In search of the African miracle: debates on successful small enterprise development in Africa

By C. Rogerson. 2001

134 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Business and International Management, Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation

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In Business and International Management

1. Thomas Molony
2. R. Sabates‐Wheeler
3. J. Sumberg
4. H. Haugh
5. P. Robson
6. C. Leeuwis

In Economics and Econometrics

1. H. Haugh
2. B. Obeng
3. Thomas Molony
4. P. Robson
5. R. Sabates‐Wheeler
6. J. Sumberg
7. C. Rogerson
8. J. Kuzilwa

In Management of Technology and Innovation

1. H. Haugh
2. B. Obeng
3. Thomas Molony
4. P. Robson
5. R. Sabates‐Wheeler
6. J. Sumberg
7. C. Rogerson
8. J. Kuzilwa

Citations in the corpus

• Skills and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa: Analysis with Evidence from Swaziland (2014, unknown): “We now highlight some key constraints faced by young entrepreneurs in Africa, as covered in the literature.”
• The impact of the South African government's SMME programmes: a ten-year review (1994–2003) (2004, background): “In common with the experience of many countries in the developing world, post-apartheid South Africa has been at the forefront of the development and implementation of a set of pro-SMME policies (Rogerson, 2001a; Hallberg, 2003).”
• ‘I Don’t Trust the Phone; It Always Lies’ (2007, background): “…body of literature (e.g., Donner 2004; Jagun et al. 2005a; Molony 2005) that shows how MSEs, a hugely important source of income and labor for many Africans (Biggs & Srivastava 1996; Rogerson 2001, 115; World Bank 2004, 39; Commission for Africa 2005, 239), have taken up mobile phones with vigor.”
• Entrepreneurship and innovation in Ghana: enterprising Africa (2009, background): “The reasons for the slow growth in entrepreneurial activity include government policies (Robson and Obeng 2008; Rogerson 2001; McPherson 1996; Ninsin 1989), socio-cultural factors (Takyi-Asiedu 1993; Buame 1996; Kiggundu 2002), and a lack of human and financial capital (Lall 1995; Teal 1998; McGra”
• Linking agricultural development to school feeding in sub-Saharan Africa: Theoretical perspectives (2011, background): “…market transaction) 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…”