World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development: Volume 6 Issue 3

An assessment of international liquidity and higher oil prices

Amer Al‐Roubaie

Energy represents an important component of production costs and therefore, an increase in energy prices directly impacts economic productivity, unemployment, inflation, and…

Globalisation and human rights: Some implications for the African content and government

C.M. van der Bank

“Globalisation” is a popular term used by governments, businesses, academics and a range of diverse nongovernmental organisations. While national governments for many years…

Characteristics of migrant entrepreneurs as agents of direct investment in sub‐Saharan Africa: An observation of the Lebanese in Nigeria

Charles J. Mambula I

This chapter is a hybrid of entrepreneurship and international business. While conceptualising Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), together with theory and practice for development…

The impact of risk management practice on the development of African businesses

Edna Stan‐Maduka

Against the backdrop of the fledgling entrepreneurship development and the imperatives of risk management to mitigate failure, this chapter discusses the impact of risk management…

Challenges of small family groceries shops in South Africa

Louise van Scheers

It is estimated that the failure rate of small, medium and micro enterprises (SMEs) is between 70 per cent and 80 per cent. Millions of Rands are being lost on business ventures…

Collaborative relationships and SME supply chain performance

Sarah Eyaa, Joseph M. Ntayi, Sheila Namagembe

SMEs especially those in developing countries face a number of challenges that affect their performance and survival in the long run. One of the challenges that has not been…

Cost minimisation through interest‐free micro credit to micro entrepreneurs: A case of Bangladesh

Mohammed Nurul Alam

The purpose of the paper is to present the result of an empirical review as to how and to what extent the interest‐free microfinance to micro entrepreneurs contributes in…