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Strategies for re-engineering the growth and sustainability of small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in the agrarian sector in the Eastern Highlands, Zimbabwe.

dc.contributor.advisorGovender, Krishna Kistan.
dc.contributor.authorMunyawarara, Ngoni.
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-25T11:40:45Z
dc.date.available2021-06-25T11:40:45Z
dc.date.created2019
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionDoctoral Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.en_US
dc.description.abstractSmall and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the agrarian sector play a considerable role in poverty reduction and economic growth. Governments across the globe have emphasized SME re-engineering as a policy thrust for economic development. It is against this background that this research aimed to evaluate strategies for re-engineering the growth and sustainability of Zimbabwean agrarian SMEs. The primary purposes were to understand the challenges experienced by agrarian SMEs in re-engineering their growth, critically examine the re-engineering strategies, namely government policies, agricultural support mechanisms, SME development strategies, gender dynamics, SME management, and develop a framework to re-engineer agricultural SMEs in Zimbabwe. Hypotheses were developed from an in-depth literature review to examine the relationship between the strategies for re-engineering SMEs in the agrarian sector in Zimbabwe. Random and purposive sampling techniques were used to survey 380 SMEs and 30 key Policy-makers and Agricultural Field Marshalls from the Eastern Highlands in Zimbabwe. The data was analysed using SPSS to perform descriptive and inferential analysis. The main findings, based on regression analysis, showed that there is an association between government policies and the success of the re-engineered SMEs. Furthermore, there was also a strong relationship among agricultural support mechanisms, gender, management and techno-innovative strategies in re-engineering SMEs, as they all contributed to economic growth. Based on these results, it is suggested that policy-makers focus on developing SMElinked policies and skills development, so that the re-engineering processes can be successful and ultimately lead to the agricultural and economic development of Zimbabwean agrarian SMEs.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za/handle/10413/19510
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.otherMicroenterprises.en_US
dc.subject.otherEntrepreneurship.en_US
dc.subject.otherStartups.en_US
dc.subject.otherAgricultural SMEs.en_US
dc.subject.otherBusiness process re-engineering.en_US
dc.subject.otherSME management.en_US
dc.titleStrategies for re-engineering the growth and sustainability of small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in the agrarian sector in the Eastern Highlands, Zimbabwe.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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