This article is a commentary on primary research conducted in 2014 on the
SME sector in Brazil. Its purpose is to provide broad policy recommendations
for MSME development and engagement in Jamaica and
CARICOM. The main aim of the research is to identify best practices
within the Brazilian SME sector which can be adapted to the CARICOM
context. This is in an effort to stimulate discussions and future research
within the area. The article briefly examines two of the largest nongovernmental
organizations in Brazil (SEBRAE and CNI) which focus on

Growth in mobile phone penetration is one of the most significant
technological developments in human history, spurring a number of
innovations and entrepreneurial opportunities. Among these is the
conduct of monetary transactions via the mobile phone, which promises to
revolutionise access to financial services and opportunities for business
and entrepreneurship in developing countries. However, whereas mobile
banking via M-Pesa has revolutionised financial services and access in

This article introduces the special issue to the Inaugural Conference on
Business and Management hosted by the Mona School of Business and
Management in 2015. It pulls together the main findings, arguments and
perspectives of those papers that were most closely aligned with the theme
of the conference. In so doing, it focuses on the challenges to increasing
entrepreneurship, enterprise, competitiveness and growth in Small Island
Developing States (SIDS), such as those in the Caribbean, and the strategies