The Role of Government Policy in Entrepreneurship Development

Nkem Okpa Obaji; Mercy Uche Olugu

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The Role of Government Policy in Entrepreneurship Development

Nkem Okpa Obaji, Mercy Uche Olugu

Published in Science Journal of Business and Management (Volume 2, Issue 4)

Received: 16 September 2014 Accepted: 25 September 2014 Published: 30 September 2014

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This paper aims to develop a conceptual framework that examines the role government policy plays in the development of entrepreneurship and its impact on economic development. The study builds on existing literature on entrepreneurship, economic development and government policy as it relates to entrepreneurial practices. The outcomes of literature review propose two hypotheses. Integrating entrepreneurship practices with economic development, with government policy intervening, a framework is developed. For the reason that entrepreneurship is a part of economic development strategy employed by several countries globally to achieve macro-economic benefits. The framework provides a starting point for researchers and practitioners to further examine entrepreneurship policies and practices. For researchers, the framework clarifies the determining attributes of entrepreneurship, government policy and economic development dimensions and their proposed relationships. For practitioners, the framework can be used to gain an understanding of the role of government policy on entrepreneurship development as well as economic development.

Published in	Science Journal of Business and Management (Volume 2, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.sjbm.20140204.12
Page(s)	109-115
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Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2014. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Entrepreneurship, Economic Development, Entrepreneurs, Government Policy, Moderator

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Nkem Okpa Obaji

Fakulti of Management, Univerisiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
Mercy Uche Olugu

Department of Statistics, Federal School of Statistics, Ibadan, National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria

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