Database research record2023·Ethiopia
The factors that influence the growth and performance of micro and small-scale enterprises in Dessie Town administration
Endris Assen Ebrahim, Ahmet Toy, Yissa Hassen Kassim
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
Urban Farm DB summary
A survey of 218 randomly sampled micro and small-scale enterprise (MSSE) managers/owners across manufacturing, trade, construction, service, and urban agriculture sectors in Dessie Town, Ethiopia, used self-administered questionnaires and stratified random sampling to identify determinants of enterprise growth. Of nine candidate factors, statistically significant associations with MSSE growth and performance (at the 5% level) were found for political/legal factors, management, market conditions, technology, infrastructure, entrepreneur-related factors, and the COVID-19 pandemic.