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JOURNAL OF APPLIED BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

Determinants of Firm Start-Up Size and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): Empirical Evidence from Uganda

Author(s): Faisal Buyinza, John Mutenyo, Nelson Kakande, Margret Banga

Citation: Faisal Buyinza, John Mutenyo, Nelson Kakande, Margret Banga, (2017) "Determinants of Firm Start-Up Size and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): Empirical Evidence from Uganda," Journal of Applied Business and Economics, Vol. 19, Iss.12, pp. 46-56

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

This article uses the Gender Enterprise Survey (2015), which links Ugandan SMEs start-up size and

performance to business environment, entrepreneurial and enterprise characteristics. The findings

indicate that entrepreneur’s education, business experience, business training, location, keeping business

records, business working time and source of start-up capital are important in explaining enterprise

start-up size and performance. Compared to male-owned enterprises, female-owned enterprises are

consistently associated with small start-up size and lower performance. The major implication of these

results is that providing business training, easing access to credit, business education and record keeping

are required to promote SMEs start-up sizes and increased performance.