SMEs - my PhD topic and African context

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SMEs and entrepreneurs in Africa - By Dr. Rob Smorfitt

My PhD looked firstly at what the critical success factors for business are.

I then reviewed the interventions executed by both developing and developed countries around the world, as they applied to SMEs, in order to assess if patterns existed in their choices of interventions. I then assessed South African interventions to see how we compared to these other countries.

I then assessed the South African interventions and their success by interviewing SMEs in KZN South Africa, and statistically analysing their responses.

I then drew my findings from these statistical analyses.

Dr Rob Smorfitt

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Have an MBA and a PhD in entrepreneurship. Three key areas of ongoing research are entrepreneurship and innovation in large business strategy, the impact of legislation on SME development and SME finance. Run my own SME blog at http://sme-smb-smme.blogspot.com as well as an entrepreneurship and innovation for large businesses blog at http://innoveur.blogspot.com. I have been self-employed since 1982. I have started or purchased in excess of 50 businesses since then. Most were sold again and a few were shut down because of a lack of profitability. Many were run by staff or family while I worked full time in my bigger businesses. Author of 6 books. Written articles for various magazines, newspapers and websites. Experienced in research within developing countries.
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