1. Introduction -- 2. Chinese Cultural Concepts and Their Influence on Management -- 3. African Cultural Concepts and Their Influence on Management -- 4. Case 1: Dealing With Organisational Strategies in the Tanzanian-Chinese Chalinze Water Project -- 5. Case 2: “Not who I am, not what I...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. Unnatural Capital: Chinese State Investment and Its Travails in Africa -- 2. Varieties of Accumulation: Profit Maximization and Beyond -- 3. Labor Bargains: Regimes of Exploitation and Exclusion -- 4. Managerial Ethos: Collective...

Historical narratives and contemporary challenges -- The significance of the Sino-African solidarity -- Hang together or hang separately: the revival of South-South cooperation -- Comparative disadvantage -- Dangerous obsession with the domestic determinants of foreign direct investment --...

China is now the biggest foreign player in Africa: largest trade partner, largest infrastructure financier, and fastest-growing source of foreign direct investment. Chinese entrepreneurs are flooding into Africa, investing in long-term assets, such as factories and heavy equipment. The fact that...