Which firms drive employment growth in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Kenya

Esaku, Stephen

doi:10.1007/s11187-021-00536-y

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“…The mean scores of numbers of employees between SMEs operating under JV and sole proprietorships are the same Malaysia has been implementing strategic JVs and partnerships between its local firms, Australian and Singaporean firms since the 1990s. 31 As a result of JVs, over 75% of Malaysian SMEs have experienced significant growth in market shares and working capital. Moreover, local SMEs have diversified their operations to export due to reliable markets and trade opportunities in partnering countries.…”

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Joint Ventures for SMEs Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth: A Comparative Analysis of SMEs in Mbeya, Tanzania

Israel

2022

EHASS

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The inclusive growth of SMEs has recently gained much recognition from scholars and policymakers. However, the pertinent question is, what is the best approach toward SME growth? This article examines the effects of Joint Venture (JV) undertaking on SMEs’ competitiveness and inclusive growth in Tanzania’s business setting. 192 (87 JV firms and 105 sole proprietors) were sampled from Mbeya City, Tanzania using a stratified systematic sampling technique for analysis. Data was collected using the survey method. The effects of JV on the SMEs’ competitiveness and growth were established by the pattern of percentages and the level of significance (p-values) using the independent t-test. It was found that SMEs operating as JV were more competitive, with a higher ability to meet financial, cost, quality, innovation, time and market requirements compared to sole proprietors. Nevertheless, JV firms revealed higher significant growth indicators in terms of sales volume, profit margin, market share, number of employees, working assets, production volume and business diversification than sole proprietors. Limited financial resources, inadequate production facilities, limited experience, unfavourable trade laws and socio-cultural factors constrain SMEs from JV undertaking. To policymakers and scholars, this article highlights the role and the determinants of JV undertakings as an important approach toward improved SMEs’ competitiveness and inclusive growth. Keywords: Joint ventures, SMEs’ competitiveness, inclusive growth, Mbeya-Tanzania

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Joint Ventures for SMEs Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth: A Comparative Analysis of SMEs in Mbeya, Tanzania

Israel

2022

EHASS

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Resource shocks, firm obstacles, and local business in Africa

Pavlik,

Ross

2024

Southern Economic Journal

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The negative correlation between growth and natural resource abundance is widely studied in the resource curse literature. We add to this literature by examining the heterogeneous effect of resource rents on the obstacles faced by different sized firms. We find small firms experience more setbacks across a range of categories—including corruption—in response to positive exogenous resource shocks while large firms tend to benefit. These results are robust across a number of specifications as well as a placebo analysis where resource shocks are randomly assigned. Our findings contribute to our understanding of how resource rents exacerbate the existing difficulties faced by small firms in the developing world.

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Ethnic diversity in SME business teams: generating employment growth through digitalisation, innovation, and exporting

Korosteleva,

Mickiewicz,

Parrilli

2024

Small Bus Econ

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This paper examines how the ethnic composition of SMEs’ business teams, also in conjunction with their strategic behaviour (including digitalisation, innovation and exporting), affect their employment growth. The study conceptualises different forms and aspects of social capital to develop the theoretical framework and hypotheses. We utilise the UK Office for National Statistics’ Longitudinal Small Business Survey data for the period of 2018–2020 to test our hypotheses. Our study shows that ethnically diverse business teams achieve relatively higher employment growth as compared to more homogeneous teams. Moreover, ethnically diverse business teams that embrace innovation, international expansion, and digitalisation translate these strategies more effectively into increased employment compared to their more homogenous counterparts.

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Which firms drive employment growth in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Kenya

Cited by 9 publications

References 41 publications

Joint Ventures for SMEs Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth: A Comparative Analysis of SMEs in Mbeya, Tanzania

Joint Ventures for SMEs Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth: A Comparative Analysis of SMEs in Mbeya, Tanzania

Resource shocks, firm obstacles, and local business in Africa

Ethnic diversity in SME business teams: generating employment growth through digitalisation, innovation, and exporting

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