Firm performance in sub-Saharan Africa: What role do electricity shortages play?

S Osei-Gyebi, JB Dramani - Cogent Economics & Finance, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Electricity outages affect the performance of firms in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) through a
reduction in production capacity and over-reliance on backup generators, which raises the …

Electricity consumption and economic growth in Ghana: how significant are electricity transmission losses?

S Osei-Gyebi, JB Dramani - International Journal of Energy Sector …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyze the nonlinear relationship between
electricity consumption (EC) and electricity transmission losses (ETL) in Ghana. Also, we …

Business climate and firm exit in developing countries: evidence from Nigeria

EC Orjiakor - Future Business Journal, 2022 - Springer
The business environment goes a long way to influence firm performance through several
channels such as government policies and regulations, institutions, infrastructure, and …

Factors of market-driven strategies and access to finance effect on SMEs competitive performance in Lesotho

EOD Amadasun, AT Mutezo - The Southern African Journal of …, 2023 - journals.co.za
Background Entrepreneurship literature indicates a high rate of small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) failure in Lesotho, especially those operated by Basotho in major …

Navigating the new normal: financial constraints in startups-A bibliometric analysis and roadmap for future research

P Singh, B Agarwal, G Kaur… - Environment and Social …, 2024 - esp.as-pub.com
Purpose–The purpose of this study is to present a comprehensive summary of the current
state of research and to critically analyse the accomplishments that have been made in the …

Business constraints and firm exit in developing countries: Evidence from Nigeria

E ORJIAKOR - 2022 - researchsquare.com
This study examines the impact of business constraints on firm exit using harmonized
dataset of panel firms from the World Bank Enterprise Survey in Nigeria. It applies a …

[PDF][PDF] Firm Performance Under Financial Constraints: Evidence from Sub-Saharan African Firms

L Abdisa, AL Hawitibo - 2021 - researchgate.net
Business environment in which a rm operates has an important impact on rm performance.
This study examined the impact of credit constraint and power outages on the rm's …

[PDF][PDF] Innovation and Performance of SMEs in Nigeria Manufacturing Firm

LO Akoma, SO Adeoye, HB Akinlabi, D Ayeni - researchgate.net
Performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing industries all
around the world is considered as a major driver of the economic development, specifically; …