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Peters, Ricardo M.; Brijlal, Pradeep – Industry and Higher Education, 2011
The small, medium and micro enterprise (SMME) sector has been widely recognized as an engine of economic growth in South Africa. The implementation of the National Small Business Strategy (NSBS) in 1995 established important objectives for the sector to address such problems as lack of access to markets and procurement, lack of access to finance…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Student Attitudes, Access to Information, Foreign Countries
Kaddar, M., Comp.; Gerbouin-Rerolle, P., Comp. – Children in the Tropics, 1994
Noting the failure of large, centralized production systems in developing countries, this journal issue describes the functions, types, and strategies of micro-enterprises in the modernization process of developing countries, especially in Africa. The journal analyzes the characteristics and failures of micro-enterprises and informal industries,…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economic Impact, Entrepreneurship
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Melis, Africa – CEDEFOP Flash, 1990
A study of four European countries (France, United Kingdom, Italy, and Spain) was conducted to gather data on the business start-up process and its impact on the generation of jobs, small business start-up support programs, training and counseling programs, and characteristics of successful business starters. (The original aim of the study was to…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Economic Opportunities, Entrepreneurship, Financial Support