University Partnerships to Promote Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Start-Ups: Lessons from an International Survey of Case Studies
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2015Author
Adu-Gyamfi, Richard
Kwarteng, Prince Oppong
Matambalya, Francis
Dornberger, Utz
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Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) promotion is a viable strategy to
facilitate sustainable growth and development in developing countries. In this
connection, university partnerships have been playing an increasingly important
role in SME promotion, for instance by supporting business start-ups in both
developed and developing countries. Concrete interventions have been in the
forms of entrepreneurship education and training, and University-based incubators.
Through knowledge sharing, the partnerships have increased the knowledge base
of participating universities, thereby enabling them to execute their SME promotion
agenda more efficiently. This paper revisits the experience of selected university
partnerships, in order to identify lessons that can be emulated by existing and
planned partnerships to promote SME start-ups in Sub-Saharan African countries
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