Herman Bamata
Country: South Africa
Affiliation: Ph.D. Student, School of Management, IT and Governance, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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An empirical study of optimal access to external finance by small and medium enterprise start-ups
Herman Bamata , Krishna K. Govender , Ziska Fields doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.17(3).2019.20Problems and Perspectives in Management Volume 17, 2019 Issue #3 pp. 242-258
Views: 1028 Downloads: 443 TO CITE АНОТАЦІЯThe aim of this study is to empirically examine the relationships between the determinants of start-up SME success, namely start-up awareness and management skills, and the finance suppliers. This study has proposed a framework that improves the ability of start-up SMEs to access external finance. Through descriptive and inferential statistical analyses of data from a survey of a sample of SMEs in South Africa, it was ascertained that the framework which maps the entrepreneur’s start-up awareness and requisite management skills with the finance providers’ requirements will make up a tool to assist start-up SMEs in developing optimal financing options to grow their businesses.