Regulations and institutions influence entrepreneurship. This paper investigates whether government regulations and finance institutions help or hinder entrepreneurial performance at the small firm level in Yaoundé and Douala, Cameroon. Performance is examined in terms of growth in sales revenue, profits and labor employment. The results show that ‘government regulations’ have a strong and significantly adverse impact on sales revenue performance. Furthermore, ‘awareness of source of funds’ is found to significantly amplify sales revenue, and profit performance. Government support is significant to growth in labor employment, sales revenue and profit. However, ‘government regulations’ have a consistently negative influence on performance, even when using different indicators. Consequently, Cameroon should provide a more conducive environment for entrepreneurship to flourish and for small firm sales revenue, profit and employment to grow through the simplification or removal of unnecessary regulations and a provision of greater financial support.

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政府法规和机构对喀麦隆企业绩效的影响

法规和制度影响创业。本文调查了喀麦隆雅温得和杜阿拉的政府法规和金融机构是否有助于或阻碍小企业的创业绩效。绩效是根据销售收入、利润和劳动力就业的增长来检验的。结果表明，“政府法规”对销售收入表现有强烈且显着的不利影响。此外，发现“资金来源意识”可以显着增加销售收入和利润表现。政府支持对劳动力就业、销售收入和利润的增长具有重要意义。然而，即使使用不同的指标，“政府法规”也会对绩效产生持续的负面影响。所以，