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dc.title | Enhancing SME contribution to economic development: A perspective from an emerging economy | en |
dc.contributor.author | Amoah, John | |
dc.contributor.author | Belás, Jaroslav | |
dc.contributor.author | Dziwornu, Raymond | |
dc.contributor.author | Khan, Khurram Ajaz | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of International Studies | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2071-8330 Scopus Sources, Sherpa/RoMEO, JCR | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2306-3483 Scopus Sources, Sherpa/RoMEO, JCR | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
utb.relation.volume | 15 | |
utb.relation.issue | 2 | |
dc.citation.spage | 63 | |
dc.citation.epage | 76 | |
dc.type | article | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Centre of Sociological Research | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.14254/2071-8330.2022/15-2/5 | |
dc.relation.uri | https://www.jois.eu/?761,en_enhancing-sme-contribution-to-economic-development-a-perspective-from-an-emerging-economy | |
dc.subject | SMEs | en |
dc.subject | perspective | en |
dc.subject | economic development | en |
dc.subject | emerging economy | en |
dc.description.abstract | Small-medium enterprises (SMEs) have a huge and not fully maximized potential to address the socio-economic challenges that emerging economies are facing. This study assessed the contributions of SMEs in an emerging economy, using ADANCO version 2.0 of the partial least square structural equation model (PLS-SEM). A pre-tested structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 375 employees of SMEs in the fashion, microfinance, and hospitality sectors in four major business regions in Ghana, namely the Greater Accra, Central, Western and Ashanti Regions. The results reveal that SMEs continue to provide maximum support and contributions to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), as well as employ about 70 percent of the entire working population. The study recommends that SMEs should receive greater attention from the government. © Foundation of International Studies, 2022. | en |
utb.faculty | Faculty of Management and Economics | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10563/1011067 | |
utb.identifier.obdid | 43883544 | |
utb.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-85133673111 | |
utb.source | j-scopus | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-27T09:08:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-07-27T09:08:42Z | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Tomas Bata University in Zlin, TBU: IGA/FAME/2021/005 | |
dc.rights | Attribution 3.0 Unported | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ | |
dc.rights.access | openAccess | |
utb.contributor.internalauthor | Amoah, John | |
utb.contributor.internalauthor | Belás, Jaroslav | |
utb.contributor.internalauthor | Khan, Khurram Ajaz | |
utb.fulltext.affiliation | John Amoah Faculty of Management and Economics, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic amoah@utb.cz ORCID 0000-0002-3558-2077 Jaroslav Belas Faculty of Management and Economics, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic belas@utb.cz ORCID 0000-0002-5900-997X Raymond Dziwornu Faculty of Accounting and Finance, University of Professional Studies, Ghana dziray28@yahoo.com ORCID 0000-0002-7795-3374 Khurram Ajaz Khan Faculty of Management and Economics, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic khan@utb.cz ORCID 0000-0001-5728-8955 | |
utb.fulltext.dates | Received: September, 2021 1st Revision: February, 2022 Accepted: June, 2022 | |
utb.fulltext.sponsorship | This work is supported by Tomas Bata University in Zlin through; IGA/FAME/2021/005. Significant factors in the sustainability of economic growth with a focus on the SME segment. | |
utb.scopus.affiliation | Faculty of Management and Economics, Tomas Bata University, Zlín, Czech Republic; Faculty of Accounting and Finance, University of Professional Studies, Ghana | |
utb.fulltext.projects | IGA/FAME/2021/005 | |
utb.fulltext.faculty | Faculty of Management and Economics | |
utb.fulltext.ou | - | |
utb.identifier.jel | M12 | |
utb.identifier.jel | L80 | |
utb.identifier.jel | N70 |