Overview
- Explores the cultural and historical influences to highlight how business in Africa represents a unique challenge
- Discusses the regulatory framework that helps and hinders business in Africa
- Examines the different types of entrepreneurship emerging in Africa including the changing conditions for female and ethnic entrepreneurs
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship in Africa (PSEA)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book outlines the unique challenges and opportunities of doing business in Africa, analysing how varying degrees of development across its countries affects entrepreneurship. Taking into account historical and cultural contexts, the authors approach the topic by evaluating the different possibilities of business opportunity in Africa. Insightful contributions explore an extensive range of African countries, discussing both formal and informal entrepreneurship, as well as the different factors that influence the growing economy of Africa. African Entrepreneurship will be of interest to anyone researching the potential of doing business in Africa, as well as entrepreneurs and policy-makers looking to expand their knowledge on how businesses are managed in this region.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Leo-Paul Dana is Professor at Montpellier Business School and a member of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation chair, which is part of LabEx Entrepreneurship, in France.
Vanessa Ratten is Associate Professor at La Trobe University in Australia.
Ben Q. Honyenuga is a Senior Lecturer at Ho Technical University in Ghana.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: African Entrepreneurship
Book Subtitle: Challenges and Opportunities for Doing Business
Editors: Leo-Paul Dana, Vanessa Ratten, Ben Q. Honyenuga
Series Title: Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship in Africa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73700-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-73699-0Published: 05 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08839-2Published: 29 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-73700-3Published: 23 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2662-1169
Series E-ISSN: 2662-1177
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 344
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Entrepreneurship, Emerging Markets/Globalization, African Business, Business Strategy/Leadership