Attention for business resilience research in the academic world has increased
considerably, despite fragmented literature on definitions, measurements, and of variables …

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have a significant role to play in a country's
sustainable development. The measures of a country's sustainable development include …

Despite its rapid proliferation, the extant literature on entrepreneurial ecosystems has not
paid sufficient attention to the evolutionary nature of entrepreneurial ecosystems, mainly on …

Entrepreneurship can provide personal fulfillment but is uniquely poised to also provoke
emotional suffering. Scholarly attention on negative moods and emotions (affect) in …

Despite concerted efforts to nurture SMMEs through a number of methods, including LED
initiatives, a high failure rate persists in South Africa. As the quest for a sustainable solution …

Business resilience research has increased rapidly and received attention from researchers.
However, the literature still provides few definitions, measurements, and variables that affect …

Faced with enormous unemployment, the South African government enacted pro-SMME
policies. It was assumed that such policies would ignite broad-based growth within the …

South Africa's major cities are periodically wracked by large-scale xenophobic violence
directed at migrants and refugees from other countries. Informal sector businesses and their …

Albeit the efforts and contributions made by the government of South Africa to support the
growth of spaza shops, it is perhaps startling to note that the majority of the indigenous …

Background With the high unemployment and increasing levels of poverty in South Africa
(SA), especially in the townships, the start-up and growth of township-owned small …