Document Type	Master's Dissertation
Author	Bengu, Dumisani Lawrence
URN	etd-04022011-161604
Document Title	Towards a collaborative approach to entrepreneurship development in the information, communication & technology (ICT) sector
Degree	MBA
Department	Gordon Institute of Business Science
Supervisor	Advisor Name Title Dr A Antonites Supervisor
Keywords	technology communication information
Date	2011-04-20
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This research was undertaken to explore and better understand the approach employed by entrepreneurship development and support agencies in developing and supporting entrepreneurship in the ICT sector. In particular, the study intended to establish if the entrepreneurship development and support agencies in South Africa do employ a collaborative approach to entrepreneurship development in the ICT sector. The study was motivated by the low levels of entrepreneurship activity in the country (Herrington, Kew, & Kew, 2009), and the extent to which such could be attributed to lack of collaborative approach to entrepreneurship development. The research was conducted, in Johannesburg through interviews with experienced managers of three of the entrepreneurship development and support agencies and questions asked on the usage of the variables to the constructs of collaborative approach to entrepreneurship development in the ICT sector. The resulting findings showed very limited to no practice at all of the respective variables of collaborative approach to entrepreneurship development in the ICT sector. These findings also indicate that in certain instances, even the normal entrepreneurship development practices, let alone a collaborative approach, are not being practiced by some of the entrepreneurship development agencies. Copyright © 2010, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. Please cite as follows: Bengu, DL 2010, Towards a collaborative approach to entrepreneurship development in the Information, Communication & Technology (ICT) sector, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04022011-161604/ > F11/96/ag
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