Entrepreneurial and cultural dynamics: a gender kaleidoscope of Ugandan microenterprises
While I try to refrain from using my signature strapline, i.e., throwback, this old article “discusses the findings of a study conducted in Kampala, Uganda, which evaluated the cultural dynamics at play among microenterprises” in that country nearly two decades ago.
Drawing upon a cross section of 120 informal businesses between November 2006 and March 2007, using a mix of focus group interviews and self-administered questionnaires, the study revealed the ‘waning role of cultural dynamics’ especially when considered along gender lines.
The paper argues that culture alone cannot fully capture any real or perceived gender differences in the ownership and management of microenterprises, but that there exists a complex mix of entrepreneurial and cultural dynamics. Therefore, governments, as well as other funding agencies, should realise that gender-specific enterprise support is fast losing its relevance — as both men and women equally require appropriate “enablers” to start up and grow (scale-up) their enterprises.
The question now is, “has anything changed?”
Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:5:y:2008:i:3/4:p:337-348
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2008, vol. 5, issue 3/4, 337–348
Originally published at https://econpapers.repec.org.
