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THE ROLE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN ENHANCING THE PROFITABILITY OF FEMALE-LED MICRO-ENTERPRISES IN URBAN NIGERIA
This study assessed the role of social capital in improving the profitability of microbusinesses run by women in Lagos State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study investigates the impact of bonding, bridging, and linking social capital on business performance, drawing on the resource-based view, empowerment theory, and social capital theory. Structured questionnaires were used to gather data from 412 female microenterprise owners as part of quantitative research design. The results, which were obtained using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM), show that profitability is …
