Strategizing for firm excellence in Innovation: An exploratory study of Entrepreneurial Tendencies and Behaviors in SMEs in Uganda
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Date
2013
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International Journal of Economics and Management Sciences
Abstract
The ability to innovate on a sustainable basis is a desirable, and yet, a rare skill that firms need to nature and
develop amongst its business managers/owners and employees. This study was aimed at empirically exploring
the Entrepreneurial Tendencies and Behaviors among the business persons that enable them to successfully
innovate on a sustainable business. These could then inform managers on the kind of innovation-related
behaviors to search for and nature among their human resources in the course of strategizing for firm
excellence in Innovation. Responses where sought from business owners/managers and employees in SMEs
established in the area with the highest business activity in Uganda (i.e. Kampala). The data collected from the
surveyed 50 SMEs all of which had successfully existed for over a year as a test of sustainability were analyzed
to extract the salient Entrepreneurial Tendencies and Entrepreneurial Behaviors that characterized the success
of their businesses. Descriptive statistics were used. Based on the findings, this study identifies and proposes
solutions, key policy interventions and approaches to be adopted for ensuring business sustainability in
Uganda
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Strategy, Innovation, Entrepreneurial Tendencies and Behavior, Uganda
Citation
Nangoli, S., Basalirwa, E., Mayoka Kituyi, G., & Kusemererwa, C. (2013). Strategizing for firm excellence in Innovation: An exploratory study of Entrepreneurial Tendencies and Behaviors in SMEs in Uganda. International Journal of Economics and Management Sciences