Issues in SME development in Ghana and South Africa

By J. Abor, P. Quartey. 2010

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Financing the growth of SMEs in Africa: What are the contraints to SME financing within ECOWAS? (2017, background): “SMEs are by their nature unable to provide the equired collateral that large firms have in obtaining formal anking sector loans and at the same time too large to benfit from micro-finance loans and forms of financial support chemes (Abor and Quartey, 2010; Quartey, 2002; Aryeetey, 998).”
Understanding mobile marketing adoption intention by South African SMEs: A multi-perspective framework (2016, background): “Still others have adopted the legal status of a firm, the ethod of production, and the ownership and industry of the nterprise in their attempt to define what constitutes a small enterrise (Gbandi & Amissah, 2014; Abor & Quartey, 2010).”
Nexus between social capital and performance of micro and small firms in an emerging economy: The mediating role of innovation (2017, background): “In Tanzania, the MSBs sector contributes over 33% to the country’s GDP, while in South Africa, it contributes about 52–57% and also accounts for about 91% of the formal businesses (Frimpong, 2013).”
Marketing innovation and sustainable competitive advantage of manufacturing SMEs in Ghana (2019, background): “In Ghana for instance, SMEs constitute about 90 per cent of businesses (Abor and Quartey, 2010), provide over 80 per cent of employment (Abor and Quartey, 2010) and contribute over 50 per cent to GDP (Buame, 2004).”
Factors affecting e-commerce adoption among SMEs in Ghana (2016, background): “Abor and Quartey (2010) find that SMEs account for about 92% of businesses in Ghana and about 85% of manufacturing employment, while contributing about 70% of Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).”
Entrepreneurial education, self-efficacy and intentions in Sub-Saharan Africa (2018, background): “…for the task” (Shane et al., 2003, p. 267), thereby encouraging the pursuit of entrepreneurial behaviours in spite of the various hindering factors and hostile nature of the Ghanaian socioeconomic environments for startup and general entrepreneurial development (see Abor and Quartey, 2010).”
The moderating influence of financial literacy on the relationship between access to finance and firm growth in Ghana (2016, background): “It has been noted that SMEs tend to attract skilled managers but they can hardly compete with larger firms (Abor and Quartey 2010).”
The Impact of Entrepreneurial Resilience on the Success of Small and Medium Enterprises in South Africa (2018, background): “Despite the noted contribution of SMEs, the failure rate of these enterprises is very high in South Africa [7].”
The Relationship between Competitive Strategy and Firm Performance in Micro and Small Businesses in Ghana: The Moderating Role of Managerial and Marketing Capabilities (2015, background): “For example, in Ghana, it is estimated that about 92% of all businesses are MSBs and these businesses contribute about 70% of gross domestic product (GDP) (Abor & Quartey, 2010).”
Developing entrepreneurship in Africa: investigating critical resource challenges (2017, background): “The study controlled for GDP, population, FDI and education.”
Taxing the Informal Economy: The Current State of Knowledge and Agendas for Future Research (2014, background): “In contrast to the dominant cost-benefit approach, some scholars perceive informality primarily as a problem of power and capacity, rather than of choice (Abor & Quartey, 2010; Kanbur, 2011; Zinnes, 2009).”
Challenges of Doing Business in Africa: A Systematic Review (2019, unknown): “Such high start-up costs entail registration and licensing requirements that are many (Abor & Quartey, 2010).”
Linking agricultural development to school feeding in sub-Saharan Africa: Theoretical perspectives (2011, background): “…might be 10 Most definitions of micro, small or medium enterprises in SSA implicitly or explicitly exclude family farms (see Rogerson (2001) and Abor and Quartey (2010)). icultural development to school feeding in sub-Saharan Africa: Theoretical expected to have relatively little power.”
Assessing the Effect of Financial Literacy Among Managers on the Performance of Small-Scale Enterprises (2020, background): “In Ghana, SMEs’ contribution is more pronounced, accounting for 92 per cent of all formal businesses and contributes about 70 per cent to GDP, offering over 80 per cent employment to Ghanaians (Abor & Quartey, 2010; Quartey, Turkson, Abor, & Iddrisu, 2017).”