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Education And SMME Business Growth: A Gender Perspective From South Africa

International Business & Economics Research Journal

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Title Education And SMME Business Growth: A Gender Perspective From South Africa
 
Creator Brijlal, Pradeep
Naicker, Visvanathan
Peters, Ricardo
 
Subject Business; Finance; Information Systems
Entrepreneurship; Education; Business Growth; Gender; SMMEs
 
Description Entrepreneurship is becoming an increasingly important source of employment for women in many countries. Policymakers and other stakeholders typically fail to differentiate between the needs of different SMME sectors when designing support programmes. Using survey data obtained from SMME owner managers in the Western Cape, this article attempts to identify whether the level of education and gender has an impact on business growth. A survey instrument in the form of a questionnaire was utilized to capture the data from 369 face-to-face interviews. The findings from this research reveal a positive relationship between the level of education of business owners and their respective business abilities to increase business growth. There were no significant differences between men and women in relation to business growth. The research has implications for policymakers seeking to understand the factors that influence business growth.
 
Publisher The Clute Institute
 
Date 2013-07-29
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://www.cluteinstitute.com/ojs/index.php/IBER/article/view/7983
10.19030/iber.v12i8.7983
 
Source International Business & Economics Research Journal (IBER); Vol 12 No 8 (2013); 855-866
2157-9393
1535-0754
10.19030/iber.v12i8
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://www.cluteinstitute.com/ojs/index.php/IBER/article/view/7983/8037