- Title
- Assessing factors that mitigate business risks in the operations of emerging black-owned businesses in Mthatha, Eastern Cape
- Creator
- Bovungana, Afrika Khanyiso
- Subject
- Business enterprises, Black
- Date Issued
- 2020
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MBA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/47502
- Identifier
- vital:40121
- Description
- The study sought to assessfactors that mitigate business risks in the operations of emerging black-owned businesses in Mthatha, Eastern Cape. Small businesses in the country are significant contributorsto the South African economy,as they provide employment and development opportunities to disadvantaged communities. Many of these businesses are operationalbut have no formal systems in place to operate effectively. The lack of proper operating procedures can result ininefficiencies that often lead to the collapse and eventual failure of these businesses. Van Vuuren,a professor at the University of Pretoria,mentionedin a round table dialogue that in South Africa the early stage entrepreneurial activity rate has been recorded as9.2% whereas in similar developing economies such as Brazil early stage entrepreneurialactivity isapproximately 40%. The study utilised a quantitative research design and employed a Likert scale questionnaire on a sample of 64 black-owned small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) chosen by means of a random probability samplingmethod. QuestionPro was used to analyse the data and discuss the findings of the study.The various factors identified and highlighted indicate the integral challenges faced by the black-owned SMMEs remain prevalent. The success or failure is dependent on dynamic interventions that are taken into consideration and implemented for the improvement of the environment and business life cycle of black-owned businesses.
- Format
- xi, 94 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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