Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
A descriptive analysis of the differences between two of the SMME categories in relation to entrepreneurial orientation, age and levels of education in South Africa
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
Saved in:
| Other Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Thesis |
| Published: |
University of Pretoria
2013
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613489071128576 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author2 | Beyer, Buzz |
| author_browse | Beyer, Buzz |
| author_facet | Beyer, Buzz |
| collection | Thesis |
| dc_rights_str_mv | © 2008, 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 |
| description | Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23229 |
| institution | University of Pretoria (South Africa) |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:36:57.501Z |
| license_str | Other — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| publishDate | 2013 |
| publishDateRange | 2013 |
| publishDateSort | 2013 |
| publisher | University of Pretoria |
| publisherStr | University of Pretoria |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23229 A descriptive analysis of the differences between two of the SMME categories in relation to entrepreneurial orientation, age and levels of education in South Africa Beyer, Buzz upetd@up.ac.za Noma, Bulelwa UCTD Entrepreneurship Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. One of the main challenges in driving business development in developing countries is the lack of information for policy decision-making. The aim of this report is provide an analysis of the differences between survivalist and micro/very small enterprises using the Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) constructs, which are considered critical for business growth. The research also aims to validate findings of previous research into age and levels of education being a determining factor for business venture success. A structured questionnaire was used to gather data from 45 SMMEs. Parametric and non-parametric statistics were used to test for significant differences between means of the two SMME groups. The results revealed that competitive aggressiveness, which is positively associated with innovation and autonomy to be significantly different between the two SMME groups. The conclusion is that overall there is no significant difference in the level of EO between the two groups, but previous research has indicated that the interaction between the EO constructs are not yet fully understood. The research findings also did not support age being a factor in successful new venture formation, and but highlighted significant differences in levels of education between micro/ very small enterprises, in contrast with recent findings. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T14:48:46Z 2010-06-01 2013-09-06T14:48:46Z 2010-04-01 2010-06-01 2010-03-16 Dissertation Noma, B 2008, A descriptive analysis of the differences between two of the SMME categories in relation to entrepreneurial orientation, age and levels of education in South Africa, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23229 > G10/73/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23229 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03162010-124250/ © 2008, 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 Entrepreneurship A descriptive analysis of the differences between two of the SMME categories in relation to entrepreneurial orientation, age and levels of education in South Africa |
| title | A descriptive analysis of the differences between two of the SMME categories in relation to entrepreneurial orientation, age and levels of education in South Africa |
| title_full | A descriptive analysis of the differences between two of the SMME categories in relation to entrepreneurial orientation, age and levels of education in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | A descriptive analysis of the differences between two of the SMME categories in relation to entrepreneurial orientation, age and levels of education in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | A descriptive analysis of the differences between two of the SMME categories in relation to entrepreneurial orientation, age and levels of education in South Africa |
| title_short | A descriptive analysis of the differences between two of the SMME categories in relation to entrepreneurial orientation, age and levels of education in South Africa |
| title_sort | descriptive analysis of the differences between two of the smme categories in relation to entrepreneurial orientation age and levels of education in south africa |
| topic | UCTD Entrepreneurship |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23229 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03162010-124250/ |