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Sustaining SMEs through Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Exploring opportunities and challenges
Background: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a crucial role in driving economic growth and development, necessitating innovative strategies to …
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A stakeholder approach towards a consolidated framework for measuring business incubator efficacy
Background: Business incubators (BIs) are considered enablers of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, however there remains a lack of consensus as to …
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Understanding the individual in personal initiative action-based entrepreneurial interventions
Background: Entrepreneurship is an important driving force for economic development in emerging economies, traditionally driven by ineffective top-down approaches. A …
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The role of competitor orientation and proactiveness in competitive advantage for small- and medium-sized enterprises performance
Background: As small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the primary source of job creation in Nigeria and contribute 48% of …
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Self-esteem, need for achievement, risk-taking propensity and consequent entrepreneurial intentions
Background: Entrepreneurship is an important economic driver, and universities are increasingly trying to create an entrepreneurial mindset among their students. …
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Financial literacy competencies of women in agribusiness and their financial experiences during a pandemic
Background: Women have generally lower levels of financial literacy than their male counterparts, regardless of country of origin. This financial …
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The role of investors in developing academic spin offs: The biotech sector in South Africa
Background: While research on commercialisation of academic research suggests that close interaction among academic entrepreneurs, technology transfer officers and investors …
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Formation of ties through action learning: A case from a multicultural entrepreneurship camp
Background: Entrepreneurship camps are an important platform for students to learn through action-based learning, problem-solving, knowledge and information sharing, which …
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Exploring the pathway of academic entrepreneurs: The case of Stellenbosch University
Background: Universities globally face challenges of becoming entrepreneurial, delivering third mission activities, including the support of academic entrepreneurship. Abundant research …
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Designing organisational effectiveness in social entrepreneurial enterprises
Background: Fundamental principles that encourage problem solving are included in the intersection between design thinking and systems thinking. In this …
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Strategic decision-making in small and medium enterprises in South Africa
Background: Effective strategic decision-making (SDM) is a key element to ensure the sustainability and continuous business performance in any business. …
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Investigating tensions experienced by decision-makers during a business rescue event
Background: Practice has shown that decision-makers experience various tensions during a business rescue event, which adds to the complexity of …
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New venture idea incubation: A micro-process view
Background: In pursuit of new venture idea incubation, motivated entrepreneurs must simultaneously commit to an idea and develop the capacity …
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Establishing turnaround potential before commencement of formal turnaround proceedings
Background: Determining the turnaround potential of a firm has plagued academia and practice. Existing failure prediction tools yield limited insight …
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The impact of the South African business environment on SMEs trade credit management effectiveness
Background: Given that the impact of the South African business environment on small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) management of trade …
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Youth participation in agriculture, accounting for entrepreneurial dimensions
Background: Despite the high youth unemployment levels, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, participation in the agricultural sector remains low. The agricultural …
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Innovative mechanisms to improve access to funding for the black-owned small and medium enterprises in South Africa
Background: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa and globally struggle to gain access to external funding. The current …
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Entrepreneurial intention of matric commerce students: An empirical study
Background: In the first quarter of 2021, the official unemployment rate in South Africa was 32.6%. Among young persons between …