dc.contributor.author | Wambugu, Muguku C | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-09T12:32:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-09T12:32:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/20873 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study is about trade liberalization and entrepreneurship in the small-scale
garment sector. The study aims at identifying some of the entrepreneurial responses
to opportunities and constraints of trade liberalization by micro and small garment
producers in Nairobi.
The study is based on the hypothesis that trade liberalization created both challenges
and opportunities in the business environment for micro and small garment producers
in Nairobi. The study hypothesis is that the producers were entrepreneurial in the
Schupeterian sense, in response to the constraints and opportunities created by trade
liberalization. It is on this basis that the study uses the Schumpeterian theory of
Entrepreneurship, to identify the entrepreneurial strategies used by the producers to
adjust to the new business environment.
This study uses the case study and qualitative methods, in data collection and
analysis. Semi-structured interview guide was used in the in-depth interviews with
purposely selected eight Micro small garment producers and four key informants.
Primary data are supplemented by secondary data, and qualitative methods are used
in the data analysis.
The study reveals that trade liberalization created both negative and positive effects
on the business environment for micro and small garment producers in Nairobi. The
negative effects are seen inform of the competition and low demand for local
products, occasioned by the influx of new and used clothing from foreign countries.
Trade liberalization presented export opportunities to the producers, in which they
could export their products to the foreign countries. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | The University of Nairobi | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Trade liberalization and entrepreneurship | en |
dc.subject | Garment producers in Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Trade liberalization and entrepreneurship: responses to constraints and opportunities by micro and small Garment producers in Nairobi. | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | Department of Economics | en |