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Investigation Of The Impact Of Networking Among Tenants In The Seda Limpopo Jewellery Incubator In South Africa

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  • Chiromo Forbes

    (University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa)

  • Muyengwa Goodwell

    (University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa)

  • Makuvaza Joseph

    (Small Enterprise Development Agency, Polokwane, South Africa)

Abstract

This study investigates the extent to which tenants in a jewellery incubator in the Limpopo Province of South Africa network. Since 1994 SEDA has set up more than 31 incubation centres in furniture making, construction, chemicals, jewellery, ICT, metal fabrication, agriculture and small scale mining. This study was done through a survey conducted on tenants in the SEDA Limpopo Jewellery Incubator (SLJI). Information was obtained through a structured questionnaire. The study revealed how tenants benefit from networking around exhibitions and collective purchasing of raw material. Through the Incubator institutional mechanisms, the study explains how tenants share expertise, experiences, technology and resources. Unfortunately the tenants do not initiate the own networking programmes. They lose out on benefits associated with collective effort in other areas such as advertisements, lobbying the government for industrial stands, organising an newsletter, hiring of consultants, and organising joint training programmes. Lastly the study identified opportunities that the tenants could collectively exploit in order strengthen and sustain their businesses.

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  • Chiromo Forbes & Muyengwa Goodwell & Makuvaza Joseph, 2014. "Investigation Of The Impact Of Networking Among Tenants In The Seda Limpopo Jewellery Incubator In South Africa," Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education, Sciendo, vol. 1(1), pages 23-26, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:brcebe:v:1:y:2014:i:1:p:23-26:n:5
    DOI: 10.2478/cplbu-2014-0005
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