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Why Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Are So Valuable to the Economy

Last updated: July 8, 2025 3:53 pm
Rudy Fernandez
Published: June 26, 2025
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Big corporations can influence and impact many aspects of people’s lives and even livelihoods. Yet, what’s just as true is that small businesses are equally important to local and regional economies, both in the developed and developing world.

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1. Small Businesses Create More Opportunities2. Small Businesses Are Flexible3. Small Businesses Drive Innovation4. Small Businesses Are Environmentally-Conscious5. Small Businesses Put People FirstBig Impact

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) account for 90% of businesses, 60 to 70% of employment, and 50% of GDPs worldwide, according to the United Nations’ post about World MSME Day 2025. These statistics essentially prove that while big businesses power the globe, industries and markets would struggle without small business owners, including the over 100 million individuals involved in direct selling worldwide.

With that in mind, here’s a look at four key ways micro, small and medium-sized enterprises help everyone.

1. Small Businesses Create More Opportunities

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According to surveys and experts, there are currently more available jobs than workers in some parts of the world. However, unfortunately, that’s not the case everywhere, particularly in emerging economies where many people, women and young persons, struggle to find work.

Small businesses have helped, thus, in cutting through the inequality and providing individuals in areas where jobs are scarce with an avenue out of unemployment.

For example, there’s no bar to entry to becoming a QNET business owner, unlike in the case of many similar sales-based occupations. As such, it’s possible for anyone and everyone to manage and operate their own direct selling enterprise and, thereby, put themselves in a position to generate a steady and sustainable income.

2. Small Businesses Are Flexible

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the nature of work and resulted in many traditional employers affording workers more flexibility than previously. Even so, rigidity hasn’t been discarded altogether. And that has had a negative impact on worker happiness as well as the ability of businesses to respond quickly to new situations and their customers.

This, however, is far from the case with micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, which have remained agile and competitive throughout and, as a result, drawn more clients.

QNET’s digital ecosystem was key to sustaining and even growing the business during the pandemic. Its robust e-commerce platform, virtual trainings, and global online events allowed the community to remain active and connected, and became a testament to the inherent flexibility of their enterprises and the swift implementation of solutions to meet customer and market needs.

3. Small Businesses Drive Innovation

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Incidentally, the intrinsic flexibility of small firms also helps foster talent and fuel idea generation and innovation.

Think about it like this: Larger enterprises employ a host of processes and many workers to handle these. As such, any attempt at a new business approach can involve tedious steps and multiple levels of approval. 

Small and medium-sized enterprises, conversely, aren’t like that at all. Indeed, in many cases, having smaller and tightly-knit teams enables everyone involved in the business to bring new ideas to the table and problem-solve. And that means not just more creativity but more success.

By the way, did you know that studies have found that small firms are more likely to develop new technologies than larger companies? That’s food for thought!

4. Small Businesses Are Environmentally-Conscious

Financial success aside, the manner in which small businesses are set up and operate has also enabled them to focus on sustainable initiatives, which have proven crucial in, among other things, tackling climate change.

Yes, big corporations have also gotten on the eco-friendly bandwagon and sought to implement green practices. Yet the key difference is that small and medium-sized enterprises have proven themselves committed to the cause for longer, unlike giant companies that have wavered. 

Coincidentally, surveys reveal that customers today are more environmentally conscious than ever and want sustainable products and eco-friendly packaging, as QNET offers.

5. Small Businesses Put People First

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One of the defining strengths of MSMEs is their people-centric approach. With smaller teams and closer-knit communities, these businesses naturally focus on mentorship, personal growth, and relationship-building.

The International Council for Small Business (ICSB) lists “human-centred entrepreneurship” as one of the top MSME trends in 2025, emphasising the importance of nurturing people to build strong, resilient businesses.

In the direct selling space, companies like QNET have long embraced this approach. From peer mentorship to leadership development and skills training, entrepreneurs are supported in growing their businesses and as individuals.

Big Impact

Sure, those who lead micro, small and medium-sized enterprises rarely make headlines the way big entrepreneurs do. 

Nevertheless, both separately and collectively, small businesses have a massive impact on the world we live in. In direct selling and beyond, more and more people are waking up to the potential and power of small businesses.

This article was originally published on 27 June 2023, and has been updated for further relevance.

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