The Changing Dynamics of International Business in Africa

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. The Changing Dynamics of International Business in Africa: Emerging Trends and Key Issues

   1. The Changing Dynamics of International Business in Africa: Emerging Trends and Key Issues

      • Ifedapo Adeleye, Lyal White, Kevin Ibeh, Abel Kinoti

      Pages 1-12

3. Inward FDI to Africa: Emerging Patterns, Challenges and Research Agenda

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Pre- and Post-Global Financial Crisis

      • Theresa Onaji-Benson

      Pages 15-31

   3. Knowledge Transfer through Expatriation: How Do Subsidiary Employees Count?

      • Yetunde Anibaba

      Pages 32-51

   4. Chinese Investment in Africa: Avenues for Academic Scholarship

      • Lite Nartey, Stephen Mezias

      Pages 52-75

   5. Brazilian Firms in Africa: What Makes Them Different?

      • Any Freitas, Lyal White

      Pages 76-97

4. Outward FDI from and Intra-Regional FDI in Africa: Emerging Trends, Prospects and Challenges

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99

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   2. Patterns and Determinants of Intra-African Foreign Direct Investment

      • Robert Rolfe, Alessandro Perri, Douglas Woodward

      Pages 101-122

   3. Rising Africa and Its Nascent Multinational Corporations

      • Kevin Ibeh

      Pages 123-147

   4. Failure of Africa-to-Africa Internationalization: Key Factors and Lessons

      • Olawale Ajai

      Pages 148-168

5. Cases on the Dynamics of International Business in Africa

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169

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   2. Tata: An Indian Multinational’s Africa Journey

      • Lyal White, Dianna Games, David Cooper

      Pages 171-187

   3. Vale in Mozambique

      • Lyal White, Margie Sutherland, Stewart Nupen

      Pages 188-204

   4. Research in Motion/Blackberry: Managing Channel Conflicts in Nigeria

      • Uchenna Uzo

      Pages 205-219

   5. Standard Bank: An African Tiger

      • Robert Grosse

      Pages 220-241

   6. Game in Africa: Seizing the Opportunity

      • John Luiz, Stephanie Townsend, Claire Beswick

      Pages 242-261

   7. FirstBank of Nigeria: Developing an Internationalization Strategy

      • Ifedapo Adeleye, Nkemdilim Iheanachor, Chris Ogbechie, Franklin Ngwu

      Pages 262-288

6. Back Matter

   Pages 289-292

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The research papers and cases in The Changing Dynamics of International Business in Africa provide multi-disciplinary insights on the opportunities and challenges of doing business in Africa, as well as on the changing competitive dynamics in the region, as Western, BRIC and African multinationals intensify their fight for market dominance.

• business
• International Business
• internationalization
• strategy

“The book contains a mix of overview, quantitative and qualitative, case-study chapters, which makes it more comprehensive than other books written on similar themes. … The emphasis on Chinese, Brazilian and Indian investment on the continent, which the book discusses in detail, is timely and important. … This book is a unique contribution to the literature on international business in Africa and consequently deserves to be widely read.” (Pádraig Carmody, South African Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 23 (2), 2016)

• Lagos Business School, Nigeria

  Ifedapo Adeleye

• Birkbeck, University of London, UK

  Kevin Ibeh

• Riara University, Kenya

  Abel Kinoti

• Gordon Institute of Business Science, South Africa

  Lyal White

Ifedapo Adeleye is Senior Lecturer of Management and Director of the Emerging and Frontier Markets Initiative at Lagos Business School, Nigeria. He is engaged in research investigating the internationalization of African firms, and has authored over thirty papers, book chapters and cases. He received his PhD from Manchester Business School, UK.

Kevin Ibeh is Professor of Marketing and International Business and Assistant Dean for Management at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. He has consulted for the World Bank Group and OECD, and he is considered a leading authority on African multinationals. He has authored over a hundred papers and books.

Abel Kinoti is Dean of the Riara School of Business at Riara University, Kenya, and the founding Chair of the AIB Sub-Saharan Africa chapter. He holds a doctorate degree from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. He has over eighteen years of teaching, research and consulting experience in marketing and international business.

Lyal White is Director of the Centre for Dynamic Markets at GIBS, South Africa, where he is also Senior Lecturer of Political Economy and Strategy in Africa, Asia and Latin America. He has authored over twenty book chapters and over a dozen journal articles and research reports.

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