US-Nigeria Dissertation Enhancement Project: Organizational Behavior in the Informal Sector: The Succession Crisis Among Micro and Small Enterprises

这项论文强化资助资助美国研究生Monibo a. Sam在康涅狄格大学社会学教授Josef Gugler博士的指导下，在尼日利亚进行实地研究。该项目将研究影响尼日利亚微型和小型企业（MSEs）存活率的结构和社会变量。在发展中国家，中小企业往往被视为解决贫困、失业和收入分配不平等问题的办法。但撒哈拉以南非洲国家的小微企业在创始人去世后尤其容易倒闭。通过档案研究和访谈，Sam先生希望定义决定中小企业成功或失败的变量。哈科特港大学社会学系的工作人员将在这个项目上与Sam先生合作。这项研究的结果应该增加我们对发展中国家MSE存活率的了解，并证明对尼日利亚和其他发展中国家的决策者有价值。该基金还将提供支持，使有前途的学生建立一个强大的，独立的研究生涯。该项目的资金由国际项目部和社会、行为和经济研究部联合提供。

This dissertation enhancement grant supports a US graduate student, Monibo A. Sam, working under the guidance of Dr. Josef Gugler, Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut, to do field research in Nigeria. The project will study the structural and societal variables that impact on the survival rates of micro- and small-scale enterprises (MSEs) in Nigeria. In developing countries MSEs are often seen as the solution to poverty, unemployment, and unequal income distribution. But MSEs in Subsaharan Africa countries are especially vulnerable to failure when their founder dies. Through archival research and interviews, Mr. Sam expects to define the variables that determine the success or failure of the MSEs. Staff members of the Department of Sociology at the University of Port Harcourt will collaborate with Mr. Sam on this project. The results of this study should increase our knowledge about MSE survival rates in developing countries, and prove valuable to policymakers in Nigeria and other developing countries. The grant will also provide support to enable a promising student to establish a strong, independent research career. Funding for this project is being provided jointly by the Division of International Programs and by the Division of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research.