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Covid-19 and entrepreneurship at Vickispan: Challenges and responses to the lockdown.
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
This article is centred on an entrepreneurial small farm-based enterprise in rural Riebeecksrivier in the Western Cape. It focuses on the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on the business, its employees and the community ...
“Entrepreneurs are superheroes of societies”: Insights on how launching and operating a preschool during the Covid-19 pandemic snatched all my superpowers
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
The founding father of entrepreneurship, Schumpeter, described entrepreneurs as true heroes of society, primarily due to their contribution to value creation and their ability to create something new, thereby driving ...
Effect of mind-power ability among achieving entrepreneurs in south Africa: Identifying accustomed internal drivers
(Emerald, 2020)
This paper aims to identify how mind-power ability and its underlying elements, acting as drivers,
impact managerial, and individual performance levels among achieving entrepreneurs in South Africa.– The study adopted a ...
Entrepreneurship and management of small enterprises: An overview of agricultural activities in the Mopani district municipality
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
This study analysed entrepreneurial dynamics, activities and challenges confronting small agricultural businesses in the Mopani District Municipality in Limpopo, South Africa. Mopani is a rural district municipality and ...
Voices of entrepreneurs: A review of entrepreneurs’ perceptions of sme Covid-19 support measures in South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
This article sheds the spotlight on support mechanisms for small businesses that are struggling as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The data was collated during a two-part webinar series on lockdown stories of small ...
Lived experiences of women entrepreneurs in Masvingo city: Successes, failures and survival strategies
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
There has been a significant increase in the number of women entrepreneurs in various sectors of the economy throughout the world. Some women entrepreneurs registered some success stories, while others dismally failed and ...
Sports effects on ethical judgement skills of successful entrepreneurs: Adaptation of interpretative phenomenological analysis
(Emerald, 2021)
This paper aims to identify how entrepreneurs’ active involvement in sports/athletic training
affects and adds to their overall ethical judgement skills within and outside the workplace.This study adopted a qualitative ...
Micro-perspective lens on entrepreneurs in the early stage of business: Expectations vis-à-vis realities
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2022)
In the early stage of business, which is where most new ventures fail, many entrepreneurs experience discrepancies
between their entrepreneurial expectations and business realities. These discrepancies referred to by this ...