Overview
- Provides a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa
- Adopts a venture-ship approach
- Covers a wide range of topics, including the cultural, institutional, and economic contexts
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship and Social Challenges in Developing Economies (PSESCDE)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Affect, Passion, Optimism, and the Entrepreneur
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Leveraging, Resourcing, Bricolage, and Effectuation
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Conclusion
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Keywords
- Entrepreneurship education and training in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Women-owned micro-food processing and preparation enterprises
- Youth entrepreneurial initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Effectuation and bricolage initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Open innovation in the informal sector of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Gender and rural entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Customer service as a strategic tool for SMEs
About this book
This edited volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa. It adopts a venture-ship approach, emphasizing the dynamic and uncertain nature of entrepreneurship and underscoring the need for entrepreneurs to continually innovate and adapt to evolving conditions. It encompasses a broad spectrum of themes, covering the cultural, institutional, and economic contexts in which entrepreneurial endeavors unfold. It also discusses the role of technology and innovation as well as financing and investment, in addition to the impact of entrepreneurship on economic development and social change.
The chapters span diverse subject matter, including topics ranging from the cultivation of entrepreneurial culture and the influence of educational systems to the ramifications of political and economic frameworks on entrepreneurial expansion. Additionally, it addresses the significance of social entrepreneurship, the burgeoning presence of female entrepreneurs, the transformative effects of digitalization, and the consequences of regional and international collaborations. They encapsulate the insights and perspectives of an array of stakeholders, including researchers, scholars, entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers who have actively engaged with the entrepreneurial landscape in sub-Saharan Africa.
Bringing together contributions from a diverse group of scholars and practitioners, this book offers an original, multidisciplinary, and pragmatic vantage point on entrepreneurship within the region. It not only enriches the existing body of literature but also serves as a catalyst for further research and scholarly discourse among entrepreneurship researchers.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Jean Kabongo is Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Accreditation in the Muma College of Business at the University of South Florida, USA. His current research focuses on the analysis and promotion of sustainable practices in organizations, sustainable entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education in developing economies.
Simon Sigué is Professor of Marketing and Vice Dean of Operations at Athabasca University, Canada. His research covers such topics as entrepreneurial marketing, franchising, marketing channels, marketing strategies, game theory, and international marketing.
James Baba Abugre is Professor at the University of Ghana Business School. He focuses on the interaction of actors in resolving effective human resource development and management in institutions.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Understanding Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa
Book Subtitle: A Venture-Ship Approach
Editors: Jean Kabongo, Simon Sigué, James Baba Abugre
Series Title: Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship and Social Challenges in Developing Economies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50128-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-50127-2Published: 26 March 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-50130-2Due: 26 April 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-50128-9Published: 25 March 2024
Series ISSN: 2731-6874
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6882
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 246
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Entrepreneurship, African Business, Emerging Markets/Globalization, International Business, Management