Browsing by Author "Solomon, Goosain"

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    Can personal initiative training improve small business success? A longitudinal South African evaluation study
    (Sage Publications, 2013) Solomon, Goosain; Frese, Michael; Friedrich, Christian; Glaub, Matthias
    High levels of personal initiative will be required to unlock the potential offered by the many untapped resources in Africa in terms of business opportunities. Significant resources are ploughed into the development of the small business sector by governments in Africa, particularly in South Africa. However, there is little evidence that these efforts are sufficiently effective to produce the desired results. Two issues are addressed in this article: (a) whether or not enhancing the personal initiative of owner-managers improves the performance of small businesses, and (b) the moderation of the content and effectiveness of a short training intervention by means of a longitudinal evaluation study, including a control group. The findings show an increase in the training group’s business activities and performance, and also identify the varied contributions of the components of the training.
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    Entrepreneurship and the impact of entrepreneurial orientation training on SMMEs in the South African context: A longitudinal approach
    (University of the Western Cape, 2004) Solomon, Goosain; Friedrich, Christian; Dept. of Management; Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences
    This thesis formed part of a existing longitudinal study. The overall study is an outcome of research done to understand success and failure issues in Africa, which is an attempt to understand the impact of a short entrepreneurial training programme on the performance of small scale enterprises over time. The study is unique in the South African context in that it is the first short term, 3 days, entrepreneurial training programme that is assessed by means of a longitudinal method incorporating a control group.