SMME Attitudes Towards Financial Bootstrapping: a Perspective from a Developing Economy

• Autorzy: Bonginkosi Keith Zwane , Celani John Nyide
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The national and international literature and research on SMMEs has been developed very strongly in the last decade. There have been many successful attempts on the part of many researchers and scholars to unpack new and innovative dimensions of SMMEs' operations, behaviour, attitudes, functions and other dynamics that boost, sustain or impede their growth and development. There is, however, a gap in research, regarding a very distinct practice within SMMEs in developing economies, that of bootstrapping. This study, therefore, used a sample chosen on a non-probability basis using convenience sampling of small business owners within the eThekwini Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 83 participants completed the questionnaire. The study found that the practice of financial bootstrapping was very high amongst the investigated SMMEs. The use of financial bootstrapping within SMMEs is coincidental. The majority of the respondents indicated that they did not undergo any formal training on the use of financial bootstrapping methods.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Economic development; Startup; Small business; Bootstrap

PL

Rozwój gospodarczy; Przedsiębiorstwo typu start-up; Małe i średnie przedsiębiorstwa; Metody samowsporne

• Czasopismo: Business and Economic Horizons
• Rocznik: 2017
• Numer: vol. 13, iss. 3
• Strony: 347--356

Twórcy

autor

Bonginkosi Keith Zwane

• Mangosuthu University of Technology, South Africa

autor

Celani John Nyide

• Durban University of Technology, South Africa

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.15208/beh.2017.25