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Evaluation of Critical Success Factors for Developing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Botswana


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Author list: Pauline Kgomotso Gagoitseope
Jaloni Pansiri

Publication year: 2012

Volume number: 13

Issue number: 1

Start page: 51

End page: 61

Number of pages: 11

ISSN: 1522-8916

eISSN: 1522-9076

URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/15228916.2012.657955

Languages: English



This study uses information from a survey questionnaire to investigate reasons for poor small and medium-sized enterprise development in Botswana by testing three hypotheses that link company characteristics, owner-managers’ characteristics, and entrepreneurial motives to responses to avaricious environmental phenomena. Few significant relationships were found between owner/manager characteristics and firm characteristics, and entrepreneurs’ attitudes. However, the sector/industry in which an entrepreneur was operating was found to have a positive effect on entrepreneurs’ attitudes. Furthermore, the study also found that entrepreneurial motives has a positive effect on an entrepreneur's motivation, managerial innovation, the ability to take opportunities, self-sufficiency, and developing business linkages.


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