DON'T BLAME THE ENTREPRENEUR, BLAME GOVERNMENT: THE CENTRALITY OF THE GOVERNMENT IN ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT; LESSONS FROM ENTERPRISE FAILURE IN ZIMBABWE

Success and failure of enterprise development is dependent on both the entrepreneur and the environment in which entrepreneurial activities take place. The entrepreneur is motivated to start an enterprise if the environment is supportive and is discouraged if the environment is not supportive. Only governments are better suited to influence the financial, education and training, legal and regulatory, political and economic environments, whose effects affect enterprise development. Failure by governments to address the environmental factors leads to failure in enterprise development. The paper argues the governments to ensure conducive environments for positive enterprise development.