Abstract:
Entrepreneurs are widely recognized as prime movers of economic development.
They translate ideas into action and use networks to gather resources, exploit
opportunities through venture creation. This study focused on the influence of
enterprise profile on entrepreneurial outcomes, influence of enterprise venture
creation on entrepreneurial outcomes, influence of social network on entrepreneurial
outcomes and how the utilization of network resources affects entrepreneurial
outcomes. This study adopted a survey research design. This study targeted women
entrepreneurs operating mitumba small enterprises (SEs) in the informal sector in
Mombasa city. The target population for the study was 228 SEs. The sample size for
this study was 114 respondents. A simple random and stratified sampling technique
was used to select the respondents. The main data collection tool was a questionnaire.
Reliability analysis level, using Cranach alpha was> 0.7. Data was analyzed using
SPSS V 20; Chi square and multiple regressions was used to test the Hypotheses. The
findings of this study show that enterprise Venture creation had a significance of
0.359 hence was not supportive to enterprise outcomes. The Level of enterprise
venture creation, utilization of network resources and social network intensity had
very strong positive significant relationship with mitumba enterprise outcomes.
Venture creation with a significance of 0.359, were weak predictors of Mitumba
enterprise outcome and hence, did not support Mitumba Enterprise Outcome. This
study concludes that the Mitumba enterprise outcomes in Mombasa city, were
influenced by entrepreneurs’ profile, utilization of network resources and social
network intensity. While enterprise venture creation had no support for mitumba
enterprise outcomes. This study recommends that future research should consider the
capabilities of mitumba enterprise outcomes in a more detailed approach such as
expanding the study areas and examining a large number of companies and counties.
