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The seed or the soil? : microfinance, social networks and opportunity development in Ghana

In broad terms, this thesis asks ‘how does microfinance facilitate and alter the nature of the opportunity development process?’ The literature review builds upon previous discussion by emphasizing the intellectual heritage of the opportunity debate. In doing so, the review ties in with perspectives from development economics which criticises normative rational decision-making frameworks which have dominated economic thought. It establishes the premises of understanding opportunities from the point of view of an entrepreneur’s ideas, associated actions which are embedded in a series of network relationships (Dimov, 2011). This view of understanding the substantive nature of opportunities is also crucial in understanding the methodological approach adopted.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:639801
Date January 2014
CreatorsKimmitt, Jonathan
PublisherUniversity of Newcastle upon Tyne
Source SetsEthos UK
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Sourcehttp://hdl.handle.net/10443/2559

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