Challenges to African Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century
Editors: Opoku, Darko, Sandberg, Eve (Eds.)
Free Preview- Extends the under-researched field of African capitalism
- Presents an overview of the constraints placed on indigenous African entrepreneurs in the 21st century
- Focuses on both the pressures facing African business actors and their coping mechanisms
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- About this book
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This volume offers an overview of the critical challenges faced by aspiring African entrepreneurs and their coping strategies to sustain and develop their businesses. Contributors to this volume detail the constraints placed on African entrepreneurs through rich case studies and challenge African leaders and international donors to review their own behaviors if they hope for African entrepreneurs to succeed.
- About the authors
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Darko Opoku is Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Oberlin College, USA.
Eve Sandberg is Professor in the Politics Department at Oberlin College, USA. - Reviews
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“Delving deeply into the wellsprings of African entrepreneurship, Opoku and Sandberg’s volume shows the dynamics and variations of capitalism on the continent. It offers historical case studies of myriad ways to negotiate extraordinary challenges. Meticulously researched and deftly crafted, this landmark book will prompt wide reflection on development strategies.” (James H. Mittelman, Distinguished Scholar in Residence and University Professor Emeritus, American University, USA)
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Introduction to Analyzing African Entrepreneurs
Pages 1-37
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Government-Business Relations and the Business Environment in Ghana
Pages 39-77
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Ambivalent Union: State-Business Relations and Economic Development in Post-Independent Nigeria
Pages 79-96
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South African Women Entrepreneurs: Challenges and Coping Strategies
Pages 97-115
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Nigerian Entrepreneurship in the Twenty-First Century: Corporate Social Responsibility Challenges and Coping Strategies of Nigerian Male and Female Entrepreneurs
Pages 117-146
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Challenges to African Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century
- Editors
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- Darko Opoku
- Eve Sandberg
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-61000-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-61000-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-60999-7
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-86980-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 214
- Topics
