Microfinance Services and Government Regulations: Reflections on Performance of Small Holder Coffee Entrepreneurs in Uganda
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Date
2022
Authors
Nakabugo, Mary Juliet
Muathe, Stephen
Mwasiaji, Evans
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Publisher
AEF
Abstract
Small-scale enterprises are lauded around the world for their contribution to economic
development. Resources and capabilities play an important role as accelerators of entrepreneurial
activity and also increase enterprise performance. This research strived to understand how
Microfinance services affect the performance of smallholder coffee entrepreneurs but also
examine government regulations as a moderating variable for the association between
microfinance and the performance of smallholder coffee entrepreneurs. The study was guided by
the resource-based view supported by dynamic capability and contingency theories. Data on 400
Ugandan coffee entrepreneurs was gathered and statistically tested using a multiple linear
regression model. Study scores noted that financial training, microcredit, saving mobilization, and
farm inputs positively influence the performance of smallholder coffee entrepreneurs. The findings
also established that government regulations negatively moderate the association between
microfinance services and the performance of smallholder coffee entrepreneurs. The study
contributes to the growing agricultural entrepreneurship literature by demonstrating the
performance of coffee entrepreneurs amidst microfinance and strict government regulations.
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Keywords
Government Regulations, Microfinance services, Performance, Coffee, Entrepreneurs
Citation
Nakabugo, M. J., Muathe, S., & Mwasiaji, E. (2022). Microfinance services and government regulations: Reflections on performance of small holder coffee entrepreneurs in Uganda. The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance (JEF), 24(1), 1-24.