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The stakeholder ecosystem of women entrepreneurs in South African townships

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  • Yogavelli Nambiar
  • Margie Sutherland
  • Caren Brenda Scheepers

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The literature on women entrepreneurs indicates that they have a positive influence on national economic growth and employment levels, yet the lived experience of women business owners in the highly constrained setting of South African townships has not been reported in academic literature. This study thus explored the role of the various stakeholders by conducting semi-structured interviews with 40 women entrepreneurs in eight townships, as well as leaders of five small business support organisations. The research provides a unique insight into the contextual complexities faced by these female business owners, offers a model of their stakeholder relationships, and identifies inhibiting and enabling factors in these relationships.

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  • Yogavelli Nambiar & Margie Sutherland & Caren Brenda Scheepers, 2020. "The stakeholder ecosystem of women entrepreneurs in South African townships," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(1), pages 70-86, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:37:y:2020:i:1:p:70-86
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2019.1657001
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