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Entrepreneurship education and the motivation to start business in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2009-11)
Entrepreneurship education has become an interesting academic area. The main intention behind its increase in learning institutions is to increase the level of business startups. This study set out to establish the ...
An empirical investigation into the choice of lenders by manufacturing businesses in Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2009-10)
This research was induced by the challenge that business firms go through in their strategic choice of lenders in search of substantive money for investment and operations. The study was taken to investigate a group of ...
Leasing competence, lease structure and perceived performance of SMEs in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2009-10)
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up approximately 90 per cent of Uganda’s private sector and contribute two-thirds of national income. In Uganda, leasing has bridged the current financing gap experienced by ...
Effectiveness of cash management practices in small and medium enterprises: a case of small and medium enterprises in Wakiso district
(Makerere University, 2021-03)
The Purpose of the study was to assess cash management practices in small and medium enterprises in Wakiso district basing on the following objectives; to examine the cash management practices of small and medium enterprises ...
Declining profitability in Forward Arts Designers Ltd
(Makerere University, 2015-09)
This research aimed to study the causes of declining profitability in Forward Arts Designers Ltd with an aim of proposing a ways of improving the profitability of the company. The objectives of the study were to evaluate ...
Factors affecting the performance of small and medium enterprises in Kampala District: A case study of Nakawa Division
(Makerere University, 2014-01)
The study was carried out to determine the factors affecting the performance of Small & Medium Enterprises in Kampala district. In particular, the study sought to explore the performance of small and medium enterprises and ...
Evaluating the causes of financial distress of small and medium size enterprises: A case study of Mbale Municipal Council
(Makerere University, 2013-11)
The impact of SME sector to economic growth and development of any country has been widely appraised and documented both in the developed and developing countries. This endeavor has propelled most economies like Uganda to ...
Factors influencing investment decisions among small scale enterprises in Nakawa Division Kampala District Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017-01)
The purpose of the study was to examine the factors that influence investment decisions in Small Scale Enterprises (SSEs) in Nakawa division. This was driven by the fact that profitable investment decisions among small ...
Assessing access to finance by small and medium enterprises in Uganda: A case of selected SMEs in Wandegeya, Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-10)
This study was motivated by the difficulty faced by SMEs in accessing finances to run their business. The purpose of the study was to assess the sources of financing by SMEs with the aim of establishing the likely challenges ...
Labour productivity among small-and medium-scale enterprises in Uganda: the role of innovation
(Springer, 2018)
Using the 2013 World Bank Enterprise Survey data for Uganda, this paper employs the
quintile estimation technique to explain the relationship between labour productivity and
innovation among SMEs. Innovation involves the ...