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'Enterprise Culture': Necessary In Promoting Enterprise; Lessons From Enterprise Development In Zimbabwe

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  • STEVEN CARTER

    (Derby University, Derbyshire Business School, UK)

  • WILTON WILTON

    (University of Derby, UK)

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The paper investigates the effects of the Zimbabwean national culture on enterprise development. In-depth interviews were carried out with fifteen (15) entrepreneurs and seven (7) members of the community whose role was to support entrepreneurs. It was established that the national culture impeded enterprise development and the factors identified are: bad debt culture, let's-pull-him-down syndrome, dependency syndrome, high living, and absence of role models, refusal to accept entrepreneurship, employing relatives and poor quality goods and services. To promote enterprise development, countries need to identify factors that make up the national culture. The paper also identifies the desired enterprise culture.

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  • Steven Carter & Wilton Wilton, 2006. "'Enterprise Culture': Necessary In Promoting Enterprise; Lessons From Enterprise Development In Zimbabwe," Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 14(03), pages 177-198.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jecxxx:v:14:y:2006:i:03:n:s021849580600012x
    DOI: 10.1142/S021849580600012X
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    1. , Aisdl, 2020. "Barriers to Entrepreneurship in Ho Chi Minh City," OSF Preprints sh32d, Center for Open Science.
    2. Bekir Emre KurtulmuÅŸ & Alev Katrinli & Bernadette Warner, 2020. "International Entrepreneurial Orientation and Performance of SMEs: The Mediating Role of Informal Institutional Framework," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(4), pages 21582440209, December.
    3. Patrick M. Kreiser & Louis D. Marino & Pat Dickson & K. Mark Weaver, 2010. "Cultural Influences on Entrepreneurial Orientation: The Impact of National Culture on Risk Taking and Proactiveness in SMEs," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 34(5), pages 959-984, September.

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