SMEs and E Commerce The Asia Foundation
35 companies in the telecommunication and IT sector (i.e.,
telecommunications and IT related manufacturers and services
providers)
Table 1.2
Respondents classified by sector
Industry Small
business
Medium
business
Total
Manufacturing 24
19
43
(21.5%)
Business services
33
12
45 (22.5%)
Distribution and Trade
27
14
41 (20.5%)
Hotel and Tourism
23
13
36 (18.0%)
Telecommunication and IT
31
4
35 (17.5%)
Total 138
62
200
(100%)
3.4.3 Size breakdown
These companies were composed of 138 small sized companies and 62 medium
sized companies. Ratio between small and medium sized companies when
classified by number of employees was 69:31 (Figure 1.1)
Figure 1.1
Respondents classified by size
Total
200
62
Medium
Small
138
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
No. of Respondents
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