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A $$Quantitative $$Analysis $$of $$Selected $$Variables $$on $$their $$Impact $$to $$Small $$Business $$Growth $$in $$the $$eThekwini $$Region

Abstract:

Over $$the $$years $$researchers $$and $$academics $$have $$used $$several $$terminologies $$to $$elucidate $$small $$business $$growth$.$However$,$underlining $$events $$which $$each $$entity $$undergo $$still $$remains $$more $$or $$less $$the $$same$.$The $$purpose $$of $$this $$quantitative $$study $$was $$to $$investigate $$the $$impact $$of $$selected $$variables $$on $$the $$growth $$ofs $$mall $$businesses $$in $$the $$eThekwini $$Region $$of $$KwaZulu $$Natal $$in $$South $$Africa$.$From $$a $$total $$population $$of $220$small $$businesses $$with $$more $$than $$ten $$years $$of $$active $$business $$operations $$within $$the $$research $$settings$,$a $$sample $$of $119$owners$-$managers $$were $$randomly $$selected $$to $$provide $$empirical $$data$.$Data $$collection $$was $$based $$on $$primary $$data$,$by $$using $$closed $$ended $$questionnaire $$as $$the $$main $$research $$instrument$.$The $$bivariate $$correlation $$analysis $$is $$employed $$to $$ascertain $$the $$set $$study $$objective$.$The $$final $$outcomes $$revealed $$that $$business $$growth $$might $$not $$be $$positively $$linked $$to $$educational $$achievement $$of $$owner$-$managers. $$The $$researchers $$recommend $$that $$entrepreneurial $$education $$should $$be $$introduced $$and $$be $$prioritised $$to $$every $$grade $12$learners $$across $$the $$educational $$settings $$in $$the $$research $$settings$.$Further $$collaboration $$is $$required $$between $$educators $$and $$trainers $$of $$potential $$industry$-$based $$entrepreneurs $$across $$the $$eThekwini $$Region $$to $$enable $$all $$the $$role $$players $$utilise $$the $$rich $$experiences $$of $$members$.$The $$level $$of $$collaboration $$could $$be $$of $$utmost $$benefits $$to $$educators $$in $$all $$the $$learning $$institutions $$throughout $$the $$region $$in $$designing $$entrepreneurial $$training $$programmes $$and $$education $$curriculum $$in $$all $$the $$schools$.$

Source: $$Mahohoma$,$T$.,$& $$Agbenyegah$,$A$.$T$.(2020).$A $$Quantitative $$Analysis $$of $$Selected $$Variables $$on $$the $$Impact $$to $$Small $$Business $$Growth $$in $$the $$Ethekwini $$Region $$of $$Durban $$in $$South $$Africa$.$Acta $$Universitatis $$Danubius$.$OEconomica$,16(6).$Provide the difference between the orimary data and secondary data