Business Failure in a Developing Town
Pendembu, Sierra Leone
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2498249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barry Isaac (0000-0001-9668-5806), Barry L Isaac (University of Cincinnati, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 288-294 |
| Publication date | 1971-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/humo.30.3.v1p55p3712372088 |
| OpenAlex | W1969604014 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
Thirty-one business failures distributed among six types of enterprise (market woman, hawker, produce middleman, petty shopkeeper, large shopkeeper, and petrol station operator) were studied in the railroad town of Pendembu, Sierra Leone. The combined number of failures due to misuse of capital and overextension of credit equals those due to family obligations. This finding is contrary to previous studies linking entrepreneurial failure to the extended family system. It is concluded that managerial training could be as important a part of economic development as capital input
Archaeology · Business · Capital (architecture) · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Sierra leone · Marketing · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 1973 - 1994 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |