Jonathan, Fortune Ipelke and Covenant University, Theses (2021) PERCEPTION OF EXTERNAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ON SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY OF COVENANT UNIVERSITY, OTA. Masters thesis, Covenant University Ota..
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Abstract
The goal of this research was to explore the perception of people concerning how the external business environment affect social entrepreneurship development and what can be done to improve the sector. This Study therefore identifies the perception of external business environment on social entrepreneurship development: a study of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State. The study sought to solve problem on complex, rigid and inconsistent government policy, lack of access to finance and high cost of adopting a new technology. The Study sought to determine the influence of government policy, interest rate and disruptive technology on social value, social enterprise and social entrepreneur respectively. For the study, systems theory and contingency theory was used and empirical literature on external business environment and social entrepreneurship was also discussed. The Study adopted survey research design. The population size is 633 postgraduate students with sample size of 245 respondents which was determined using Taro Yamen Formula. The Study employed the use of stratified random sampling technique and structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The Study employed the use of stratified random sampling technique and structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The data obtained was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) while Linear Regression were adopted for analysis. The result showed that there was no relationship between government policy and social value meanwhile there was a moderate relationship between interest rate and social enterprise and also a moderate relationship between social entrepreneur and disruptive technology. The study therefore recommends that social entrepreneurs should take advantage of other sources of assessing fund funds to finance the growth of their social enterprise, financial institutions should make funds easily accessible to social entrepreneurs with a low interest rate. The government should implement friendly fiscal and monetary policies to aid social entrepreneurship development in Nigeria. Social entrepreneurs should be abreast and adaptable to technological changes for the benefit of the organization.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Government policy, interest rate, disruptive technology, social value, social enterprise, social entrepreneur |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Oct 2021 16:06 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Oct 2021 16:06 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/15422 |
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