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Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Africa
A Comparative Analysis
Kapfudzaruwa, Farai (Ed. / Hrsg.); Narayanan, Sriram (Ed. / Hrsg.); Myres, Kerrin (Ed. / Hrsg.); Schoenherr, Tobias (Ed. / Hrsg.); Nagao, Masafumi (Ed. / Hrsg.); Bolumole, Yemisi (Ed. / Hrsg.)
ISBN 978-3-032-23679-1 · Palgrave Macmillan · XIX, 201 p. 3 illus., 1 illus. in color. ·
Description / Beschreibung
This open access volume employs case studies in selected African countries to investigate the emergence and evolution of sustainable entrepreneurship within the continent. Utilizing a comparative approach, it integrates management, neo-institutional, and entrepreneurship theories to fully understand the meanings and practices of sustainable entrepreneurship across diverse African contexts. Though often viewed as homogenous, entrepreneurship practices in Africa exhibit variations shaped by cultural beliefs. Contributions explore three streams: individual (vision, emotion, rationality, and values and norms), organizational (entrepreneurial orientation, MSP, internal culture, routines), and context (opportunities, industry culture, isomorphisms). Drawing insights from experiences in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Morocco, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, this book is a valuable resource for researchers and policymakers focusing on the development of sustainable entrepreneurship in Africa.
Contents / Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Personal Initiative: A Catalyst for Youth Impact Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 3 Building Resilience Enterprises in resource-constrained environments: How entrepreneurial supply chain competencies matter.- Chapter 4 Collaborative entrepreneurship for sustainable innovation: Insights and reflections from partnerships and experiences in Africa and Asia.- Chapter 5 Social enterprise in sub-Saharan Africa: Coherence of social and economic goals.- Chapter 6 Understanding Academic entrepreneurship: Ecosystem, participants, incentives, and obstacles.- Chapter 7 Financing Framework for Groundwater: An Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Outlook in Uganda.- Chapter 8 Lessons from Implementing the Education for Sustainable Development in Africa (ESDA) Next Generation of Researchers (NGR) Initiative – Perspectives of the AfDB and Key Beneficiaries.
Contributors / Mitwirkende
Farai Kapfudzaruwa is the Deputy Director for Team Science, at the African Synthesis Centre for Climate Change, Environment, and Development (ASCEND) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa
Sriram Narayanan is Professor and the Eli Broad Endowed Professor of Supply Chain Management in the Supply Chain Management Department , Broad College of Business at Michigan State University (MSU), USA. He is also the John H. McConnell Chair in Business Administration.
Kerrin Myres is an Emeritus Professor at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) at the University of Pretoria, South Africa
Tobias Schoenherr is the John Hoagland – Richard Metzler Professor in Purchasing and Supply Management in the Supply Chain Management Department , Broad College of Business at Michigan State University (MSU), USA
Masafumi Nagao is a Visiting Fellow at Future Africa, at the University of Pretoria, South Africa and Research Advisor at the International Development Center of Japan (IDCJ) in Japan.
Yemisi Bolumole is the Ryder Professor of Supply Chain Management (SCM) at the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
Features / Besonderheiten
This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access Explores sustainable entrepreneurship in varying contexts and cultures across Africa, highlighting its diversity Argues that sustainable entrepreneurship leads to managerial sustainable practices (MSP) that will be personality-driven Shows that the practices of entrepreneurs vary as a result of different individual values and cultural contexts
