Browsing by Author "Kiwala, Yusuf"

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    Profiting with Values: A Qualitative Approach to SMEs in the Informal Economy of Uganda’s Central Region
    (International Journal of Business and Management, 2020) Kintu, Ismail; Kiwala, Yusuf; Buyinza, Faizo
    The study sought to establish the core values which influence SME profitability in Uganda’s informal economy. By employing a qualitative approach, interviews from twenty-five respondents were conducted. Data were analyzed by coding and networks with the help of the Atlas.ti 8 tool. The study findings indicate that: whereas the accounting profession defines profitability to be return on assets (ROA), return on investment (ROI), and return on equity (ROE), entrepreneurs in Uganda’s informal economy do not understand these traditional profit measurement criteria. Instead, they understand sales and expenses. Besides, fairness, respect, responsibility, and cleanliness were established as core values that catalyze SME sales. It is important for the government through the private-sector foundation and traders’ association to continuously train these entrepreneurs about financial matters. Also, the accounting professionals through the regulatory body may establish a wing that can help these informal traders in financial matters, the way the Uganda law society is approaching to help out vulnerable people who cannot afford the services of expensive lawyers.
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    Tax Administration and Entrepreneurial Performance: A Study of SMEs in Uganda
    (International Business Research, 2019) Kintu, Ismail; Buyinza, Faisal; Kiwala, Yusuf
    Using the 2013 World Bank Enterprise Survey Data for Uganda, this paper employs the logit and quintile estimation technique to explain the relationship between tax administration and entrepreneurial performance among SMEs in Uganda. The study also employed interviews to obtain expert opinion about tax administration and also explain the results of logit models. Our results indicate that tax rate positively and significantly affect entrepreneurial performance, while tax administration has no effect on entrepreneurial performance. Other key factors that promote entrepreneurial performance include access to credit, firm age, male ownership, training and participation in exporting. Our results suggest that efforts to incentivize and set a conducive tax rate, ease of access to financing and training need to be strengthened for higher entrepreneurial performance among SMEs in Uganda.