.... Responding to calls for place-sensitive ecosystem research that studies EEs as a CAS, this study aims to examine how CAS mechanisms enable or constrain EE development in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa. Design/methodology/approach A mixed-methods design was used. Survey data from 300 economically...

... of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license. Social capital Innovation hub Africa Entrepreneurship German Federal...

... to boost the entrepreneurial level of nearby cities (Qian et al., 2024). According to Ajide (2020) , infrastructures are important for enhancing entrepreneurial development in Africa. Pelz et al. (2023) found that rural electrification alone did not result in changes in nonfarm...

... and authors. The full terms of this licence maybe seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence. Entrepreneurial behaviours Smallholder farmers On-farm entrepreneurship Africa Across several scientific disciplines and policy debates, farmer entrepreneurship – a concept that broadly...

...Thomas Anning-Dorson Purpose The business landscapes in Asia and Africa are predominantly characterized by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) facing significant resource constraints. Understanding the capability dynamics of these enterprises in such contexts carries significant implications...

...-Saharan Africa for the period 2004–2018. The empirical evidence is based on interactive quantile regressions, which put emphasis on nations with high, low and intermediate levels of business constraints. The analysis is tailored to provide avoidable female unemployment levels in the implementation...

... such as entrepreneurial ambition, market demand and infrastructure combine with finance to define small enterprise growth trajectories in rural Ghana. However, finance may not always be the major factor driving the growth. Originality/value Most past studies about small enterprise growth in Africa have concentrated...

... is being promoted as a pro-poor business model, which promotes entrepreneurship. Sub-Saharan Africa has become a fertile ground for the propagation of this model. However, contemporary studies on microfranchising have not sufficiently explored what motivates people to turn to this method of doing business...

.../implications This research is highly contextual with an emphasis on Europe and Africa. Given the relatively small sample of the European students in this study, this paper only presents findings from the Nigerian students. In view of time and sample size constraints, it would be useful to do a longitudinal...

... is: Emiel L. Eijdenberg is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: EL.Eijdenberg@uni-hohenheim.de 16 12 2015 08 04 2016 12 04 2016 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Africa Decision-making Developing...

...Simplice A. Asongu; Vanessa S. Tchamyou Purpose – This paper aims to assess how entrepreneurship affects knowledge economy (KE) in Africa. Design/methodology/approach – Entrepreneurship is measured by indicators of starting, doing and ending business. The four dimensions of the World Bank’s...