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dc.contributor.authorLekhanya, Lawrence Mpele-
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-27T06:13:00Z-
dc.date.available2015-11-27T06:13:00Z-
dc.date.issued2015-
dc.identifier.citationLekhanya, L.M. 2015. Public outlook on small and medium enterprises as a strategic tool for economic growth and job creation in South Africa. Journal of Governance and Regulation. 4 (4) : 412 - 418.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2306-6784-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10321/1419-
dc.description.abstractIn spite of the key role played by the Small and Medium enterprises in economic development, there has been little effort to look at what needs to be done to improve survival and growth of SMEs. There is still a general lack of in-depth understanding from policy makers and other relevant stakeholders of how SMEs can be used as a strategic tool for economic growth and job creation in South Africa. These misperceptions and misunderstand leads to continuous failure to SMEs survival and growth. This study seeks to address this research gap. The study investigates the public views on what needs to be done to grow South African economy through the development of SMEs. Quantitative research approach was used to collect and analyse data for the study. Primary data was collected from four (4) provinces of South Africa. 230 people participated in the study. Questionnaires were emailed to each respondent and follow-ups were made via telephone. It was found that many SMEs fail within five years of their existence due to the various reasons. The most critical of these were related to lack of access to finance, lack of management experience as well as human capital. Study further revealed that most the SMEs owners/managers do not have business management related skills but rather they are just ordinary entrepreneurs.en_US
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dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherVirtus Interpressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of governance and regulation (Online)-
dc.subjectEconomic Growthen_US
dc.subjectSmall and medium enterprisesen_US
dc.subjectStrategic toolen_US
dc.subjectJob creationen_US
dc.subjectPublic outlooken_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titlePublic outlook on small and medium enterprises as a strategic tool for economic growth and job creation in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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