There is no doubt that access to finance is of crucial importance for the ongoing and
sustainable growth and profitability of small and medium enterprises sector (SMEs) through …

Cant and Ligthelm (2003) estimate that 70-80 percent of SMEs fail. A number of elements
and challenges have been identified as contributing factors to the high failure rate of SMEs …

This paper explores the institutional factors that encourage opportunity entrepreneurship in
order to achieve higher rates of economic growth. We suggest that institutions may not have …

The discussion on which institutions determine entrepreneurial activity–and the role of
institutions in the aggregated output for developing countries–is as yet unresolved. The …

Purpose By drawing upon institutional theory, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the
role of four critical resources (credit, electricity, contract enforcement and political …

In the year 2006, the government unveiled a blue print for developments of middle income
status by the year 2030. Small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) were identified to be the …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature on effectiveness of
entrepreneurship education by empirically assessing the role of university entrepreneurial …

Drawing on institutional economics, this article investigates how different contexts condition
the prevalence of export-oriented entrepreneurship, which affects economic growth. We …

The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of the financial literacy education on
performance of small and micro enterprises in Njoro District where the program was …

Purpose Appreciating the need to foster entrepreneurship in Madagascan rural areas and
acknowledging that many unanswered questions remain regards testing the theory of …