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1、Charlesetal.JournalofInnovationandEntrepreneurship(2015)4:4DOI10.1186/s13731-014-0016-yRESEARCHOpenAccessFactorsinfluencingchoiceofstrategicmanagementmodesofsmallenterprises1*23NyangaraAsakaCharles,PatrickBOjeraandOimaDavid*Correspondence:Abstractnchali06@yahoo.com1Departmento
2、fProjectPlanningStudiesindicatethat75%ofsmallenterprisesintheworldfailduringtheirfirst5andManagement,SchoolofBusinessManagementandPublicyearsofoperation.InKenya,justabout20%growtothenextsizecategory.ScholarsAdministration,AmoudUniversity,haveprescribedformalstrategicmanagement
3、modes,butthesmallenterprises(SEs)Borama,Somalilandcontinuetonotonlyfailbutalsodepictinformalstrategicmanagementmodes.FulllistofauthorinformationisavailableattheendofthearticleHowever,fewstudieshavebeendonetoexaminewhetherthedismalperformanceofSEsisduetootherfactorsunrelatedtot
4、hemanagementoftheenterprises,especiallyinthecontextofadevelopingcountrylikeKenya.ThespecificobjectivesweretoidentifythestrategicmanagementmodesemployedbythesmallenterprisesinKisumuCountywithspecificreferencetotheYouthEnterpriseFundbeneficiariesinKisumuCountyandtoassessthefacto
5、rsinfluencingthechoiceofthesemodes.ThestudywasanchoredonMintzbergs'theoriesondeliberate,emergent,andreactivestrategicmanagementmodes.Thestudyadoptedadescriptivecross-sectionalresearchdesign.Thetargetpopulationwasthe242smallenterprisesrunbytheYouthEnterpriseDevelopmentFund(YEDF
6、),outofwhich134enterprisesweresampledusingYamane'scriteria.ThestudyadoptedquestionnaireandinterviewmethodsasthebasicdatacollectionmethodswiththequestionnairebeingtestedthroughcontentvalidityindexandCronbachalpha'sinternalconsistencyindex,respectively.Thestudyfoundthatthebasicm
7、odesusedbysmallenterpriseweredeliberate,emergent,andreactiveandthatthesmallenterprisesinKisumuCountyusedthesemodesinterchangeablybutreliedmoreonthereactivemodeofstrategicmanagement.Thestudyrevealedthatthechoiceofthesemodeswasdictatedbythepersonal,environmental,andfirmcharacter
8、isticsoftheenterprises.Thestudyconcludesthatcontinuedexposure