State of Small Business Development in South Africa
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Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Government aid to small business |
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Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Government aid to small business |
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Author | : United States. Department of Commerce. Office of Africa |
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Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Black business enterprises |
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Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Informal sector (Economics) |
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Author | : Ntsika Enterprise Promotion Agency |
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Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Informal sector (Economics) |
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Author | : Ntsika Enterprise Promotion Agency |
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Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2001* |
Genre | : Informal sector (Economics) |
ISBN | : 9781919779188 |
Author | : Robert E. Hinson |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2023-12-02 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 3031376757 |
This book explores the issues around small business and entrepreneurial activities in Africa within the context of frequent collapse of businesses, seizures by governments, lack of access to capital and raw materials as well as the reliance on the informal sector. All these issues, the Editors argue, have been exacerbated by the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, entrepreneurship must be at the heart of efforts to transform Africa’s economic prospects to ensure sustained economic growth and decent work for all. In looking at the development of entrepreneurship for Africa’s growth, contributors to this edited collection take an evolutionary approach by focusing on entrepreneurial intentions (where entrepreneurial ideas are formed), customer management (which is central to all entrepreneurial business success) and by also focusing on local and entrepreneurial business development. The book then ends with a discussion around technological innovations in small business development in Africa. Covering topics such as social entrepreneurship, international joint ventures and the impact of digital platforms, this conceptual path provides rich contemporary insights for students, researchers, and policy makers and contributes to the achievement of SDG 8 targets.
Author | : Don-Terry Veal |
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Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
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This work provides a compreh~nsive examination of the realities. changes, and public policy outcomes that are influenced by the African-American entrepreneurship experience. An excellent resource, it examines perspectives from which all businesses. ranging from small to large national and international, can benefit.
Author | : IBP, Inc. |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2015-09-11 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1514529300 |
South Africa Investment and Business Guide Volume 1 Strategic and Practical Information
Author | : Patient Rambe |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 263 |
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ISBN | : 3031559355 |
Author | : Edmund Thamsanqa Mazwai |
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Release | : 2013 |
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The Local Business Service Centre (LBSC) programme launched by the government of the Republic of South Africa in 1995 to provide business development services to small business, moreso in the Black communities, did not live up to expectations. This is according to the responses of a sample of 400 small business owners who were researched regarding the effectiveness of the LBSC programme, with a usable questionnaire response rate of 37.8%. The purpose of this ex post facto research, conducted in 2006 and 2007, was to evaluate the impact of the LBSC programme on small businesses in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. The results will assist in developing strategies for the delivery of business development services (BDSs) that would meet the expectations of all stakeholders. This is the challenge facing South Africa. The better-known service centres include the Small Business Development Centres in the United States of America and Business Link in the United Kingdom of Great Britain: and international brands like the Enterprise Development Centres sponsored by the International Labour Organisation. These centres provide business development services such as information, basic management training and referrals to more advanced services. The quantitative research was based on a questionnaire consisting of 42 variables and one open-ended question. The questionnaire was sent to 400 small business owners who had received counselling from the LBSCs. The questionnaire was developed from a literature review on service centres in the developed and developing world: the qualitative studies of Bloch & Daze in 2000 and Urban-Econ in 2002 which were conducted nationally, and structured qualitative interviews with former government officials and existing LBSC owners. The open-ended question solicited respondents to specify the type of service centre that would meet their requirements. According to the four-point Likert scale used, most respondents disagree that the LBSCs were effective, and the rating was just shy of the 2.5 median. Three factors emerged from the responses: capacity and professionalism : productive relationship and empowering association . According to a t-test and an analysis of variance (Anova), there was no statistical difference between the means and mid-points of the independent variables for the three factors which indicated disagree, except capacity and professionalism and empowering association in terms of turnover. The independent variables included the age of the SMME owner, the qualifications of the owner, the turnover, the number of employees and the age of the entity. The researcher has recommended an eight-point SMME development strategy as the basis to introduce a new generation of service centres to stimulate entrepreneurship and provide business development services. The recommended eight-point strategy will also assist to assess new business development services centres being introduced by various governments.