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African Small and Medium Enterprises, Networks, and Manufacturing Performance

This paper examines the role of private support institutions in determining small and medium enterprise (SME) growth and performance in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It finds that SMEs in SSA get around market failures and lack of formal institutions by creating private governance systems in the form of...

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Main Authors: Biggs, Tyler, Shah, Manju Kedia
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ADVERSE EFFECTS
AGRICULTURE
ASSETS
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
BANK LOANS
CAPITAL FLIGHT
COMMUNITIES
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMERS
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
COST OF CAPITAL
DEBT
DECENTRALIZED MARKETS
DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
DISCOUNT RATE
DISCOUNTED VALUE
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC FUNCTIONS
EMPLOYMENT
EQUITY INVESTMENTS
ETHNIC GROUPS
FINANCIAL MARKETS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INSURANCE
INVENTORY
LAWS
MONOPOLY
NETWORK EXTERNALITIES
NETWORK EXTERNALITY
NETWORKING
NETWORKS
NEW ENTRANTS
OPPORTUNITY COST
POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
SAVINGS
SIDE EFFECTS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SUNK COSTS
TRANSACTION COSTS
VALUE ADDED
WEALTH
WORKING CAPITAL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6606436/african-small-medium-enterprises-networks-manufacturing-performance
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8752

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6606436/african-small-medium-enterprises-networks-manufacturing-performance
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8752

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