... performance was measured using four indicators. A regression analysis was conducted to predict the effect of entrepreneurial behaviour at the start-up phase on firm performance. Findings The findings of this study provide consistent support for the hypothesis that tour-operating firms in Ethiopia founded...

... on the duration (time in years) that Ethiopian enterprises need to wait before entering into the export-markets and the factors that affect the length of their waiting time. Ethiopia Entry Enterprises Export-markets Weibull model World Development Indicators – complied by the World Bank (WB...

... women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia using a grounded theory approach to investigate how they manage the boundaries between their work-life roles, the challenges they face and how these challenges affect their boundary management experiences. Findings Integration, as a work-life boundary management...

... performance in Ethiopian context. Research limitations/implications While this paper provides a new data set for entrepreneurship literature, its findings may lack generalisability. Not only it is industry specific (tourism sector), but also it is conducted in a single African country (Ethiopia). Despite...

... between competing firms. Design/methodology/approach The data used in this study were collected from September 2007 to February 2008 from 100 small and medium‐sized leather shoe manufacturing firms operating in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Findings The study result shows that most firms operate...

...Gebregziabher Haileselasie Gebru Purpose This paper aims to investigate the determinants of financing preferences of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) owners in Tigray regional state of Ethiopia in light of the Pecking Order Hypothesis (POH). Design/methodology/approach Structured...