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Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across AfricaThe Lack of Business Dispute Resolution in East Africa: An Unresolved Impediment to SME Development?

Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across Africa: The Lack of Business Dispute Resolution in... [Entrepreneurship and SME development are often seen as a route to increased employment and economic growth in developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Impediments such as lack of access to finance, the need for entrepreneurial attitudes, and training have been well explored as have been institutional constraints like corruptionCorruption in the countries. This chapter explores the consequences of an institutional situation on SME development, focusing on the issue of business disputes and possibilities for their resolution. The chapter builds on 60 interviews with micro- and small-business owners in the urban centers of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. The findings have implications for concrete business support activities as well as policymaking for entrepreneurship and development in different African countries.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across AfricaThe Lack of Business Dispute Resolution in East Africa: An Unresolved Impediment to SME Development?

Part of the Frontiers in African Business Research Book Series
Editors: Achtenhagen, Leona; Brundin, Ethel
Tillmar, Malin
Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across Africa — Jul 13, 2016
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Publisher
Springer Singapore
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016
ISBN
978-981-10-1725-4
Pages
51 –64
DOI
10.1007/978-981-10-1727-8_4
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Abstract

[Entrepreneurship and SME development are often seen as a route to increased employment and economic growth in developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Impediments such as lack of access to finance, the need for entrepreneurial attitudes, and training have been well explored as have been institutional constraints like corruptionCorruption in the countries. This chapter explores the consequences of an institutional situation on SME development, focusing on the issue of business disputes and possibilities for their resolution. The chapter builds on 60 interviews with micro- and small-business owners in the urban centers of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. The findings have implications for concrete business support activities as well as policymaking for entrepreneurship and development in different African countries.]

Published: Jul 13, 2016

Keywords: Small and medium enterprises; Dispute; Trust; Institutions; Gender; Interorganizational relationships; East Africa

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