Duration of Support and Financial Health of Business Support Structures in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, and Ghana: A Micro-Econometric Analysis

IF 2.1 Q3 BUSINESS Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2023-09-24 DOI:10.1080/15228916.2023.2257554
Jean C. Kouam, Simplice A. Asongu, Bin J. Meh, Robert Nantchouang, Fri L. Asanga, Denis Foretia
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ABSTRACTAccess to finance is perceived as one of the major problems facing businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the structures that support them in their development. This paper aims to measure the probability that a support structure with given characteristics, specific services to entrepreneurs and some technical capacities will face large-scale financial problems. We estimate a multinomial logistic model using a pool of disaggregated data collected by the Nkafu Policy Institute in a survey of 80 business support structures in Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Ghana in 2021. Our results show that the financial health of a business support structure is not fundamentally dependent on the duration of support, but rather on other factors related to the quality of services offered to entrepreneurs.KEYWORDS: Duration of supportfinancial health of businessesSub-Saharan Africamultinomial logit model AcknowledgmentsThe authors are indebted to the editor and reviewers for constructive comments.Supplementary MaterialSupplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/15228916.2023.2257554Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 Business support structures or Support Structures refer to organizations that help start-ups and individual entrepreneurs grow their businesses through a full range of services from management training and office space to venture capital financing. They are also called Business Incubators.Additional informationFundingThe work was supported by the International Development Research Centre, Grant Number 109453-001.
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布基纳法索、喀麦隆和加纳商业支持结构的支持期限和财务健康:微观计量经济学分析
摘要获得融资被认为是撒哈拉以南非洲地区企业面临的主要问题之一,同时也是支持它们发展的结构所面临的主要问题之一。本文旨在衡量具有特定特征、为企业家提供特定服务和一定技术能力的支持结构面临大规模资金问题的概率。我们使用Nkafu政策研究所在2021年对布基纳法索、喀麦隆和加纳的80个商业支持结构进行调查时收集的分类数据池来估计多项逻辑模型。我们的研究结果表明,企业支持结构的财务健康状况并不从根本上取决于支持的持续时间,而是取决于与向企业家提供的服务质量相关的其他因素。关键词:支持企业财务健康持续时间撒哈拉以南非洲多国逻辑模型致谢作者感谢编辑和审稿人提出的建设性意见。补充材料本文的补充数据可在https://doi.org/10.1080/15228916.2023.2257554Disclosure上在线获取声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。注1业务支持结构或支持结构是指通过从管理培训和办公空间到风险资本融资的全方位服务来帮助初创企业和个人企业家发展业务的组织。它们也被称为企业孵化器。本研究由国际发展研究中心资助,资助号109453-001。
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期刊介绍: Journal of African Business is the official journal of the Academy of African Business and Development, the largest network of professionals committed to advancement of business development in African nations. JAB strives to comprehensively cover all business disciplines by publishing high quality analytical, conceptual, and empirical articles that demonstrate a substantial contribution to the broad domain of African business. Regardless of the research context, tradition, approach, or philosophy, manuscripts submitted to JAB must demonstrate that the topics investigated are important to the understanding of business practices and the advancement of business knowledge in or with Africa. Particularly, JAB welcomes qualitative and quantitative research papers. JAB is not, however, limited to African-based empirical studies. It searches for various contributions, including those based on countries outside Africa that address issues relevant to African business. Targeted toward academics, policymakers, consultants, and executives, JAB features the latest theoretical developments and cutting-edge research that challenge established beliefs and paradigms and offer alternative ways to cope with the endless change in the business world. Covered areas: Accounting; Agribusiness Management and Policy; Business Law; Economics and Development Policy; Entrepreneurship and Family Business; Finance; Global Business; Human Resource Management; Information and Communications Technology (ICT); Labor Relations; Marketing; Management Information Systems (MIS); Non-Profit Management; Operations and Supply Chain Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Organizational Development; Service Management; Small Business Management; Social Responsibility and Ethics; Strategic Management Policy; Technology and Innovation Management; Tourism and Hospitality Management; Transportation and Logistics
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