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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"micro business"”.
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Decision-making in the micro-business
Despite their importance to the UK economy micro-businesses have been neglected by academic researchers. This thesis contributes to our knowledge of such businesses by focusing on decision-making in the micro-business. The research involved 55 semi-structured interviews with the owner-managers of …
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Exploring the circumstances and experiences of youth immigrants when establishing and running a successful informal micro-business
… is the promotion of youth-owned informal micro-businesses. While literature acknowledges the challenges faced by youth in running their informal micro-businesses, there is much less in the way of information that explores immigrant informal businesses. This is a qualitative study aimed at …
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An exploration of the experiences of micro business owners in Langa with regard to governmental regulations and support systems
… this is to support the development of small and micro enterprises. The majority of these enterprises belong to the second economy, and by supporting them the government also supports the poorest of its population. The South African government has put in place support systems to strengthen the …
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Going into Business with the One that You Love : Using a Dramaturgical Framework to Explore Couples' Experience of Copreneurial Micro-business.
… such as marriage and family alongside managing a micro-business. It supports the notion of adopting a multidisciplinary approach to interpretation of such an intimate dynamic where the public and the private are often combined. Analysis of the narratives will show how performing within a spousal …
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Investigating the role of financial literacy in the financial sustainability of micro-businesses at Bokamoso Entrepreneurial Centre in Namibia
… literacy on the financial sustainability of micro-businesses at the Bokamoso Entrepreneurial Centre in Namibia. Data was collected from 18 micro-business owners operational in the Centre. The study employed a qualitative method using an interview guide to conduct face-to-face interviews. …
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Designer crafts practice in context
… with the assistance of concepts regarding small business, particularly a subsector called micro business. Micro business has recently been identified to describe a pattern of activity which is not conducted for profit or with goals of expansion. The motivation behind micro business is to maintain …
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Scalable, Solar Powered Membrane-Based Water Purification Systems for Community Development in Developing Countries
… purification systems and originate a companion micro-business to sell excess clean water in communities in Haiti. Since 2010, students and faculty from ERAU have partnered with strategic partners to not only provide clean water to their in-country operations but also provide an opportunity for …
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Leveraging User Centred Design (UCD) to improve Small Medium Sized Enterprise (SME) cybersecurity engagement
… Essentials scheme, remains low, leaving these businesses vulnerable to significant risks. This thesis adopts a new approach in the SME domain, diverging from previous studies that primarily focused on gathering data from SMEs and SME cybersecurity consultants (providers) to address adoption …
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Reverse Logistics in Micro Businesses : An Exploratory Study
… firms. Hence, this research explores how smaller businesses, specifically micro enterprises, pursue reverse logistics to understand the related capabilities they have, and also to understand the way they address/perceive the related costs; this has the potential to contribute towards the …
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Socio-Economic Impacts of Micro-enterprise Credit in the Informal Sector of Managua, Nicaragua
… in recent years, credit programs that focus on micro-enterprise lending have been established and are significantly stimulating informal sector activities. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of micro-enterprise credit as a tool for promoting socio-economic development for informal-sector …
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Design and prototyping of a retrofittable motorized module for hand powered tricycles for Developing countries
… for jobs, and even be afforded opportunities in micro-business for the first time. The design of the powertrain consists of a common motorized bicycle 2 hp engine and a two-stage gear reduction. The control system uses an analogous setup to that of a motorcycle. This control system is integrated …
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Impact of Microfinance Institutions in Development of Textile Industries in Tanzania: The Case of PRIDE Tanzania
… strategies for enhancing accessibility of micro financing to SMEs in the textile industry. The target population for the study consisted the garment sector SMEs particularly women in the Batik business within the study area. The sampling procedure utilised was the purposive sampling based …
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Exploring factors that sustain succesful women-owned informal micro businesses in the Western Cape
… that sustain successful women-owned informal micro businesses. This explorative qualitative study was conducted in Cape Town in the communities of Philippi and Khayelitsha. Face- to- face in-depth interviewing was carried out on a purposive sample of sixteen women-owned informal …
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Pemberdayaan masyarakat minoritas muslim berbasis zakat produktif di Dusun Klaseman Desa Kucur Malang: Studi tentang program (usaha mikro kecil menengah) eL-Zawa di Dusun Klaseman
… of Islamic minority society through middle-low micro business program. The form of this program is fund debt which is given to mustahiq’s in Klasemen, Kucur, Malang. This research is empirical law or judicial sociology research with descriptive qualitative approach. To collect the data, the …
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Pelaksanaan pembiayaan qardhul hasan di Pusat Kajian Zakat dan Wakaf eL-Zawa UIN Maliki Malang: Tinjauan fatwa DSN-MUI/VI/2001 tentang al-qardh
… Hasan. The productive one is in a form of Middle Micro Business defrayal being in Malang. While the consumptive ones are driven and official employee Qardhul Hasan. The law base of Qardhul Hasan implementation in UIN Maliki Malang eL-Zawa is law No. 23 of 2011 about zakat management for it is one …
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Fostering entrepreneurial mindsets in underserved communities - a multiple case study of Cape Flats in Western Cape, South Africa
… and opportunities to start and scale their businesses. However, those in developing countries do not have access to this. Those who engage in entrepreneurial activities do so for survival and are identified as being part of the informal economy. This study aimed to evaluate a strategy that …
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An empirical study of the effects of regulatory systems on the collection of late payment of commercial debts owed to micro and small businesses in the UK
… Failure to pay on time affects the supplier’s business, causing stress and potential bankruptcy. Small businesses employ formal (solicitors, debt collectors, statutory demands) and informal (discounts, extended payment terms, violence) techniques to enforce payment. The Government has enacted …
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Exploration of the relationship between market information resource and new product development: the role of strategic orientation as an integrating mechanism in micro and small firms
… enterprise; little attention has been given to micro or small firms regarding this subject. Overall, the major contribution of this study is to offer a link between market information resource and strategic orientations or combinations of these strategic orientations whilst striving to …