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How Can Micro and Small Enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa Become More Productive? The Impacts of Experimental Basic Managerial Training
Mano, Yukichi; Iddrisu, Alhassan; Yoshino, Yutaka; … - In: World Development 40 (2012) 3, pp. 458-468
Sub-Saharan Africa. While existing studies often attribute the poor performance to factors outside firms, problems within …. Based on a randomized experiment in Ghana, this study demonstrates that basic-level management training improves business …
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Learning from the Asian tigers : studies in technology and industrial policy
Lall, Sanjaya - 1996
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Entrepreneurial Skills and Industrial Development: The Case of a Car Repair and Metalworking Cluster in Ghana
Iddrisu, Alhassan; Mano, Yukichi; Sonobe, Tetsushi - In: Journal of the Knowledge Economy 3 (2012) 3, pp. 302-326
In sub-Saharan Africa, manufacturers operating in spontaneously developed industrial clusters are very small in size … entrepreneurs engage in business in a car repair and metalworking industrial cluster in Ghana. We hypothesize that these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010593378
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Short- and medium-run impacts of management training : an experiment in Tanzania
Higuchi, Yuki; Mhede, Edwin P.; Sonobe, Tetsushi - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 114 (2019), pp. 220-236
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Management Practices, Self-Selection into Management Training Participation, and Training Effects in the Garment Industry in Ethiopia
Abebe, Girum; Sonobe, Tetsushi - National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) - 2012
Many observational studies of micro and small enterprises have found that enterprise performance and education levels of entrepreneurs are positively associated. Does it follow that entrepreneurs’ management capacities depend on their academic achievements? This paper examines what types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010891718
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Management Training and its Contribution to Economic Recovery in Africa
Schellekens, Leo - In: Journal of Management Development 8 (1989) 5, pp. 40-50
Africa′s economic decline over the period since most countries became independent is discussed, and suggestions are …
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The Effect of Community Engagement on Healthcare Utilization and Health Insurance Enrolment in Ghana: Results from a Randomized Experiment
Duku, Stephen K. O.; Nketiah-Amponsahd, Edward; … - 2018
implemented in Ghana with the aim of improving clients’ perceptions on service quality and subsequently improving healthcare … trial conducted in 64 communities in two regions in Ghana. A random half of communities received the intervention after a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011819532
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Who benefits from free healthcare? : Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana
Hanson, Kara; Whitty, Christopher J. M.; … - In: Journal of development economics 107 (2014), pp. 305-319
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The effect of community engagement on healthcare utilization and health insurance enrolment in Ghana : results from a randomized experiment
Duku, Stephen K. O.; Nketiah-Amponsahd, Edward; … - 2018
implemented in Ghana with the aim of improving clients’ perceptions on service quality and subsequently improving healthcare … trial conducted in 64 communities in two regions in Ghana. A random half of communities received the intervention after a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011801368