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

这项学位论文增强补助金支持美国研究生莫尼博·A·萨姆在康涅狄格大学社会学教授约瑟夫·古格勒博士的指导下到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存活率的结构和社会变量。在发展中国家，中小企业通常被视为解决贫困、失业和收入分配不均的办法。但撒哈拉以南非洲国家的中小企业在创始人去世时尤其容易失败。通过档案研究和访谈，萨姆希望确定决定中小企业成败的变量。哈科特港大学社会学系的工作人员将在这个项目上与萨姆先生合作。这项研究的结果应该会增加我们对发展中国家中小企业存活率的了解，并证明对尼日利亚和其他发展中国家的政策制定者有价值。这笔助学金还将提供支持，使有前途的学生能够建立一个强大的、独立的研究生涯。该项目的资金由国际方案司和社会、行为和经济研究司联合提供。

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.