Call for Entrepreneurs to Participate in Interviews with Academic Researchers

Dear Successful Entrepreneur!

Let us support the Gordon Institute of Business Science!

We are three academic researchers based at Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, and Montclair State University in New Jersey, USA, researching the implementation of government policy about the empowerment of women entrepreneurs.

We are seeking women entrepreneurs who operate companies in the green economy to participate in interviews about their experiences regarding support services in line with government policy. All information will be treated as confidential. The outcome will be published and shared with the participants.

The research team:

1. Ethné Swartz, Ph, D is a Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Feliciano School of Business at Montclair State University, in New Jersey, USA. University Website

2. Caren Brenda Scheepers, Ph.D. is a Professor of Management at Gordon Institute of Business Science at the University of Pretoria. University Website

3. Motshedishi Mathibe, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor and Head of Business Management and Entrepreneurship at Gordon Institute of Business Science at the University of Pretoria. University Website

There are eight themes in its national strategy, including the following sectors:

1. Energy, Transport and Infrastructure,

2. Agriculture,

3. Food Production,

4. Fisheries and Forestry,

5. Resource Conservation and Management,

6. Building and the Built Environment,

7. Sustainable Consumption and Production,

8. Sustainable Waste Management, Water Management.

If your company participates in any of these areas, please contact Ethné Swartz: [email protected].

Please provide a short description of what your company does. After a short screening interview, the Zoom interview will last around 45 minutes.

Benefits for participants are access to the research, supporting universities in their research and connecting to other participants.

We hope we can count on your participation.

Respectfully, Dr. Ethné Swartz [email protected]

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