The Changing Dynamics of International Business in Africa

by I. Adeleye (Editor), K. Ibeh (Editor), A. Kinoti (Editor), L. White (Editor)

Overview

The research papers and cases in The Changing Dynamics of International Business in Africa provide multi-disciplinary insights on the opportunities and challenges of doing business in Africa, as well as on the changing competitive dynamics in the region, as Western, BRIC and African multinationals intensify their fight for market dominance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137516527
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	06/22/2015
Series:	AIB Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Series
Edition description:	2015
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Ifedapo Adeleye is Senior Lecturer of Management and Director of the Emerging and Frontier Markets Initiative at Lagos Business School, Nigeria. He is engaged in research investigating the internationalization of African firms, and has authored over thirty papers, book chapters and cases. He received his PhD from Manchester Business School, UK.

Kevin Ibeh is Professor of Marketing and International Business and Assistant Dean for Management at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. He has consulted for the World Bank Group and OECD, and he is considered a leading authority on African multinationals. He has authored over a hundred papers and books.

Abel Kinoti is Dean of the Riara School of Business at Riara University, Kenya, and the founding Chair of the AIB Sub-Saharan Africa chapter. He holds a doctorate degree from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. He has over eighteen years of teaching, research and consulting experience in marketing and international business.

Lyal White is Director of the Centre for Dynamic Markets at GIBS, South Africa, where he is also Senior Lecturer of Political Economy and Strategy in Africa, Asia and Latin America. He has authored over twenty book chapters and over a dozen journal articles and research reports.

Table of Contents

1. The Changing Dynamics of International Business in Africa: Emerging Trends and Key Issues; Ifedapo Adeleye, Lyal White, Kevin Ibeh and Abel Kinoti PART I: INWARD FDI TO AFRICA: EMERGING PATTERNS, CHALLENGES AND RESEARCH AGENDA 2. An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of FDI on Domestic Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Pre- and Post- Global Financial Crises; Theresa Onaji-Benson 3. Knowledge Transfer Through Expatriation How Do Subsidiary Employees Count?; Yetunde Anibaba 4. Chinese Investment in Africa: Avenues for Scholarship; Lite Nartey and Stephen Mezias 5. Brazilian Firms in Africa: What Makes Them Different?; Any Freitas and Lyal White PART II: OUTWARD FDI FROM AND INTRA-REGIONAL FDI IN AFRICA: EMERGING TRENDS, PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES 6. Patterns and Determinants of Intra-African FDI; Robert Rolfe, Alessandro Perri, and Douglas Woodward 7. Rising Africa and Its Nascent Multinational Corporations; Kevin Ibeh 8. Failure of Africa-to-Africa Internationalization: Key Factors and Lessons; Olawale Ajai PART III: CASES ON THE DYNAMICS OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS IN AFRICA 9. Tata: An Indian Multinational's Africa Journey; Lyal White, Dianna Games, and David Cooper 10. Vale in Mozambique; Lyal White, Margie Sutherland, and Stewart Nupen 11. Research in Motion/Blackberry: Managing Channel Conflict in Nigeria; Uchenna Uzo 12. Standard Bank: An African Tiger; Robert Grosse 13. Game: Competing in Africa's Playing Field; John Luiz, Stephanie Townsend, and Claire Beswick 14. FirstBank of Nigeria: Developing an Internationalization Strategy; Ifedapo Adeleye, Nkemdilim Iheanachor, Chris Ogbechie, and Franklin Ngwu

Editorial Reviews

The book contains a mix of overview, quantitative and qualitative, case-study chapters, which makes it more comprehensive than other books written on similar themes. … The emphasis on Chinese, Brazilian and Indian investment on the continent, which the book discusses in detail, is timely and important. … This book is a unique contribution to the literature on international business in Africa and consequently deserves to be widely read.” (Pádraig Carmody, South African Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 23 (2), 2016)

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