Entrepreneurship and economic development : An investigation into small and medium enterprises' opportunity identification, creation, success and failure in five African countries
Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) creation is an important factor that drives developing world economies. Curiously, African SMEs, while being significant in number, tend to be insignificant in terms of contribution to GDP. Overall, they contribute only 1% to GDP growth on an annual basis. Further,...
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University of Portsmouth
2008
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.511206 |