...Umar Habibu Umar; Abubakar Jamilu Baita; Issa Hamadou; Muhamad Abduh Purpose This study examined the impact of digital finance on SME financial inclusion in Africa. Design/methodology/approach The study obtained data from the International Monetary Fund's Financial Access Survey and World...

...Rovier Djeudja; Yang Salamon Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the contribution of the business climate on the sustainability of Cameroonian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in times of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Design/methodology/approach To achieve...

...Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah; Farhad Hossain; Aminu Mamman; Christopher J. Rees Purpose Having the right intent, aspiration, ability and attitude to become an entrepreneur has become the mantra in the extant literature to be driver of entrepreneurship and small and medium enterprise (SME) growth. Why...

...Yassine Sefiani; Barry Davies; Robin Bown Purpose This study seeks to investigate perceptions of the role of location on the performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Tangier, as understood by local owner-managers. Design/methodology/approach To explore perceptions...

... that will ensure that SMEs develop and perform in the competitive market. Several studies concluded that the effect of innovation on a firm's performance is dependent on variables such as firm strategy, access to capital, and the use of product differentiation (see Abdilahi et al., 2017 ; Kijkasiwat...

...Innocent Otache; Obal Usang Edet Usang Purpose Drawing on the dynamic capabilities theory, the purpose of this study is to empirically explore the moderating role of government support (GS) in the relationship between innovation capability (IC) and small and medium-sized enterprise (SME...

... and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaire-based survey was used to collect data from top executives and senior managers of exporting companies in Ghana. Data obtained were analysed using the structural equation modelling. Findings The findings revealed...

..., the influence of their attitudinal loyalty on future behavioural loyalty is established. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative descriptive research approach was employed and questionnaires were administered to customers of three selected small and medium enterprise (SME) brands in the metropolitan city...

...Professor Felix Moses Edoho; Darlene K. Mutalemwa Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding and knowledge of the impact of globalisation on African small and medium enterprise (SME) development. The contribution of SMEs to manufacturing industrialisation can be viewed...

...Professor Felix Moses Edoho; Françoise Okah-Efogo; Gaëlle Tatiana Timba Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to supplement the literature on the effect of female entrepreneurship on economic growth by bringing new evidence for the case of SMEs owned by women in Cameroon. Design/methodology...

...Rita Abban; S.W.F. (Onno) Omta; John B.K. Aheto; V.E. Scholten Purpose Most research on networks of exporting SMEs has been conducted in developed economies. The present paper aims to apply this concept to a developing economy arguing that there is a combination of internal firm factors (human...