. (2021) Financial Hurdles in Small Business Enterprises in Kathmandu Valley. Modern Economy, 12, 1105-1118. doi: 10.4236/me.2021.126058.