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Performance of rural and urban women owned small and medium enterprises in Tanzania: do socio-cultural factors matter

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dc.contributor.author Mashenene, Robert G.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-10-30T05:21:25Z
dc.date.available 2023-10-30T05:21:25Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.citation Mashenene, R. G. (2020). Performance of rural and urban women owned small and medium enterprises in Tanzania: do socio-cultural factors matter. Journal of Co-operative and Business Studies (JCBS).5 (1),1-12. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2714-2043
dc.identifier.issn 0856-9037
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.mocu.ac.tz/xmlui/handle/123456789/670
dc.description A full text from Community and Rural Development en_US
dc.description.abstract Worldwide including Tanzania, urban and rural women owned Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have shown differences in entrepreneurial capabilities. This study compares the performance between urban and rural women owned SMEs in Chamwino and Dodoma urban districts in Tanzania. A cross-sectional survey involving use of a questionnaire was administered to 240 respondents to collect quantitative data. Additionally, eight case studies were developed from qualitative data collected using in-depth interview. Independent samples t test was used to compare existence of differences in business performance between urban and rural women owned SMEs. Qualitative data were analyzed using content analysis. The findings show that business performance between rural and urban SMEs were statistically different (p < 0.01) whereas the mean score for the performance of urban women owned SMEs was 3.0 times that of their counterpart rural owned women SMEs. The findings further indicate that socio cultural factors such as low level of education, unbalanced family role, poor access to business information, absence of role models, poor financial control, poor access to credit; poor societal attitude and support were highly pronounced in rural areas. These findings imply that urban women owned SMEs are entrepreneurially more favoured than those in rural areas. Based on findings, the study concludes that differences in business performance between women owned SMEs are due to socio-cultural factors differences which exist between rural and urban business environments. It is recommended that such differences in socio-cultural factors need to be addressed through different entrepreneurial programmes such as training and mentorship. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Journal of Co-operative and Business Studies (JCBS) en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Vol. 5;1
dc.subject Business en_US
dc.subject Performance en_US
dc.subject Urban en_US
dc.subject Rural en_US
dc.subject Women en_US
dc.subject Enterprises en_US
dc.subject Socio-cultural en_US
dc.subject Tanzania en_US
dc.title Performance of rural and urban women owned small and medium enterprises in Tanzania: do socio-cultural factors matter en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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