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This study examines the contribution of stakeholder influence and local revenue mobilisation to service delivery in district local governments in Northern Uganda.

This was a cross-sectional and correlational study. Data were collected from the district Local Governments in Northern Uganda using a questionnaire. The unit of analysis was a district. The district’s Chief Finance Officer (CFO), Clerk-to-Council, and Community Development Officer were units of enquiry in this study. The data were analysed using correlation coefficients and linear regression using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM).

The results suggest that stakeholder influence and local revenue mobilisation predict service delivery. The results further indicate that local revenue mobilisation contributes more to service delivery than stakeholder influence.

This study provides empirical evidence on the contribution of stakeholder influence and revenue mobilisation to service delivery using evidence from districts in Northern Uganda adding to the scanty literature in developing countries.

Focusing on female entrepreneurs operating in a resource-scarce environment, this study aims to draw from the resource-based view to examine the relationship between entrepreneurial competences and firm growth.

This study used a cross-sectional research design. Data was collected from 232 women entrepreneurs operating in Kampala’s two biggest markets. The data were analyzed to test the mediation effect of absorptive capacity on the relationship between entrepreneurial competences and firm growth; a Sobel test and bootstrap estimation were analytical approaches that were used.

This paper argues that for female entrepreneurs, the venture growth process is not simply dependent on inimitable resources such as competences, as these are first not readily available to female entrepreneurs and second, only provide a temporary competitive advantage. Rather, venture growth also involves the ability to continuously identify and exploit knowledge resources through an absorptive capacity that may be limited by the sociocultural context within which the female entrepreneur operates in sub-Saharan Africa.

The novelty of this research resides in support for the mediating role of the ability to recognize the value of new information, assimilate it and apply it to commercial ends. This study shows that female entrepreneurs use externally generated knowledge as a mechanism to grow their firms and this is impacted by the sociocultural context within which they operate. The study further improves the understanding of the resource-based view by suggesting that a black box exists in the relationship between resources and performance. It is shown that the possession of one resource facilitates the acquisition of other resources and proposes that the role of resources continuously unfolds as a firm develops.

The contemporary focus on extracurricular activities, here the educational incubator environment, accentuates a need to understand what we offer students in terms of the curricular and extracurricular learning environments when situated in the same higher education institution (HEI). Current research points towards breaking down the invisible barriers and silo thinking. In this conceptual study, we apply the Didaktik triangle as a theoretical and conceptual framing to make comparisons of structurally based conditions for curricular and extracurricular entrepreneurship education (EE). We present a framework that helps bridge the ‘what’, ‘why’, and ‘how’ questions in the two different learning spaces and, thereby, conjoin educators and consultants in possible pedagogical discussions on how they work with the students. The suggested bridge frames a wider ‘why’ and adds a more holistic and cohesive view of the two different types of settings. Our study contributes to the literature on how to bridge the blurred lines between curricular and extracurricular activities and break down the silos. The framework can act as an inspiration for entrepreneurship educators and practitioners who wish to provide more suitable and sustainable structures and develop a holistic learning environment.

This study aims to examine the association between institutional support dimensions and female business sustainability in Uganda.

This study adopted a cross-sectional and quantitative approach. We collected data from a sample of 224 female-owned businesses using a self-administered questionnaire.

The findings indicate that institutional support is positively and significantly associated with the sustainability of female-owned businesses. The findings further indicate that all dimensions of institutional support (financial support, government policies and programs) are significantly and positively associated with female business sustainability.

This study employed a cross-sectional design; thus, it was impossible to monitor changes in the behavior of female-owned businesses over time. It may be possible to generalize the findings of this study to other developing countries.

This study provides initial empirical evidence on the relationship between institutional support dimensions and female business sustainability using evidence from a developing African economy – Uganda.