Examining business performance of micro, small and medium scale enterprise through accounting records keeping; case study in Ghana

Tweneboah Senzu, Emmanuel and Ndebugri, Haruna (2018): Examining business performance of micro, small and medium scale enterprise through accounting records keeping; case study in Ghana.

Abstract

The research study, seek to critically examine and empirically justify the exact role and benefit, financial records keeping does to the performance of start-ups and management of micro, small and medium scale enterprises in Ghana.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: MSMEs efficient management, MSMEs Accounting records keeping, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, SMEs
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M1 - Business Administration > M13 - New Firms ; Startups; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M4 - Accounting and Auditing > M41 - Accounting

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