Management Practices, Self-Selection into Management Training Participation, and Training Effects in the Garment Industry in Ethiopia
Year: 2012
Type: report
Abstract: Many observational studies of micro and small enterprises have found that enterprise performance and education levels of entrepreneurs are positively associated.Does it follow that entrepreneurs' management capacities depend on their academic achievements?This paper examines what types of entrepreneurs participated in a managerial training program held in Ethiopia, who benefited more from the program, and who had better management knowledge before the program.We find that highly educated entrepreneurs were more willing to learn about management, more knowledgeable about management, and gaining more from the training program, but that such simple relationships are missing among entrepreneurs operating larger enterprises.
DOI: 10.24545/00001080
Authors: Girum Abebe, Tetsushi Sonobe
Institution: National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1557313797