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Management Challenges in Different Types of African FirmsInternal and External Factors Affecting Exporting SMEs in Rwanda

Management Challenges in Different Types of African Firms: Internal and External Factors... [Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in RwandaRwanda are struggling to be successful in the export market. Drawing on a qualitative study, this chapter focuses on internal and external factorsFactors that influence SMEs in the country. It shows that Rwandan exporting SMEsExporting SMEs lack sufficient funds to invest in export activities which are major internal factors hindering exports. The study also identified other internal factorsFactors such as lack of knowledge about foreign markets and meeting the quality and quantities demanded by foreign markets as hindrances. External factors relate to internal ones where competition in the global market hinders SMEs’ exports. Networking and lack of foreign market representation also impede the success of exporting SMEs in Rwanda.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Management Challenges in Different Types of African FirmsInternal and External Factors Affecting Exporting SMEs in Rwanda

Part of the Frontiers in African Business Research Book Series
Editors: Achtenhagen, Leona; Brundin, Ethel
Akimana, Virginie
Management Challenges in Different Types of African Firms — May 20, 2017
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Springer Singapore
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© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017
ISBN
978-981-10-4535-6
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37 –58
DOI
10.1007/978-981-10-4536-3_3
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Abstract

[Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in RwandaRwanda are struggling to be successful in the export market. Drawing on a qualitative study, this chapter focuses on internal and external factorsFactors that influence SMEs in the country. It shows that Rwandan exporting SMEsExporting SMEs lack sufficient funds to invest in export activities which are major internal factors hindering exports. The study also identified other internal factorsFactors such as lack of knowledge about foreign markets and meeting the quality and quantities demanded by foreign markets as hindrances. External factors relate to internal ones where competition in the global market hinders SMEs’ exports. Networking and lack of foreign market representation also impede the success of exporting SMEs in Rwanda.]

Published: May 20, 2017

Keywords: Exporting; Factors; SMEs; Exporting SMEs; Rwanda

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