Overview
- Examines how digital technology is influencing business in Africa
- Covers a large spectrum of contemporary topics such as entrepreneurship, e-commerce, social media,
- knowledge transfer, financial literacy, and supply chain
- Provides useful frameworks for dealing with digitalization in various aspects of business in Africa
Part of the book series: Advances in Theory and Practice of Emerging Markets (ATPEM)
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Table of contents(10 chapters)
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Digitalization and Public and Private Sector Transformation in Africa
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Business and Management in Africa in the Digital Era
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Ghana Business School, Accra, Ghana
James Baba Abugre
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Business School, University of Roehampton, London, UK
Ellis L.C. Osabutey
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Faculty of Business, Athabasca University, Edmonton, Canada
Simon P. Sigué
About the editors
James Baba Abugre is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Management at the University of Ghana Business School and a Senior Consultant with the Corporate Support Group - Ghana. He is the Executive Secretary of the Academy of African Business and Development (AABD). He teaches and researches in human resource management and development, cross-cultural and comparative management, organizational and interpersonal communication.
Ellis L.C. Osabutey isa Reader in International Business & Strategy at Roehampton Business School, University of Roehampton. His research focuses on Foreign Direct Investment, Technology and Knowledge Transfer, SME Innovation Strategies, Mobile Technology and Financial Inclusion, etc. His empirical work generally covers developing countries and is focused on, but not limited to, Sub-Saharan Africa. Ellis is Associate Editor of the Journal of Africa Business and an Editorial Board Member for Technological Forecasting and Social Change.
Simon P. Sigué is a Full Professor of Marketing at Athabasca University, the President of the Academy of African Business and Development (AABD), and a former Editor of the Journal of African Business. His research covers such topics as entrepreneurial marketing, franchising, marketingchannels, customer relationship management, game theory, and international marketing and is published in leading marketing, management science, and economics journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Business in Africa in the Era of Digital Technology
Book Subtitle: Essays in Honour of Professor William Darley
Editors: James Baba Abugre, Ellis L.C. Osabutey, Simon P. Sigué
Series Title: Advances in Theory and Practice of Emerging Markets
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70538-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
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 Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70537-4Published: 29 June 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70540-4Published: 30 June 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-70538-1Published: 28 June 2021
Series ISSN: 2522-5006
Series E-ISSN: 2522-5014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 174
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Business, IT in Business, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Finance, general