The Barriers to Growth in Ghana

By P. Robson, B. Obeng. 2008

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This paper presents the results of ordered logit regression models of the problems faced by 500 entrepreneurs from six regions of Ghana against the characteristics of the entrepreneurs and their businesses and whether these were systematically related to a list of 37 factors that they perceived as limiting their ability to achieve their objectives in the period 2002–2005. The results show that the education, but not the sex or age of the entrepreneurs were related to business barriers. Family Businesses, growing businesses, those providing training and those which did not spend money on R&D were more likely to encounter business barriers. The findings of the research also revealed that in general firms in conurbations were more likely to encounter barriers.

Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation

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Drivers of Entrepreneurship and Post-Entry Performance of Newborn Firms in Developing Countries (2014, unknown): “create severe difficulties to small entrepreneurial firms in DCs (Tybout, 2000; Robson and Obeng, 2008; Schiffer and Weder, 2001).”
Firm growth and barriers to growth among small firms in India (2012, result): “Our approach is similar to that of Sleuwaegen and Goedhuys (2002) for Ivorian firms and to that of Robson and Obeng (2008) who analyze Ghanaian firms.”
Strategic entrepreneurship and small firm growth in Ghana (2014, background): “…managerial and financial difficulties than non-family firms (Ibrahim et al., 2003; Kotey, 2005; Sharma, 2004), to encounter more problems than non-family firms (Robson and Obeng, 2008; Sirmon and Hitt, 2003), and to have lower survival rates than non-family firms (Ibrahim et al., 2003: 474).”
Entrepreneurship and innovation in Ghana: enterprising Africa (2009, background): “However, in recent years the perceived corruption of public officials by entrepreneurs in Ghana has reduced ( Robson and Obeng 2008 ).”
Entrepreneurship and Family Firm Research: A Bibliometric Analysis of An Emerging Field* (2016, background): “In more precise terms, in this line of research, we find, on the one hand, studies that analyze the influence that family issues, such as Chinese “familism” (Au and Kwan 2009) or the African extended family concept (Khavul, Bruton, and Wood 2009; Robson and Obeng 2008; Smith 2009) may have on the cr”
The moderating influence of financial literacy on the relationship between access to finance and firm growth in Ghana (2016, background): “…objectives (Beck, Demirguc-Kunt, and Maksimovic 2005; BIS 2013; Coad and Tamvada 2012; Heshmati 2001; Hsu and Chen 2000; Hutchinson and Xavier 2006; Malo and norus 2009; Pissarides 1999; Robson and Obeng 2008) and restrict owner-managers’ opportunities to take action (Wiklund and Shepherd 2003).”