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Management Science Letters
ISSN 1923-9343 (Online) - ISSN 1923-9335 (Print)
Quarterly Publication
Volume 7 Issue 8 pp. 373-384, 2017

Small-scale individual entrepreneurs (SIEs) and the usage of mobile money (M-money) and mobile commerce (M-commerce) in facilitating business growth in Ghana Pages 373-384 Right click to download the paper Download PDF

Authors: Hayford Amegbe, Charles Hanu, Afra Nuwasiima

📋 Author Affiliations:
H. Amegbe1, C. Hanu2, A. Nuwasiima3
1 University of Nairobi, School of Business, Kenya
2 Takoradi Technical University, School of Business, Ghana
3 University of Nairobi, School of Mathematics, Kenya
doi 10.5267/j.msl.2017.5.004
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Crossref 13 Source: CrossRef

🔑 Keywords: Small-Scale and Individual En-trepreneurs (SIEs), Mobile Money (M-money), Mobile Commerce (M-commerce), Business Growth

Abstract: Small-Scale and Individual Entrepreneurs (SIEs) play a key role in economic growth of develop-ing countries. The principal objective of this study is to investigate M-money and M-commerce contribution to business growth in Ghana. A cross-sectional survey is used to collect the neces-sary data and a total of 480 SIEs respondents participated in the study. The data is collected from three different locations in the capital city Accra where the activities of SIEs are predominate (Lapaz=230, Kaneshie=150, and Kasoa= 170). The researchers used Stata in analyzing the quan-titative data. The findings reveal that M-money and M-commerce facilitate the growth of business among SIEs. However, few people reported of savings (3.5%) and make merchandise payments (4.8%), due to perceived risk issues. The study used cross-sectional survey design and conven-ience sampling which makes it difficult to generalize the findings.





How to cite this paper
APA: Amegbe, H., Hanu, C & Nuwasiima, A. (2017). Small-scale individual entrepreneurs (SIEs) and the usage of mobile money (M-money) and mobile commerce (M-commerce) in facilitating business growth in Ghana. Management Science Letters, 7(8), 373-384.
Chicago/Turabian: Amegbe, H., Hanu, C & Nuwasiima, A. 2017. "Small-scale individual entrepreneurs (SIEs) and the usage of mobile money (M-money) and mobile commerce (M-commerce) in facilitating business growth in Ghana." Management Science Letters 7, no. 8 (2017): 373-384.
AMA: Amegbe, H., Hanu, C & Nuwasiima, A. Small-scale individual entrepreneurs (SIEs) and the usage of mobile money (M-money) and mobile commerce (M-commerce) in facilitating business growth in Ghana. Management Science Letters. 2017;7(8):373-384.

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