Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are known to be vulnerable due to liabilities of ‘newness' as well as ‘smallness.' Naturally, there is a strong conviction among policy-makers, researchers, trainers and consultants that SMEs need support for their survival and growth, .particularly the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to gauge the impact of entrepreneurship training of students in Cameroon. In order to achieve the above, an empirical study was conducted in one of the main higher learning institution where entrepreneurial courses were first launched in Cameroon. The...

A randomized controlled trial with 945 entrepreneurs in Jamaica shows positive short-term impacts of soft-skills training on business outcomes. The effects are concentrated among men and disappear 12 months after the training. The main channel is increased adoption of recommended business...

A randomized control trial with 945 entrepreneurs in Jamaica shows positive shortterm impacts of soft-skills training on business outcomes. The effects are concentrated among men, and disappear twelve months after the training. We argue that the main channel is increased adoption of recommended...