Success factors for Indigenous entrepreneurs and community-based enterprises
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Topic: First Nations people
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AIHW
Sam Morley (2014) Success factors for Indigenous entrepreneurs and community-based enterprises, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 09 December 2023.
APA
Sam Morley. (2014). Success factors for Indigenous entrepreneurs and community-based enterprises. Canberra: AIHW.
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Sam Morley. Success factors for Indigenous entrepreneurs and community-based enterprises. AIHW, 2014.
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Sam Morley. Success factors for Indigenous entrepreneurs and community-based enterprises. Canberra: AIHW; 2014.
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Sam Morley 2014, Success factors for Indigenous entrepreneurs and community-based enterprises, AIHW, Canberra.
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This resource sheet reviews the available literature on the key factors that have underpinned successful Indigenous businesses and community-based enterprises. It also explores the different characteristics of Indigenous commercial businesses and community-based enterprises and, where possible, looks at the outcomes of government programs that have aimed to help Indigenous businesses.
- ISSN: 2201-845X
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-556-9
- Cat. no: IHW 121
- Pages: 17
Findings from this report:
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The estimated number of self-employed Indigenous people has risen from 4,600 in 1991 to 12,500 in 2011
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Governments programs can help by providing access to finance that may not be available through commercial avenues
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Governments need to support services that provide financial and business advice and ongoing support
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Membership bodies can help link Indigenous businesses to the supply chains of large companies and government agencies