TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marris,Peter
AU  - Somerset,H.C.A.
TI  - African businessmen: a study of entrepreneurship and development in Kenya 
SN  - 0710069588
AV  - HC517.K4 M36
U1  - 338.04'096762 
PY  - 1971///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge & K. Paul
KW  - Businesspeople
KW  - Entrepreneurship
KW  - Kenya
N1  - Includes index bibliographical references: p. 280-281
N2  - The development of African entrepreneurship in Kenya is viewed as an aspect both of economic progress and the redistribution of power. The survey covered 87 businesses supported by the Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation, 848 African businesses in market centres up and down Kenya, a study of one location in Nyeri district (prosperous tea and coffee growing area), and 281 Asian businesses in and around Nairobi. Starting with a history of the development and business in one rural community, Mahiga, from precolonial times, it is shown how creative ventures have arisen from a complex of social, economic and historical circumstances, which determine the kind of man who seek out these opportunities, their patterns of organization and their business creed.
ER  -