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dc.contributor.authorVermeire, Jacob
dc.contributor.authorBruton, Gary
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-02T15:00:11Z
dc.date.available2017-12-02T15:00:11Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/23322373.2016.1206803
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12127/5621
dc.description.abstractEntrepreneurship, with its focus on opportunities, is often seen as one of the cornerstones of poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, evidence for the positive impact of entrepreneurship programs on poverty is mixed and now widely debated. Therefore, scholars have called for a better theoretical understanding of opportunities in SSA in the face of severe resource constraints that characterize the region. In this paper, we aim to shed further light on this issue and outline an agenda for future research. To this end, we first review the current literature on opportunities (discovered and created) and poverty (income-based and capabilities-based). We next employ four case examples of poor entrepreneurs in SSA that challenge assumptions from Western entrepreneurship theories and illustrate what could be fruitful avenues for future research on entrepreneurial opportunities and poverty in SSA.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectEntrepreneurship
dc.subjectOpportunity
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectsub-Saharan Africa
dc.titleEntrepreneurial opportunities and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa: A review & agenda for the future
dc.identifier.journalAfrica Journal of Management
dc.source.volume2
dc.source.issue3
dc.source.beginpage258
dc.source.endpage280
vlerick.knowledgedomainEntrepreneurship
vlerick.typearticleJournal article with impact factor
vlerick.vlerickdepartmentEGS
dc.identifier.vperid149148
dc.identifier.vperid133389
dc.identifier.vpubid6916


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