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The influence of social capital on organisational resilience in the context of a developing country entrepreneurial ecosystem
Mini Dissertation (MPhil (Change Leadership))--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/109659 The influence of social capital on organisational resilience in the context of a developing country entrepreneurial ecosystem Myres, Kerrin ichelp@gibs.co.za Molefe, Shathani UCTD Social capital Entrepreneurial ecosystem Organisational resilience Small Medium Enterprises(SMEs) Mini Dissertation (MPhil (Change Leadership))--University of Pretoria, 2025. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are essential to the growth and sustainability of economies across the globe. The survival rate of SMEs beyond three years is low in many countries including Botswana. Therefore, organisational resilience is critical for the growth and sustainability of developing county economies. Some of the factors that impacted organisational resilience were established to be institutional foundations, policy frameworks, processes and practices, entrepreneurial mindset, and level of collaboration within the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The research was designed to be an exploratory qualitative study that explores how SMEs utilized their social capital to access the ecosystem actors and other entrepreneurial ecosystem participants through their social networks to gain access to resources, information and funding for survival and resilience during business challenges and crises. Research data was gathered through semi-structured interviews with SME owners as well as ecosystem actors in the public and private sector who support SMEs in the agriculture, tourism, and technology sectors in Botswana. The study outcomes contribute to the literature and provide recommendations for enhancing the entrepreneurial ecosystems’ effectiveness and social capital influence for SME resilience. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MPhil (Change Leadership) Unrestricted Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure 2026-04-21T08:47:12Z 2026-04-21T08:47:12Z 2026-05-05 2025 Mini Dissertation * A2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/109659 en © 2025 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Social capital Entrepreneurial ecosystem Organisational resilience Small Medium Enterprises(SMEs) The influence of social capital on organisational resilience in the context of a developing country entrepreneurial ecosystem |
| title | The influence of social capital on organisational resilience in the context of a developing country entrepreneurial ecosystem |
| title_full | The influence of social capital on organisational resilience in the context of a developing country entrepreneurial ecosystem |
| title_fullStr | The influence of social capital on organisational resilience in the context of a developing country entrepreneurial ecosystem |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of social capital on organisational resilience in the context of a developing country entrepreneurial ecosystem |
| title_short | The influence of social capital on organisational resilience in the context of a developing country entrepreneurial ecosystem |
| title_sort | influence of social capital on organisational resilience in the context of a developing country entrepreneurial ecosystem |
| topic | UCTD Social capital Entrepreneurial ecosystem Organisational resilience Small Medium Enterprises(SMEs) |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/109659 |