... implications The findings of this study draw attention to the visible shortage in practical research pertaining to the application of the principles of PLS modes in financing entrepreneurial activities. The study suggests that the relevance, the direction and the resilience of future research undertakings...

.../methodology/approach The method employed in this study is a combination of critical examination of existing literature and the authors' personal experience with the developmental and entrepreneurial process. Findings The successive five‐year developmental plans failed to include an entrepreneurship...