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Reshaping Entrepreneurial Education Within an Industry 4.0 Context
The practice of lending money to individuals or businesses through online services which match lenders with borrowers.
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Financial Literacy in Entrepreneurship Education: Inclusion Strategy for Small Entrepreneurs
Neeta Baporikar (Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia & SP Pune University, India)
Copyright: © 2024 |Pages: 17
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-0409-9.ch002
Abstract
Small entrepreneur performance is always seen along with the complete proportions of financial, strategic, and structural development. The socioeconomic function performed by them is widely known. But, in recent times, developing and developed nations have become more and more concerned about the level of financial literacy of the entrepreneur. This has emanated from peculiar to declining public and private support systems and wide-ranging developments in the financial marketplace. The concern is also intensified by the challenges faced by small entrepreneurs in the financial context aided by the recognition that the dearth of financial literacy has been one of the many elements responsible for not only lack of proper knowledge or poor financial decision-making but also poor financial or non-inclusion. Adopting a systematic literature review and based on thematic analysis this chapter aims to understand the role of financial literacy in entrepreneurship education as a strategy for inclusion of small entrepreneurs.
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