Financial performance measurement of manufacturing small and medium enterprises in Pretoria : a multiple exploratory case study

Ismaila, Bouba

dc.contributor.advisor	Ferreira, E. J. (Edmund John)
dc.contributor.author	Ismaila, Bouba
dc.date.accessioned	2012-07-24T12:21:51Z
dc.date.available	2012-07-24T12:21:51Z
dc.date.issued	2011-11
dc.identifier.citation	Ismaila, Bouba (2011) Financial performance measurement of manufacturing small and medium enterprises in Pretoria : a multiple exploratory case study, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6052>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6052
dc.description.abstract	Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) contribute substantially in economies around the world and in South Africa in particular. This study aimed to explore and describe the financial performance measures currently used by manufacturing SMEs in Pretoria. Semi-structured interviews were conducted at the participant SMEs’ premises in order to gather the information. It was found that most of the respondents use financial ratios, but to a limited extent, when measuring their financial performance. The use of bankruptcy prediction models is totally absent among the participants. It has been recommended that SMEs use more ratios from the literature that have been proven to be the best financial measures, and the six ratios that have worked well for some of the participants in the study. It is also recommended that SME owners enrol their financial staff for training in bankruptcy prediction models, and use financial software packages if they can afford them.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (vii, 98 leaves) : illustrations	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Manufacturing	en
dc.subject	Small and Medium Enterprises	en
dc.subject	Financial performance measures	en
dc.subject.ddc	338.640968
dc.subject.lcsh	Small business -- South Africa -- Pretoria -- Finance -- Case studies	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Entrepreneurship -- South Africa -- Pretoria -- Case studies	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Businesspeople -- South Africa -- Pretoria -- Case studies	en
dc.title	Financial performance measurement of manufacturing small and medium enterprises in Pretoria : a multiple exploratory case study	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Graduate School for Business Leadership	en
dc.description.degree	M.Tech. (Business Administration)