This book highlights the key issues, opportunities and challenges facing African firms, industries, cities and nations in their quest to compete successfully in the global economy. Exploring a topic which has grown in importance as Africa faces a period of subdued economic development, this edited collection takes a unique multi-disciplinary, multi-industry and multi-country approach. The authors provide insights into a broad range of issues, including competitiveness measurement and evaluation, sectoral competitiveness of declining and emerging industries, threats of the Dutch Disease, and talent competitiveness. This timely book offers a response to the urgent need for the diversification of economies and the advancement of manufacturing in Africa, appealing to scholars of international business and economics.
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1 Africa's Competitiveness in the Global Economy: Past, Present and Future |
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Part I The Global Competitiveness of African Nations and Cities |
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23 | (88) |
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2 The Competitiveness Challenge of the Formal Sector in Francophone Africa: Understanding the Role of the Informal Sector and the Business Environment |
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25 | (28) |
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3 Theorizing Cities as Sources of Firm Competitive Advantage: Accra in Comparative Perspective |
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53 | (28) |
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4 The International Competitiveness and Connections of African Cities: Profiling South Africa's Gauteng City-Region |
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81 | (30) |
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Part II Sectoral Dynamics and International Competitiveness in Africa |
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111 | (106) |
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5 Banking on Africa: Can Emerging Pan-African Banks Outcompete Their Global Rivals? |
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113 | (24) |
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6 Enhancing Hospitality and Tourism Industry Competitiveness in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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137 | (32) |
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7 Measuring Agribusiness Competitiveness: An Application to African Countries |
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169 | (26) |
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8 Why Are So Many African Companies Uncompetitive on the Global Stage? Insights from the Global Airline Industry |
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Part III Human Capital and International Competitiveness in Africa |
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217 | (68) |
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9 Human Capital, Innovation and International Competitiveness in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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219 | (30) |
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10 Improving Africa's Competitiveness Through Knowledge Transfer: Lessons from Partnerships with China and the Way Forward |
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249 | (36) |
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Part IV Cases on the Global Competitiveness of Africa's Economic Powerhouses |
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285 | (102) |
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11 Nigeria: Oil and Competitiveness |
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287 | (16) |
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12 The South African Renewable Energy Cluster |
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303 | (28) |
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13 Kenya's Blooming Flower Industry: Enhancing Global Competitiveness |
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331 | (20) |
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14 Poultry Tariffs in South Africa: Levelling the Playing Field or Rewarding Inefficiency? |
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Ifedapo Adeleye is Lecturer in Management and Global Business at Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee, USA. An international business enthusiast and passionate management educator, he has authored over 40 papers, books, chapters and cases across a range of topical issues, including firm-level internationalization and competitiveness.
Mark Esposito is Professor of Business & Economics at Hult International Business School and a member of the teaching faculty at Harvard Universitys Division of Continuing Education, where he equally serves as Institutes Council Co-Leader for the Microeconomics of Competitiveness Program at Harvard Business School. He is an appointed fellow of the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government in Dubai as well at the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils, Washington DC. He equally holds a research fellowship at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK.
