Africa. By overcoming the difficulties in obtaining trade finance, African SMEs will be able to expand into foreign markets … involved with their international transactions) is structured trade and commodity finance. In trading with China, African SMEs … market (which is the focus of this study). China Construction Bank (Johannesburg branch), through their association with Rand …

The study uses Transaction Costs Economics Theory and Supply Chain Management frameworks to investigate determinants of … in two districts in Kenya between May 2005 and September 2005. Multinomial logit models and ordered probit models were … Economics, Transaction Costs, Coordination Mechanisms, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Performance, Milk Supply chain …

The study of demographic trends in sub-Saharan Africa though crucial in the assessment of the impact of population size … that fertility has increased in some countries--Kenya and Cameroon; has remained almost stable in Benin, Ivory Coast and …, the estimates posit a decline in both infant and child mortality in Kenya, Benin and Ivory Coast; infant mortality in …

macroeconomic shocks such as increases in interest rates make firm debts unsustainable as experienced in Kenya in the 1990s …

panel data set of firms in Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania that spans a period of five years. We find that the main determinant of … growth of firms in Africa. We find no evidence that larger firms have faster rates of productivity or input growth, or are …

in China. Although networks are believed to be critical for market entry in Confucian societies, they may also dampen the … exporting to China were completed. This information was supplemented with published comments from importers and agents in China …. Findings ? The nature and limits of relationship-specific investments in China were examined. Four boundary conditions to …

their China operations as a solution to cross-cultural management issues. But has this policy been successful? In terms of … in China who recruit Overseas Chinese to handle cross-cultural issues. China’s rapid economic development and entry into … surged. Yet it is acknowledged that for the foreign investor in China, cross-cultural issues create difficulty at every level …