The Impact of Entrepreneurship Training on Business Performance of Small and Micro Enterprises (The Case of Some Selected City Administrations-in Oromia Regional State)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analysis the impact of entrepreneurship training on the performance of micro and small business enterprises in a case of Oromia regional state enclosed to some selected city administrations. The study covers micro and small business enterprises those who had been received entrepreneurship training from 2014-2018 G.C. Systematic and stratified sampling method was employed to select representative samples from the target population. Primary and secondary data collected through open and close ended questionnaires and interview had analyzed using paired sample t-test, ANOVA and Linear regression statistical tests. The hypothesis test result of correlation and regression analysis reveals that there was a positive significant relationship between entrepreneurship training and business performance of MSEs. Therefore, the researcher concluded that, the training program has a significant impact on the business performance of micro and small enterprises.

Keywords; Entrepreneurship training, micro and small business enterprises and business performance