The role of social networks in development of small-scale enterprises in the Chimanimani district of Zimbabwe

J. Zuwarimwe and Johann Kirsten

Agrekon, 2010, vol. 49, issue 01, 22

Abstract: The past decade has witnessed an increased interest in the concept of social networks after the seminal theses of Coleman (1988) and Putnam (1993). An area that has attracted a great deal of interest is the value of social networks in small-scale enterprise development. This paper interrogates the role of social networks in the establishment and expansion of rural non-farm enterprises in the Chimanimani district of Zimbabwe and established that rural non-farm entrepreneurs resort to their social networks for information and other resources needed to establish and expand their enterprises, and that there are some gender differences in the use of the various social networks.

Keywords: Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.61995

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