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This book highlights the key issues, opportunities and challenges facing African firms, industries, cities and nations in their quest to compete successfully in the global economy. Exploring a topic which has grown in importance as Africa faces a period of subdued economic development, this edited collection takes a unique multi-disciplinary, multi-industry and multi-country approach. The authors provide insights into a broad range of issues, including competitiveness measurement and evaluation, sectoral competitiveness of declining and emerging industries, threats of the 'Dutch Disease,' and talent competitiveness. This timely book offers a response to the urgent need for the diversification of economies and the advancement of manufacturing in Africa, appealing to scholars of international business and economics.
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Ifedapo Adeleye
is Lecturer in Management and Global Business at Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee, USA. An international business enthusiast and passionate management educator, he has authored over 40 papers, books, chapters and cases across a range of topical issues, including firm-level internationalization and competitiveness.
Mark Esposito
is Professor of Business & Economics at Hult International Business School and a member of the teaching faculty at Harvard University’s Division of Continuing Education, where he equally serves as Institutes Council Co-Leader for the Microeconomics of Competitiveness Program at Harvard Business School. He is an appointed fellow of the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government in Dubai as well at the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils, Washington DC. He equally holds a research fellowship at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK.
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Takes a multi-disciplinary, multi-industry and multi-country approach, covering the key economies in all regions of Sub-Saharan Africa
Provides coverage of both strategic and emerging sectors including agriculture, tourism and hospitality and infrastructure
Includes insights from diverse fields such as economics, HR, agribusiness, development policy and marketing
