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Introduction: The Context of the Caribbean Enterprise -- A Historical Perspective on Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the English-Speaking Caribbean -- Succession Planning: The Caribbean Approach -- The Financing Reality of the Caribbean Enterprise -- Market Orientation and the Caribbean Enterprise -- Unfinished Business, Understandings, and Insights into Caribbean Enterprises

This engaging book fills a substantial gap in the understanding of Caribbean enterprises, focusing upon FOBs (family-owned businesses) about which, despite accounting for 70% of private sector employment in the region, very little is known. Concentrating on MSMEs which represent the majority of FOBs in the English-speaking Caribbean, the authors compare and contrast their experiences to those in developed countries, focusing in particular on areas such as family business succession, business financing and marketing. Understanding the Caribbean Enterprise provides context-specific lessons from a historical perspective of business and entrepreneurship, which in turn provide an understanding of the current issues facing MSMEs and FOBs in the English-speaking Caribbean.