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Examining business performance of micro, small and medium scale enterprise through accounting records keeping; case study in Ghana

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  • Tweneboah Senzu, Emmanuel
  • Ndebugri, Haruna

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The research study, seek to critically examine and empirically justify the exact role and benefit, financial records keeping does to the performance of start-ups and management of micro, small and medium scale enterprises in Ghana.

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  • Tweneboah Senzu, Emmanuel & Ndebugri, Haruna, 2018. "Examining business performance of micro, small and medium scale enterprise through accounting records keeping; case study in Ghana," MPRA Paper 84022, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    MSMEs efficient management; MSMEs Accounting records keeping; Microeconomics; Macroeconomics; SMEs;
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    JEL classification:

    • D2 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations
    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
    • M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting

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