Management Research Review: Volume 34 Issue 2

Factors constraining the growth and survival of SMEs in Nigeria: Implications for poverty alleviation

John O. Okpara

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that hinder the growth and survival of small businesses in Nigeria.

Small business finance in Sub‐Saharan Africa: the case of Ghana

Charles Amo Yartey

This paper aims to examine how unlisted companies in Ghana finance their growth and to what extent do they rely on internal finance relative to external sources of finance…

Women's small and medium enterprises for poverty alleviation in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Lessons from Kenya

E.M. Siringi

The purpose of this study is to focus on women small and medium enterprises (WSMEs) financed by Kenya Women Finance Trust (KWFT) for poverty alleviation in Kakamega District‐Kenya.

Learning from business support in Africa

David Irwin

The purpose of this paper is to review approaches to providing support to entrepreneurs adopted by four business support organisations, originally created with similar objectives…

Challenges facing women entrepreneurs in Nigeria

Daphne Halkias, Chinedum Nwajiuba, Nicholas Harkiolakis, Sylva M. Caracatsanis

This study seeks to examine the business and social profiles of 67 women entrepreneurs in three regions of Nigeria in order to identify patterns of entrepreneurship and social and…

Recovering of micro credit in Nigeria: Implications for enterprise development and poverty alleviation

Anayo D. Nkamnebe, Ellis I. Idemobi

This paper aims to examine the factors that are responsible for the poor credit recovery among micro‐finance institutions (MFIs) that disbursed a United Nations Development…

Special issue on small business development and poverty alleviation in Africa

John O. Okpara