Entrepreneurship in Africa - Opportunities for Both Africa and Entrepreneurship Research

This book presents current research by leading experts from around the globe on entrepreneurship in Africa, focusing on how entrepreneurship is central to the economic development of many of the economies on the African continent. Collectively, the contributors identify the frontier of impactful research on entrepreneurship, and provide a glimpse into both the opportunities and the challenges for entrepreneurship in Africa. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Africa Journal of Management.

List of contents

1. Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Cultural Perspective 2. Entrepreneurial Opportunities and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review & Agenda for the Future 3. Leaving a Social Venture: Social Entrepreneurial Exit among the Maasai in Northern Tanzania 4. Network Bricolage as the Reconciliation of Indigenous and Transplanted Institutions in Africa 5. Positive Impact of Entrepreneurship Training on Entrepreneurial Behavior in a Vocational Training Setting 6. Entrepreneurship in Africa: Identifying the Frontier of Impactful Research

About the author

Bruce T. Lamont is the Thomas L. Williams Eminent Scholar of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Florida State University, USA.
Hermann Ndofor is an Assistant Professor at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA.

Summary

This book identifies the frontier of impactful research on entrepreneurship and provides a glimpse into both the opportunities and the challenges for entrepreneurship in Africa. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Africa Journal of Management.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce T. (Florida State University Lamont, Bruce T. Ndofor Lamont
• Assisted by: Bruce T Lamont (Editor), Bruce T. Lamont (Editor), Hermann A Ndofor (Editor), Hermann A. Ndofor (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.05.2020
• EAN: 9780367530662
• ISBN: 978-0-367-53066-2
• No. of pages: 152
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, Africa, Developing Countries, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups, Global South / Developing countries