Entrepreneurship and Firm Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa

The development of the private sector in Sub-Saharan Africa is of crucial importance to the overall rate of economic growth of the region. Entrepreneurial firms have a prominent role in the private sector in many countries in the region. This analy...

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Main Authors:	Ramachandran, Vijaya, Shah, Manju Kedia
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO NETWORKS BANKS BUSINESSES E-MAIL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEUR ENTREPRENEURS ENTREPRENEURSHIP FIRM SIZE FIRMS LEARNING LITERATURE MANAGERIAL SKILLS NETWORKS PAPERS PRIVATE SECTOR RESULT RESULTS SECONDARY EDUCATION SMALL FIRMS TECHNICAL TRAINING UNIVERSITY DEGREE UNIVERSITY DEGREES USES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/12/12389631/entrepreneurship-firm-performance-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9853

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spelling	okr-10986-98532021-04-23T14:02:47Z Entrepreneurship and Firm Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa Ramachandran, Vijaya Shah, Manju Kedia ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO NETWORKS BANKS BUSINESSES E-MAIL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEUR ENTREPRENEURS ENTREPRENEURSHIP FIRM SIZE FIRMS LEARNING LITERATURE MANAGERIAL SKILLS NETWORKS PAPERS PRIVATE SECTOR RESULT RESULTS SECONDARY EDUCATION SMALL FIRMS TECHNICAL TRAINING UNIVERSITY DEGREE UNIVERSITY DEGREES USES The development of the private sector in Sub-Saharan Africa is of crucial importance to the overall rate of economic growth of the region. Entrepreneurial firms have a prominent role in the private sector in many countries in the region. This analysis measures the impact of various entrepreneurial characteristics on the rate of firm growth. The analysis uses data from the Regional Program on Enterprise Development (RPED) at the World Bank. Approximately 200 firms in Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Tanzania were surveyed in each country in the food processing, textile, furniture, and metalworking sectors; only the subset of firms owned by entrepreneurs is used in this study. 2012-08-13T09:42:23Z 2012-08-13T09:42:23Z 1999-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/12/12389631/entrepreneurship-firm-performance-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9853 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 146 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa
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topic	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO NETWORKS BANKS BUSINESSES E-MAIL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEUR ENTREPRENEURS ENTREPRENEURSHIP FIRM SIZE FIRMS LEARNING LITERATURE MANAGERIAL SKILLS NETWORKS PAPERS PRIVATE SECTOR RESULT RESULTS SECONDARY EDUCATION SMALL FIRMS TECHNICAL TRAINING UNIVERSITY DEGREE UNIVERSITY DEGREES USES
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description	The development of the private sector in Sub-Saharan Africa is of crucial importance to the overall rate of economic growth of the region. Entrepreneurial firms have a prominent role in the private sector in many countries in the region. This analysis measures the impact of various entrepreneurial characteristics on the rate of firm growth. The analysis uses data from the Regional Program on Enterprise Development (RPED) at the World Bank. Approximately 200 firms in Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Tanzania were surveyed in each country in the food processing, textile, furniture, and metalworking sectors; only the subset of firms owned by entrepreneurs is used in this study.
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author	Ramachandran, Vijaya Shah, Manju Kedia
author_facet	Ramachandran, Vijaya Shah, Manju Kedia
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title	Entrepreneurship and Firm Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short	Entrepreneurship and Firm Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full	Entrepreneurship and Firm Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr	Entrepreneurship and Firm Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Entrepreneurship and Firm Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
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