Full Description
This comprehensive handbook offers a state-of-the-art guide to new frontiers of African entrepreneurship. Written from a Pan-African perspective by a cast of international authors, the book addresses the rapid modernisation and evolution of African entrepreneurship and business practices. It maps new developments in entrepreneurial ecosystems, technology and digital entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship in conflict zones, and gender and diversity issues. It proposes new models for entrepreneurial financing and explores the contrast between entrepreneurship in high-technology urban centers with peripheral rural districts and conflict zones.
Bringing together empirical insights and case studies from countries across Africa, the Handbook illuminates regional and contextual differences and shares theoretical and practical insights which inform policy and practice. It is an ideal guide for researchers and students working on international business, entrepreneurship and emerging economies. It will also inform policymakers in developing context-informed entrepreneurial policies and initiatives in Africa.
Contents
Chapter 1: The importance of Dynamic Capabilities in the Post North African Market Survival of African SME International New Ventures (INVs).- Chapter 2: Uncovering the role of institutional context for nascent entrepreneurial ventures.- Chapter 3: The interaction between family businesses and institutional environment in Africa: an exploration of contextual issues.- Chapter 4: Enterprise survival and growth: a conceptual exposition of entrepreneurial activities in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Chapter 5: The institutional context of community entrepreneurship behaviour in Nigeria: lessons from three case communities.- Chapter 6: The impact of entrepreneurship framework and behaviour on diaspora remittance: an African perspective.- Chapter 7: Left behind: a reflection on lags in the development of entrepreneurship education in South Africa.- Chapter 8: Risk society as a framework for exploring entrepreneurship education in Nigeria.- Chapter 9: The nexus between Nigerian universities' entrepreneurship training and digital technology: influence on graduates' new venture creations.- Chapter 10. Co-creation of entrepreneurship education: challenges and opportunities for university, industry and public sector collaboration in Nigeria.- Chapter 11: Are African economies open for entrepreneurship: how do we know?.- Chapter 12: African youth rising: the emergence and growth of youth-led digital enterprises in Africa.- Chapter 13: Technology entrepreneurs: surviving the valley of death in the Nigerian innovation ecosystem.- Chapter 14: ICT usage behaviours by SMEs in varying operational environments: a Nigerian case study.- Chapter 15: Picking up the pieces: social capital and entrepreneurship for livelihood recovery among displaced populations in Northeast Nigeria.- Chapter 16: Barriers and opportunities for refugee entrepreneurship in Africa: a social capital perspective.- Chapter 17: Entrepreneurial and SME activity in Libya: reviewing contextual obstacles and challengesleading to its fractured enterprise culture.- Chapter 18: Application of the People Context, Deal and Opportunity (PCD) model for entrepreneurship advancement in Africa.- Chapter 19: 'Longing to grow my business': the work-life interface of women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia.- Chapter 20: Deconstructing the myth: African women entrepreneurs' access to resources.- Chapter 21: An empirical insight into the factors affecting the oscillation of women between self and paid employment in South Africa.- Chapter 22: Conducting surveys in Africa: reflections from national surveys in Nigeria.- Chapter 23: A new look at case study approach in African entrepreneurship research.
