Explains how small businesses have the potential to play an increased role in future job creation activities. Discusses characteristics of small business, involvement of business education, teaching material, and how business education needs to maintain its vitality through this era of change. (CT)

Interviews with 106 entrepreneurs trained in the Small Business Development Program in Kenya and 94 with no formal training identified differences in type of ownership, sources of capital, complexity of business, and awareness of higher-level business problems. Untrained entrepreneurs appeared to be more controlled by the external environment. (SK)