Management Challenges in Different Types of African Firms

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction—Management Challenges in Africa

   • Leona Achtenhagen, Ethel Brundin

   Pages 1-9

3. Processes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. Implementation of BPR at a Public University in Ethiopia: A Fashion or a Solution?

      • Asres Abitie Kebede, Dejen Alemu Abetwe

      Pages 13-35

   3. Internal and External Factors Affecting Exporting SMEs in Rwanda

      • Virginie Akimana

      Pages 37-58

   4. Literature Review of Readiness for Change in Ethiopia: In Theory One Thing; In Reality Another

      • Ermias Werkilul Asfaw

      Pages 59-70

4. Practices

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71

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   2. Sustainable Development Goals, Governance, and the Private Sector

      • Mohammed Seid Abtew

      Pages 73-93

   3. Supply Chain Management Practices and Operational Performance of SMEs in Nairobi County, Kenya

      • Wanjau Nehemiah

      Pages 95-111

   4. Exploring the Implications of Low-Cost Leadership and Differentiation Strategies in the East African Community Market: A Perspective of Local Firms

      • Dan Ayebale

      Pages 113-127

   5. International Financial Reporting Standards and the Capital Market in Rwanda

      • Innocent B. Ndagijimana, Jonas Barayandema

      Pages 129-147

   6. Strategic Innovation Management of Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Companies in Rwanda

      • Ngweshi Kazinguvu

      Pages 149-162

5. Performance

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163

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   2. Cameroon: Innovations and ICT and Their Combined Performance Effects on Small, Medium, and Micro-sized Enterprises

      • Ludwick 1er Ndokang Esone, André Dumas Tsambou

      Pages 165-186

   3. Job-Rotation, Utilization of Workshops, and Performance of SMEs: An Empirical Study from the Gasabo District in Rwanda

      • Patrick Habiyaremye, Dan Ayebale, Seperia B. Wanyama

      Pages 187-204

   4. Export Performance of SMEs in the Rwandan Mining Sector: Challenges and Prospects

      • Bideri Ishuheri Nyamulinda, Alice Karema Gaju

      Pages 205-219

   5. Assessing the Relationship Between Employee Motivation and Productivity in Rwanda’s Nyagatare District

      • Pereez Nimusima, James Francis Tumwine

      Pages 221-235

6. Back Matter

   Pages 237-238

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This book focuses on management challenges in different types of companies, ranging from small to large, from private to public and from service to manufacturing in the African context. With empirical data from countries as diverse as Rwanda, Kenya and Ethiopia, it discusses the increasing economic importance of the African continent, covering relevant topics on sustainability and environmental issues, exports, logistics, HR issues, innovation and financial reporting. Through different conceptual insights and empirical case studies, the research presented serves as a useful resource for academics, students, and policy-makers interested in in-depth studies on management challenges in Africa.

• Management challenges in Africa
• Managerial challenges in Africa
• Management practices in Africa
• Management processes in Africa
• Business performance in Africa
• Employee Motivation and Productivity in Rwanda
• SMEs in the Rwandan mining sector
• SMEs in Gasabo District
• Innovation and ICT in Cameroon
• Strategic Innovation in Rwanda
• Capital market in Rwanda
• Low-Cost Leadership in East Africa
• Supply Chain Management Practices in Kenya

• Jonköping Intl Business Sch, Jönköping University Jonköping Intl Business Sch, Jönköping, Sweden

  Leona Achtenhagen

• Jönköping Intl Business Sch, Jönköping University Jönköping Intl Business Sch, Jönköping, Sweden

  Ethel Brundin

Dr. Leona ACHTENHAGEN is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Business Development at Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Jönköping University, Sweden. Professor Achtenhagen’s current research interests are related to entrepreneurial and strategic activities of micro as well as small and medium-sized companies in a range of different contexts. She has conducted a number of different research projects on aspects of entrepreneurship and SME management in underprivileged contexts. Her recent papers address issues such as the status of women entrepreneurs in Pakistan, business development in micro-firms, business model innovation and innovative pedagogical tools for entrepreneurship education. Her research has been published as numerous book chapters and in leading international journals like Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development and Long Range Planning. Professor Achtenhagen has also conducted a number of projects for the OECD and European Commission’s initiatives for promoting entrepreneurship. Together with Ethel Brundin, she edited the volume Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across Africa: Context, Challenges, Cases, published by Springer in 2016.




 
Dr. Ethel BRUNDIN is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Business Development and Associate Dean of Research at Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Jönköping, Sweden. She is Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa and has led a number of research projects in previously disadvantaged contexts. Her research on Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) has been well received by policymakers and has been published in journals such as the Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, and the International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability. Her recent research focuses on micro-processes among entrepreneurs and in family businesses, including emotions, entrepreneurship, and strategic leadership. Professor Brundin has published widely on strategic and entrepreneurial leadership with a focus on family firms, as well as immigrant and social entrepreneurship, in books and leading international journals. Her most recent books are Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across Africa: Context, Challenges, Cases published by Springer and Contextualizing Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies and Developing Countries published by Edward Elgar.

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