THE IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BUSINESS PRACTICES ON THE LONG TERM SURVIVAL OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMEs)

In South Africa, entrepreneurial ventures have a low survival rate as entrepreneurs start businesses but are unable to turn them into sustainable businesses (Foxcroft, Wood, Segal, Herrington and Kew, 2002: 14). Fatoki and Garwe (2010) note that most new SMEs in South Africa do not move from the fir...

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Main Author: Neneh, Brownhilder Ngek
Other Authors: Mrs EE Benedict
Format: Others
Language:en-uk
Published: University of the Free State 2013
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Online Access:http://etd.uovs.ac.za//theses/available/etd-05272013-113911/restricted/