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Role of rural women on the agritourism entrepreneurial behavior in Tunisia
Khazami, Nesrine; Nefzi, Ayoub; Yahyaoui, Abdelkarim - In: Cogent business & management 11 (2024) 1, pp. 1-19
In recent years, some localities in Tunisia that are among the most amenable to agritourism have focused on the development of agritourism houses with a focus on rural women through agritourism entrepreneurial training. In this regard, the current study examines the influential determinants of...
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Mapping the needs and challenges of SMEs : a focus on the city of Johannesburg entrepreneurship ecosystem
Msimango-Galawe, Jabulile; Majaja, Buntu - In: Cogent business & management 9 (2022) 1, pp. 1-21
Entrepreneurship ecosystems have increased in popularity to foster more entrepreneurial activity and, hence, spurring economic growth and employment creation. To explore the state of the City of Johannesburg's entrepreneurship ecosystem and identify the gaps and weaknesses that cause the...
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Entrepreneurs' competencies and sustainability of small and medium enterprises in Tanzania : a mediating effect of entrepreneurial innovations
Ismail, Ismail J. - In: Cogent business & management 9 (2022) 1, pp. 1-22
from the maturity stage to a sustainable stage. However, apart from a few studies done on SME sustainability with the … majority engaged in SME performance, a gap has been identified in the body of literature, especially the exclusion of the … SME sustainability are also positive and significant. The study further found partial mediation effects of entrepreneurial …
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Impact of entrepreneurial mindset and motivation on business performance : deciphering the effects of entrepreneurship development program (EDPs) on trainees
Shetty, Santhosha; Baliga, Vikram; Thomas Gil, Mathew - In: Cogent business & management 11 (2024) 1, pp. 1-23
Entrepreneurial mindset and motivation are essential for launching a successful business venture. Recognising this, the study investigates how Entrepreneurial Development Programmes (EDPs) offered by RUDSETIs (Rural Development and Self-employment Training Institutes) influence trainees in...
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The role of microfinance on women's entrepreneurship development in Western Ethiopia evidence from a structural equation modeling : non-financial service is the way forward
Abebe, Abraham; Kegne, Meketaw - In: Cogent business & management 10 (2023) 3, pp. 1-20
Microfinance institution services are emerging as a potent tool for poverty eradication and aim to decrease poverty and empower women. However, fewer women than men manage and run businesses in many parts of the world. Therefore, this study investigates the role of microfinance services on...
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Director selection in agricultural cooperatives : the process and the roles in the Finnish context
Huhtala, Kari; Tuominen, Pasi; Tuominen, Terhi - In: Cogent business & management 7 (2020) 1, pp. 1-26
Director selection is linked with contradictory board roles which call for the need of multiple approaches. In cooperatives, which are member- and user-driven rather than profit-driven, this approach is essential. The aim of this study is to analyze director selection in agricultural...
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Creating opportunities in a challenging environment : experiential crisis learning behaviour of tourism SMEs in Sri Lanka
Adikaram, Kalutara Koralalage Nilanthi Britto; Surangi, … - In: Cogent business & management 11 (2024) 1, pp. 1-22
developing solid business with embedded knowledge. These findings prompted the creation of a model of the SME's experiential …
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A quantitative study on the influence of breadth of open innovation on SMEs product-service performance : the moderating effect of type of innovation
Uduma, Idika Awa; Wali, Andy Fred; Wright, Len Tiu - In: Cogent business & management 2 (2015), pp. 1-15
The study investigates the influence of breadth of open innovation strategy on product and service performance of UK SMEs and how the relationship is affected by the type of innovation. The respondents were 72 senior employees randomly sampled from SMEs in UK manufacturing sector. We collected...
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Adoption of emerging ICTs : the role of actors in a social network
Awa, Hart Okorie; Ojiabo, Ojiabo Ukoha; Eke, Best C. - In: Cogent business & management 3 (2016), pp. 1-19
This paper uses actor network theory (ANT) to provide further insight into ICT adoption framework by showing how the diverse actors in small service(s) businesses guarantee continuous adoption of emerging ICT amidst many influences. On the basis of purposive sampling, unstructured and...
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ICT fusion on the relationship between resource transformation capabilities and quality management practices among SMEs in Uganda
Onyinyi, Benard; Kaberuka, Will - In: Cogent business & management 6 (2019), pp. 1-17
The major objective of this study was to determine the relationship between resource transformation capabilities and quality management practices under conditions of varying levels of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) fusion among Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs). Data were...
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