Influence of personal attributes and selected business support services on growth of micro enterprises in Kigoma District, Tanzania
| dc.contributor.author | Kizanye, Lucy | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-22T10:20:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-04-22T10:20:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description | The Degree of Master of Rural Development | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study examined the influence of personal attributes (i.e self-motivation and innovation) and selected business supportive services (i.e financial services and enterprise networking) on micro enterprises growth in Kigoma District. The study also sought to identify the best predictor of micro enterprises growth among personal attributes and business support services. To attain these objectives a cross sectional research design was used in which 110 micro enterprise owners in two sectors of the economy (i.e retail and services) in the District were interviewed. Both purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used in the study in which descriptive and multiple linear regression model were used to analyze data. The findings confirmed positive influence of self motivation on the growth of micro enterprises implying that self motivated owners are more likely to open more enterprises, spend more hours in managing their enterprises and desire to generate profits for further business expansion. However, innovation of micro enterprises was found to have no influence on growth of micro enterprises. Networking recorded negative influence on growth of micro enterprises suggesting that the more time owners spend in enterprise networking activities the less the enterprise growth is realized. This is due to the fact that enterprise partners build a relationship on non enterprise activities which could not create network capability for enterprise advantage. Financial services of micro enterprises has no influence on growth of micro enterprise suggesting that financial services do not influence growth of enterprises in the study area. Financial services in the study area were not accessible to enterprise owners due to tough collaterals, high interest rates and short payback period. The best predictor that explains variance of growth of micro enterprises is self motivation due to its high p values compared to business support services. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Mr. J. N. Amani | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/6038 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Sokoine University of Agriculture | |
| dc.subject | Business support services | |
| dc.subject | Micro enterprises | |
| dc.subject | Personal attributes | |
| dc.subject | Kigoma District | |
| dc.subject | Tanzania | |
| dc.title | Influence of personal attributes and selected business support services on growth of micro enterprises in Kigoma District, Tanzania | |
| dc.type | Thesis |