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Effect of Microfinance Products on Small Business Growth: Emerging Economy Perspective

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  • Prince Gyimah
  • Williams Kwasi Boachie

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Small businesses play significant role to the economic stability and development of emerging economies, and access to financial services is crucial to their growth and performance. This study seeks to ascertain whether microfinance products such as loans, savings, insurance, and education effects small business growth in Ghana. The study uses descriptive and inferential statistics on responses of 248 small business owners for data analysis. Using a multiple linear regression analysis, the study found that all the microfinance product or services positively affects small business growth, and the greatest influence is micro loans. This study contributes massively to exact literature to the growth of microfinance institutions (MFIs) and small businesses in emerging economy, Ghana. The study can assist MFIs to assess the effectiveness of their product or services, and can also serves as a guide to an effective utilization of available scarce resources leading to growth of small businesses in emerging economies.

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  • Prince Gyimah & Williams Kwasi Boachie, 2018. "Effect of Microfinance Products on Small Business Growth: Emerging Economy Perspective," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, Macrothink Institute, Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, vol. 5(1), pages 1-59, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:mth:jebi88:v:5:y:2018:i:1:p:59
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