Barriers constraining the growth of and potential solutions for emerging entrepreneurial SMEs

MA Khan - Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation and …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Pakistan has marvellous growth and development capacity, and entrepreneurial
small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in its development. As it is …

Factors constraining the growth and survival of SMEs in Nigeria: Implications for poverty alleviation

JO Okpara - Management research review, 2011 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that hinder the growth and
survival of small businesses in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach–A survey method …

Internationalization opportunities and challenges for small and medium-sized enterprises from developing countries

W Anderson - Journal of African Business, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study was to identify opportunities and challenges for internationalizing
the small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries. In this article the author …

Determinants of small business growth constraints in a sub-Saharan African economy

JO Okpara, P Wynn - SAM advanced management journal, 2007 - search.proquest.com
In almost all economies, small businesses are vital for sustained growth. A high failure rate
is a huge negative for an economy, especially a developing economy with limited capital …

Soft power and desirable relationship outcomes: the case of Zimbabwean distribution channels

R Chinomona, JYC Lin, MCH Wang… - Journal of African …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The current research attempts to investigate the use of the two sources of dealers' soft
channel power (ie, expert power and referent power) as a means of achieving three …

Organisational climate and performance: a case study of nigerian high growth smes

O Okoya - 2013 - repository.uel.ac.uk
There have been extensive explorations of organisational climate (OC) and performance in
large organisational contexts but predominantly in western economies. Despite the rich and …

Start‐up and growth constraints on small‐scale trading in Bangladesh

S Islam - Journal of Chinese entrepreneurship, 2009 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the reasons for starting the new small
business by the people and also to find out the difficulties they experienced at the time of …

A cross-country analysis of small and medium-sized enterprise owners' perspectives of factors affecting business performance: a case of South Africa and China

ME Letsoalo - 2023 - ulspace.ul.ac.za
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a key driver of global economic growth,
which implies that they are critical to national economic growth. As a result, they are …

Developing women entrepreneurs: the influence of enactus networks on women-owned SMMEs in Kwa Zulu-Natal

MF Vezi-Magigaba - 2018 - uzspace.unizulu.ac.za
The extent to which women entrepreneurs interact with the entrepreneurial networks in their
local environment as well as the impact that entrepreneurial networks bring to bear on the …

Factors affecting SMEs growth in Tanzania: A case study of selected SMEs in Dar es Salaam

C Makwi - 2019 - repository.costech.or.tz
Small and Medium enterprises (SMEs) contribute significantly in Tanzania's economic
growth, job creation and poverty alleviation. The general objective of this study was to …