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Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across Africa

Context, Challenges, Cases

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Editors:
  1. Leona Achtenhagen

    1. Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden

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  2. Ethel Brundin

    1. Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden

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  • Provides insights into recent challenges to entrepreneurship and SME management in Africa
  • Illustrates current challenges through empirical studies and case examples
  • Includes research findings based on different methods, thus avoiding overreliance on single methods

Part of the book series: Frontiers in African Business Research (FABR)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Leona Achtenhagen, Ethel Brundin
    Pages 1-6

  5. Cases: Rwanda

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. The Case of Rwanda as a Developmental State

      • Zsuzsánna Biedermann
      Pages 139-157

    3. Artisanal Mining in Rwanda: The Trade-Off Between Entrepreneurial Activity and Environmental Impact

      • Jan Macháček, Milada Dušková
      Pages 159-172

    4. Tourism as Emerging Industry in Rwanda: The Role of Training and Development for the Hotel Sector

      • Celestin Ndikumana, Rama Rao Bokka
      Pages 173-189

    5. Privatization of Firms in Rwanda: The Role of Corporate Governance Practices

      • Samuel Mutarindwa, Jean Bosco Shema
      Pages 191-210

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 219-220
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About this book

This book focuses on issues related to entrepreneurship and SME management on the African continent by providing insights from different conceptual, empirical and case studies. In doing so, it focuses on context-specific challenges for conducting entrepreneurial activities or business endeavors in smaller firms in the African continent. The book responds to calls for more research about African businesses given the acknowledgement of scholars, students and policy makers around the world who realize the increasing and growing economic importance of the African continent. In addition to serving as a source book for more in-depth studies by assisting the reader in gaining increased understanding of the topics covered, complementing the different parts with reviews, the book also elaborates on issues such political unrest, corruption, untrained personnel and environmental concerns. Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across Africa: Context, Challenges, Cases willbe useful to academics with an interest in different entrepreneurial contexts in general, and Africa in particular, and for students interested in regional business practices, as well as for practitioners and policy makers.



Editors and Affiliations

  • Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden

    Leona Achtenhagen, Ethel Brundin

About the editors

Dr. Leona Achtenhagen is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Business Development at Jönköping International Business School in Sweden. She has conducted a number of different research projects on aspects of entrepreneurship and SME management in underprivileged contexts. Her research results on those topics have been published as numerous book chapters and articles in leading journals such as Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice and Long Range Planning.


Ethel Brundin is Ph.D. and Professor in Entrepreneurship and Business Development at Jönköping International Business School, Sweden. She has been the project manager of three longitudinal research projects in South Africa, targeted towards previously disadvantaged groups, such as Blacks and Coloureds. Her research has been well received by policy makers on BBBEE (Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment) and is published in journals such as Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business and The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability. She has also published book chapters and journal articles, e.g. in Journal of Business Venturing. She has brought the world wide STEP (Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices) to Africa with its base in South Africa.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across Africa

  • Book Subtitle: Context, Challenges, Cases

  • Editors: Leona Achtenhagen, Ethel Brundin

  • Series Title: Frontiers in African Business Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1727-8

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1725-4Published: 21 July 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9432-3Published: 07 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-1727-8Published: 12 July 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2367-1033

  • Series E-ISSN: 2367-1041

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 220

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy/Leadership

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