Small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs) and the housing construction industry : a possible solution to South Africa's socio-economic problems

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dc.contributor.author Joubert, C.S.
dc.contributor.author Schoeman, N.J. (Nicolaas Johannes)
dc.contributor.author Blignaut, James Nelson
dc.date.accessioned 2008-09-04T08:46:43Z
dc.date.available 2008-09-04T08:46:43Z
dc.date.issued 1999-03
dc.description.abstract South Africa as a developing country faces many socio-economic problems like high unemployment, low levels of working skills, poverty and rampant crime. In this paper it is argued that by targeting SMMEs both in general and specifically in the housing construction industry, there is meaningful scope for the creation of jobs in the South African economy. This is mainly because SMMEs are labour intensive. Using Endogenous Growth theory as a basis, it is argued that by employing greater numbers of workers the level of skills in the economy can be raised too. en
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dc.identifier.citation Joubert, CS, Schoeman, NJ & Blignaut, JN 1999, 'Small, Medium and Micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs) and the housing construction industry: a possible solution to South Africa's socio-economic problems', South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 21-33. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_ecoman.html] en
dc.identifier.issn 1015-8812
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/6914
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria en
dc.rights Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria en
dc.subject Workers en
dc.subject Socio-economic problems en
dc.subject Small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs) en
dc.subject Skills en
dc.subject Housing construction industry en
dc.subject Endogenous growth theory en
dc.subject Management en
dc.subject Economics en
dc.subject.lcsh Small business -- South Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Construction industry -- South Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Job creation -- South Africa en
dc.title Small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs) and the housing construction industry : a possible solution to South Africa's socio-economic problems en
dc.type Article en


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