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ICT Usage in Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises : a South African Perspective Of its Role and Impact on Poverty Reduction
Thesis (PhD) University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/61705 ICT Usage in Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises : a South African Perspective Of its Role and Impact on Poverty Reduction Leonard, A.C. (Awie) busisiwe.mbuyisa12@gmail.com Mbuyisa, Busisiwe Benedicta Information Communication Technology for Development UCTD Poverty reduction Small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs) ICT Adoption SME Development Entrepreneurship ICT4D Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-01 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-08 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 Thesis (PhD) University of Pretoria, 2017. The role and impact of information and communications technologies (ICTs) towards enabling socio-economic development in small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) has received attention from various scholars. South Africa as a lower middle-income developing country has a number of development priorities which include the urgent need to expand the economy and ultimately to eradicate poverty and unemployment. Based on evidence from more advanced economies, expanded access and usage of ICTs in SMMEs is considered an imperative to enable the acceleration of development goals. This study sets out to advance understanding of the role and impact of ICT usage by SMMEs on poverty reduction from a South African perspective. A systematic literature review methodology was applied to analyse previous theoretical and empirical studies conducted on the interplay between ICTs, SMMEs and poverty reduction. Empirical data was gathered from SMMEs through semi structured interviews and observations. A purposively selected case study was also carried out serving to enhance contextual insight into the role of ICTs in an SMME context. The thematic analysis method, Actor-Network Theory (ANT) and Sustainable Livelihood framework (SL) were applied as the data analysis methods. The combination of ANT and the SL framework for expanded analysis has not been applied before by similar studies that examine the interplay between ICT, SMMEs and poverty reduction. The process of triangulation was applied on the empirical findings in order to reduce bias and to construct a conceptual model. This study contributes to the body of knowledge by proposing a conceptual model that frames the role and impact of ICT usage by SMMEs towards improving their livelihoods and reducing poverty. Methodologically it offers an example of how method pluralism can be applied to gain a better understanding of the research phenomena. From a practical perspective, this study addresses real life challenges resulting in the suggestion of practical guidelines to ensure that the use of ICTs by SMMEs results in improvements in their financial and non-financial well-being. The findings of this study indicate that the relationship between ICT usage and poverty reduction is neither simple nor linear. Effective use of ICTs could result in SMMEs leveraging more benefits and thus improving their human capabilities as well as social and economic well-being resulting in poverty reduction. es2026 Informatics PhD Unrestricted SDG-01: No poverty SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure 2017-08-18T06:03:40Z 2017-08-18T06:03:40Z 2017-09-08 2017 Thesis Mbuyisa, BB 2017, ICT Usage in Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises : a South African Perspective Of its Role and Impact on Poverty Reduction, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61705> S2017 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61705 en © 2017, 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 | Information Communication Technology for Development UCTD Poverty reduction Small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs) ICT Adoption SME Development Entrepreneurship ICT4D Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-01 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-08 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 ICT Usage in Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises : a South African Perspective Of its Role and Impact on Poverty Reduction |
| title | ICT Usage in Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises : a South African Perspective Of its Role and Impact on Poverty Reduction |
| title_full | ICT Usage in Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises : a South African Perspective Of its Role and Impact on Poverty Reduction |
| title_fullStr | ICT Usage in Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises : a South African Perspective Of its Role and Impact on Poverty Reduction |
| title_full_unstemmed | ICT Usage in Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises : a South African Perspective Of its Role and Impact on Poverty Reduction |
| title_short | ICT Usage in Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises : a South African Perspective Of its Role and Impact on Poverty Reduction |
| title_sort | ict usage in small medium and micro enterprises a south african perspective of its role and impact on poverty reduction |
| topic | Information Communication Technology for Development UCTD Poverty reduction Small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs) ICT Adoption SME Development Entrepreneurship ICT4D Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-01 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-08 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61705 |