%0 Journal Article
%T Corporate Governance, Corporate Entrepreneurship and Firm Performance: Evidence from the Rwandese Manufacturing Industry
%A Charles Kayitana
%A Etienne Ndemezo
%J Indian Journal of Corporate Governance
%@ 2454-2482
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0974686218806715
%X Abstract This study aims to determine effects of corporate governance on corporate entrepreneurship of Rwandese manufacturing firms, and to evaluate effects of corporate governance on performance of Rwandese manufacturing firms. We used two complementary methodological approaches: one which links corporate governance to corporate entrepreneurship; another which uses an augmented Cobb¨CDouglass production function to associate corporate governance with the firm performance. This study resulted in four main outcomes: first, the background¡ªeducation and experience¡ªand motivation of top managers contribute significantly to both corporate entrepreneurship and corporate performance; second, the sole proprietorship organisational form harms significantly the firms¡¯ entrepreneurial activities and impacts negatively their financial performance; third, electricity and raw materials expenses are positively and significantly related to financial performance of manufacturing firms; and fourth, even if informal competition has no effect on entrepreneurial activity of manufacturing firms, it harms their financial performance
%K Corporate governance
%K corporate entrepreneurship
%K firm performance
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0974686218806715