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A synthetic indicator of the quality of support for businesses in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, and Ghana

This paper proposes a synthetic indicator of the quality of support for companies as well as identifies the factors that can contribute towards improving the quality of such support in three countries (i.e., Burkina-Faso, Cameroon, and Ghana). The approach used to construct this synthetic indicator builds on the works of Benzécri (1973) and Asselin (2002), who use static mechanics and apply techniques of factor analysis. A principal component analysis is performed on the data collected from 80 business support structures in the sampled countries. Afterconstructing the indicators, correlates are provided on how the constructed indicators are linked to the objectives of sustainable development. Our results are robust after controlling for variables relating to the general characteristics of the support structure. The findings are consistent with the thesis that taking sustainable development objectives into account in business support practices would significantly improve business performance in sampled countries and, by extension, in sub-Saharan Africa. The originality of the study stems from the fact that it considers specific SDGs (SDG4, SDG5, SDG8, and SDG9) and assesses their contribution to improving the quality of support for companies, a research area that has not been investigated hitherto by the extant literature. Implications for all stakeholders in the entrepreneurial ecosystem are discussed.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: AGDI Working Paper ; No. WP/22/047

Classification
Wirtschaft
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables: General
Business Economics: General
Economic Development: General
Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights: General
Economywide Country Studies: Africa
Subject
Synthetic indicator
Quality of support
Businesses
Sub-Saharan Africa

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Kouam, Jean C.
Asongu, Simplice
Meh, Bin Joachem
Nantchouang, Robert
Asanga, Fri L.
Foretia, Denis
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)
(where)
Yaoundé
(when)
2022

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Kouam, Jean C.
  • Asongu, Simplice
  • Meh, Bin Joachem
  • Nantchouang, Robert
  • Asanga, Fri L.
  • Foretia, Denis
  • African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)

Time of origin

  • 2022

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