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Measuring the business environment for entrepreneurship in fragile states
Guglielmetti, Chiara - 2010
This paper aims towards better understanding the role of entrepreneurship in fragile states, which despite the … formulation with appropriate and relevant measurement of entrepreneurship and the business environment, the primary focus in this … entrepreneurship in fragile state. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280212
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Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across Africa : Context, Challenges, Cases
Achtenhagen, Leona (ed.); Brundin, Ethel (ed.) - 2016
personnel and environmental concerns. Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across Africa: Context, Challenges, Cases will be … -- Section IV: Commentary -- Chapter 13: Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across Africa: A perspective and a short review …This book focuses on issues related to entrepreneurship and SME management on the African continent by providing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398005
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Every drop counts: Assessing aid for water and sanitation
Anand, P.B. - 2013
Water and sanitation sectors have been the 'natural' subjects of aid for several decades. However, these sectors also were among those most affected by changes in aid approaches and tools. The aim of this paper is to capture some of the complexity in assessing impact and effectiveness of aid in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319781
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Historical origins of persistent inequality in Nigeria
Archibong, Belinda - 2016
Horizontal inequality by ethnic group has remained remarkably persistent for wealth, education, and access to certain services in Nigeria. While significant gains in the reduction of inequality and improvement in access have been made for more locally administered services, outcomes are stickier...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653973
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Rethinking the world of aid in the twenty first century
Heller, Peter S. - 2011
Many concerns can be raised about the effectiveness of current aid programmes to developing countries. The appropriateness of aid is particularly questionable when one considers the likely character of the challenges that the global economy will confront in 2025, as suggested by alternative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280120
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Economic adversity and entrepreneurship-led growth: Lessons from the Indian software sector
Athreye, Suma - 2010
-based entrepreneurship to flourish. In this paper, we draw on the experience of Indian software firms where entrepreneurial growth has belied …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280184
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Aid and infrastructure financing: Emerging challenges with a focus on Africa
Addison, Tony; Anand, P. B. - 2012
, especially in Africa, the role of foreign aid in the future should be distinctly different. While aid will be required to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319797
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Managing Knowledge and Innovation for Business Sustainability in Africa
Ahmed, Allam (ed.) - 2017
Addressing the issues that will be central to Africa’s various attempts to effectively manage knowledge and innovation … for sustainable business management, this edited book makes a timely contribution to research on business in Africa …. Coinciding with the recently launched Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa 2024 (STISA-2024) by the African …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396081
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The History of Business in Africa : Complex Discontinuity to Emerging Markets
Verhoef, Grietjie - 2017
Africa and Africas -- Networks of Exchange -- Business in New Markets Under New Masters -- Business in Independent … Africa -- Enter the Market: African Entrepreneurial Rebirth After 1980 -- Into the Global -- Conclusion: The Beginning of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397519
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African Entrepreneurship : Challenges and Opportunities for Doing Business
Dana, Leo-Paul (ed.); Ratten, Vanessa (ed.);  … - 2018
different factors that influence the growing economy of Africa. African Entrepreneurship will be of interest to anyone …1. Introduction to African Entrepreneurship; Leo-Paul Dana, Vanessa Ratten and Ben Q. Honyenuga -- 2. Bringing Africa …; Eniola Anthony Abiodun -- 11. Brokering: Africa’s Unique Brand of Entrepreneurship; Daniel M. Quaye, Nkukpornu Atsu and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397592