TY - BOOK
T1 - Small Business and Entrepreneurial Development in Africa
T2 - A Route to Sustained Economic Development
AU - Hinson, Robert E.
AU - Odame, Doreen Anyamesem
AU - Adae, Eric Kwame
AU - Adom, Kwame
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.
PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - This book explores the issues around small business and entrepreneurial activities in Africa within the context of frequent collapse of businesses, seizures by governments, lack of access to capital and raw materials as well as the reliance on the informal sector. All these issues, the Editors argue, have been exacerbated by the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, entrepreneurship must be at the heart of efforts to transform Africa’s economic prospects to ensure sustained economic growth and decent work for all. In looking at the development of entrepreneurship for Africa’s growth, contributors to this edited collection take an evolutionary approach by focusing on entrepreneurial intentions (where entrepreneurial ideas are formed), customer management (which is central to all entrepreneurial business success) and by also focusing on local and entrepreneurial business development. The book then ends with a discussion around technological innovations in small business development in Africa. Covering topics such as social entrepreneurship, international joint ventures and the impact of digital platforms, this conceptual path provides rich contemporary insights for students, researchers, and policy makers and contributes to the achievement of SDG 8 targets.
AB - This book explores the issues around small business and entrepreneurial activities in Africa within the context of frequent collapse of businesses, seizures by governments, lack of access to capital and raw materials as well as the reliance on the informal sector. All these issues, the Editors argue, have been exacerbated by the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, entrepreneurship must be at the heart of efforts to transform Africa’s economic prospects to ensure sustained economic growth and decent work for all. In looking at the development of entrepreneurship for Africa’s growth, contributors to this edited collection take an evolutionary approach by focusing on entrepreneurial intentions (where entrepreneurial ideas are formed), customer management (which is central to all entrepreneurial business success) and by also focusing on local and entrepreneurial business development. The book then ends with a discussion around technological innovations in small business development in Africa. Covering topics such as social entrepreneurship, international joint ventures and the impact of digital platforms, this conceptual path provides rich contemporary insights for students, researchers, and policy makers and contributes to the achievement of SDG 8 targets.
KW - African entrepreneurship
KW - Emerging economy
KW - Enterprise development
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - SDG 8
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85196460829&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-37675-7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-37675-7
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:85196460829
SN - 9783031376740
BT - Small Business and Entrepreneurial Development in Africa
PB - Springer Nature
ER -