July 7, 2021 Journal article Open Access

Abdinur Ali Mohamed; Mohamed Ibrahim Nor

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      "name": "Abdinur Ali Mohamed"
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      "name": "Mohamed Ibrahim Nor"
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  "datePublished": "2021-07-07", 
  "description": "<p>Abstract<br>\nThe development of mobile money services permits businesses and individuals to get access to financial services and become part of the financial system. Access to the financial system is a key driver to business growth and entrepreneurial development in Somalia and in many parts of the world. The purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of mobile<br>\nmoney services to the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises in Somalia. We applied dynamic capability theory to examine the factors that affect business growth. This study employed cross sectional research design and used quantitative techniques to analyze the data of the study. The target population of the study was business owners that are in major cities in Somalia. A sample of 138 businesses categorized by trade, services, and manufacturers were studied. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the cross-section data collected from the various respondents. For regression analysis, Robust Least Squares (ROBUSTLS), is used to estimate the model parameters of the study. We rejected the null hypothesis examined by<br>\nthis study and we found that all variables have a positive contribution that is different from zero and is statistically significant. The result shows that a one percent increase of the access to finance contributes to business growth of about (0.186%) while a (1%) increase in sales growth, leads business to grow about (0.183%). The enhancement of the risk management by (1%) increases<br>\nbusiness growth to about (0.225%). Product development is a dominant variable that leads to business growth as (1%) increase of the product development, leads business to grow about (0.254%). These results indicate that mobile money service has a positive and significant influence on the business&rsquo;s ability to access finances. The increase of the mobile money adoption by(1%), causes access to finance to increase about (13%). Mobile money also contributes to the sales growth as a (1%) increase in the use of mobile money, causes sales to surge by (3%). Results show that a (1%) increase in the use of mobile money, leads the risk management to improve about (4%) and that a (1%) increase of the mobile money services, leads the product development to increase to about (9%). The stability of the data was examined using the CUSUM test and we found that the data is stable. The model has no multicollinearity problem and the heteroskedasticity and the serial correlation were corrected</p>", 
  "headline": "Assessing the Effects of the Mobile Money Service on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Study on EVC-Plus Services in Somalia", 
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  "keywords": [
    "Dynamic Capability Theory", 
    "Business Growth", 
    "Mobile Money Services", 
    "EVC-Plus"
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  "name": "Assessing the Effects of the Mobile Money Service on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Study on EVC-Plus Services in Somalia", 
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