The theory of planned behaviour as predictor of entrepreneurial intent amongst final-year university students

A Gird, JJ Bagraim - South african journal of psychology, 2008 - journals.co.za
The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) was tested as a predictor of entrepreneurial intent
amongst final-year commerce students at two universities in the Western Cape (n= 247). The …

The personal networks of entrepreneurs in an informal African urban economy: does the 'strength of ties' matter?

JP Berrou, F Combarnous - Review of social economy, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This paper investigates Granovetter's “strength of weak ties” hypothesis in an informal
African urban economy. It outlines an approach articulated around the reticular …

Innovation outcomes of South African new technology-based firms: A contribution to the debate on the performance of science park firms

KYA Chan, LAG Oerlemans… - South African Journal of …, 2011 - journals.co.za
Science parks are often established to drive regional economic growth, especially in
countries with emerging economies. However, mixed findings on the innovation outcomes of …

Entrepreneurial networking differences: An ethnic in-group and out-group analysis

B Urban - SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2011 - scielo.org.za
ABSTRACT ORIENTATION: Researching entrepreneurship using a network perspective is
important, as social networks are assets for small business owners struggling to survive in …

Social capital configurations for necessity-driven versus opportunity-driven entrepreneurs

B Urban - South African journal of economic and management …, 2011 - journals.co.za
There is growing literature suggesting the importance of networking and even arguing that
social capital may be the most significant source of advantage for entrepreneurs. This …

[PDF][PDF] Entrepreneurial intentions and perceived access to finance: The role of entrepreneurial Self-efficacy

MC Nengomasha - 2018 - scholar.ufs.ac.za
Entrepreneurship has been widely recognised as the backbone of every economy, because
it is the primary driver of job creation, wealth, innovation, economic growth and development …

[PDF][PDF] Business Education as an Instrument for Poverty and UnemploymentReduction in Lesotho

M Thaanyane - International Journal of Scientific and Research …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Thaanyane, 2010, whose aim was to investigate the teachers' experiences of implementing
Business Education in three secondary schools in Maseru, Lesotho. Lesotho is recently …

Encastrement, réseaux sociaux et dynamique des micro et petites entreprises informelles en milieu urbain africain

JP Berrou - 2010 - hal.science
Dans un contexte d'urbanisation rapide, les problématiques relatives à l'économie
informelle se révèlent particulièrement cruciales en Afrique subsaharienne. La …

Social networks and rural non-farm enterprise development and implication for poverty reduction among rural households in Zimbabwe

J Zuwarimwe, JF Kirsten - 2011 - repository.up.ac.za
Poverty remains a greatest challenge for the rural households of the sub Saharan Africa and
a number of interventions are proposed to alleviate poverty. Rural non-farm enterprises are …

[图书][B] The role of networks in mobilising capital in different ethnic groups in South Africa: A mixed embeddedness approach to entrepreneurship

BC Mitchell - 2014 - ddd.uab.cat
The purpose of the study is to make intelligible how and why different ethnic groups use
networking in different ways to acquire and organise capital, within the specific socio …