Perceptions of SME Growth Constraints in Nigeria

By Charles Mambula. 2002

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics

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The Barriers to Growth in Ghana (2008, background): “Mambula (2002) interviewed 32 small business entrepreneurs in Nigeria as well as government officials, bank representatives and other experts.”
Financial Challenges Facing Urban SMEs under Financial Sector Liberalization in Ghana (2005, background): “These lead to an overreliance by banks on collateral for lending (Mambula 2002; Collier 1994).”
Entrepreneurial orientation: A psychological model of success among southern African small business owners (2005, background): “Owners of informal businesses are not protected by the law, cannot access financial support, cannot advertise freely, and are not able to develop stable relationships with suppliers or customers (Jansson & Sedaca, 2000; Mambula, 2002).”
Lending terms, financial literacy and formal credit accessibility (2014, result): “The results of this study are consistent with other studies (e.g. Toci & Hashi, 2010; Stephanou & Rodriguez, 2008; Mambula, 2002; Okpara & Wynn, 2007) in finding that high interest rates are statistically significant to SMEs’ financing obstacles.”
Impact of Small and Medium Enterprises on Economic Growth and Development (2013, background): “This evidence was however rejected by a wide array of evidence in the study conducted by Divine Brown (1990), which revealed that large firms were dominant source of net job creation in the manufacturing sector. UNCTAD (2001) affirms that countries with a high rate of small industrial enterprises ha”
Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries (2010, unknown): “A survey of Nigerian entrepreneurs, for example, finds that access to credit, poor transportation infrastructure and a lack of dependable utilities are a leading constraints to firm growth ([106], p.”
What is challenging renewable energy entrepreneurs in developing countries (2016, background): “Physical or technical challenges refer to the infrastructure, technology and support provided and managed by external entities, such as government and utilities [41,49].”
Entrepreneurship and innovation in Ghana: enterprising Africa (2009, result): “A similar observation has also been made in other countries (Fadahunsi and Rosa 2002; Mambula 2002 ).”