How can micro and small enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa become more Productive? The impacts of experimental basic managerial training

The vast majority of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in developing countries are located in industrial clusters, and the majority of such clusters have yet to see their growth take off. The performance of MSE clusters is especially low in Sub-Saharan Africa. While existing studies often attribute...

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Published inWorld development Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 458 - 468
Main Authors Mano, Yukichi, Iddrisu, Alhassan, Yoshino, Yutaka, Sonobe, Tetsushi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2012
Pergamon Press Inc
Subjects
Africa
Business
Business districts
Business practices
Cluster
Developing Countries
Economic development
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Ghana
Impact analysis
Industrial development
International business enterprises
Klein- und Mittelbetrieb
Management
Management development
Management training
Organizational Effectiveness
Productivity
Qualifikation
randomized experiment
Region
Small and medium sized enterprises
Small business
Studies
Sub Saharan Africa
survival clusters
Test
Training
Unternehmer
Weiterbildung
Ghana
management training
industrial development
randomized experiment
Ghana
survival clusters
Africa
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Summary:The vast majority of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in developing countries are located in industrial clusters, and the majority of such clusters have yet to see their growth take off. The performance of MSE clusters is especially low in Sub-Saharan Africa. While existing studies often attribute the poor performance to factors outside firms, problems within firms are seldom scrutinized. In fact, entrepreneurs in these clusters are unfamiliar with standard business practices. Based on a randomized experiment in Ghana, this study demonstrates that basic-level management training improves business practices and performance.
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ISSN:0305-750X
1873-5991
DOI:10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.09.013