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The benefits of collaboration in the entrepreneurship incubation environment in South Africa
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23848 The benefits of collaboration in the entrepreneurship incubation environment in South Africa Antonites, Alex upetd@up.ac.za Dutiro, Gloria UCTD Entrepreneurship Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. Small to medium enterprises are the key contributors to national economic growth; however, they need a robust enabling environment that provides the necessary support for the emerging entrepreneur. Incubation is system of support designed to nurture new businesses in a controlled environment. The main objective of this study was to gain insights into the extent of collaboration in the business and technology incubator environment in South Africa. Collaboration is an essential means of creating synergies that produce results; the desired outcome in this context is national economic growth. A qualitative research study was carried out with decision makers in the incubation environment, using a questionnaire that covered the challenges, the extent of networking and rivalry within the incubation milieu. This research found that due to a number of barriers there is a general lack of collaboration in the South African incubation environment. The study highlighted the benefits of collaborative efforts and created the basis for areas of further research. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T16:00:33Z 2010-07-03 2013-09-06T16:00:33Z 2010-04-03 2010-07-03 2010-04-07 Dissertation Dutiro, G 2009, The benefits of collaboration in the entrepreneurship incubation environment in South Africa, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23848 > G10/303/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23848 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04072010-160009/ © 2009 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 The benefits of collaboration in the entrepreneurship incubation environment in South Africa |
| title | The benefits of collaboration in the entrepreneurship incubation environment in South Africa |
| title_full | The benefits of collaboration in the entrepreneurship incubation environment in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | The benefits of collaboration in the entrepreneurship incubation environment in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The benefits of collaboration in the entrepreneurship incubation environment in South Africa |
| title_short | The benefits of collaboration in the entrepreneurship incubation environment in South Africa |
| title_sort | benefits of collaboration in the entrepreneurship incubation environment in south africa |
| topic | UCTD Entrepreneurship |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23848 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04072010-160009/ |