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| Preface |
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| Acknowledgment |
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| Introduction |
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2 African Trade and Co-Operation |
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Chapter 2 The Perspectives of African History |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (6) |
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4 The Independence and Immediately Post Independence Period |
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5 The Structural Adjustments and Governance Changes Period |
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29 | (7) |
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36 | (7) |
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Chapter 3 Africa in the Global Economy |
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1 Globalization: Concepts and Process |
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2 Africa in the Global Economy |
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49 | (4) |
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3 Africa in Global Competiveness |
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53 | (6) |
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Chapter 4 The Rising and Compelling Imperatives to do Business in Africa |
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59 | (15) |
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1 Why Look into Africa for Business Opportunities? |
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59 | (8) |
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2 The Theory of the Purchasing Power Parity |
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67 | (7) |
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Chapter 5 The African Regional Integration and Trading Blocs |
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1 International Trade Theory and Perspectives as a Basis for Regional Integration in Africa |
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75 | (5) |
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2 The Potential and Need for Regional Integration and Trade in Africa |
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3 Schemes and Levels of Regional Integration Process |
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86 | (2) |
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4 Major World Regional Integrations and Trading Blocs |
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88 | (1) |
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5 Advantages and Disadvantages of Regional Integration and Trading Blocs |
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6 Regional Integration in Africa and African Regional Trading Blocs |
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91 | (28) |
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Chapter 6 Doing Business in Africa and African Business Opportunities |
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1 Doing Business in Africa |
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120 | (10) |
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2 Enabling Business Opportunities in Africa |
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130 | (4) |
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3 Legal Framework and Institutional Support when Doing Business between the USA and Africa |
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134 | (4) |
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4 African Currencies, Banking System, Legal Frameworks, and Stock Exchange Markets |
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138 | (1) |
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5 Cost of Doing Business in Africa |
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139 | (1) |
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6 National Literacy Levels and IT Literacy |
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139 | (1) |
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7 World Trade Organization (WTO) Membership |
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140 | (1) |
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8 Reforms and Ease of Doing Business Rankings |
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141 | (1) |
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9 Multilateral and Bilateral Debt Write Offs and Credit Ratings of African Economies |
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142 | (1) |
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10 Links to China and India |
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143 | (2) |
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145 | (1) |
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12 Specific Business Opportunities and Investments in Africa |
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146 | (10) |
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13 African Countries Classified in Terms of their Economic Performance, Ease of Doing Business, and Business Opportunities |
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156 | (11) |
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Chapter 7 A Strategic Model for Entering African Markets |
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2 Basic Company Orientations in Choosing an Entry Strategy |
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168 | (5) |
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3 Site and Foreign Markets Evaluation Criterion |
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173 | (2) |
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175 | (1) |
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6 Timing in Global and Regional Market Entry |
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177 | (3) |
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7 Factors to Consider in Market Entry |
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180 | (2) |
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182 | (6) |
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9 Strategies for Entry and Competitiveness in Africa |
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188 | (2) |
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10 Specific Market Entry and Competitive Strategies to do Business in Africa |
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190 | (3) |
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11 Working with the African Governments |
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193 | (4) |
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Chapter 8 A Model for Doing Business in Africa: Principles of Strategic Management and Corporate-Level and Competitive Strategies |
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1 Introduction to Strategy and Strategic Management Insights |
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197 | (3) |
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200 | (22) |
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3 The Varieties of Competitive Advantage |
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222 | (9) |
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4 Competition in Strategic Groups |
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5 Corporate-Level and Competitive Strategies in the African Context |
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6 Characteristics of a Good and Effective Strategy |
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7 Strategy Implementation |
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238 | (7) |
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8 Measuring and Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Strategy |
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245 | (9) |
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Chapter 9 Challenges of Doing Business in Africa |
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254 | (46) |
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2 Insecurity and Instability |
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257 | (2) |
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3 Low Education Standards |
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259 | (2) |
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4 Knowledge and Innovation |
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261 | (1) |
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5 African Political Leadership and Weak Governance |
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262 | (8) |
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6 Post-Independence Model of Government |
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270 | (1) |
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7 Poverty and Climate Change |
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271 | (2) |
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273 | (3) |
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9 Retention of Colonial Business Paradigms and Patterns of Trade |
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276 | (3) |
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10 Aid and Debt Dependence in Development |
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279 | (4) |
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11 Healthcare and Disease Pandemics |
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12 Institutional Voids and Cultural Milieu |
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284 | (1) |
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13 Inter-African Infrastructure |
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285 | (2) |
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287 | (1) |
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15 Lack of Well-Developed and Large Indigenous Corporations in Africa |
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288 | (3) |
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16 Negative Perceptions of the African Image |
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291 | (9) |
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Chapter 10 Overcoming the Challenges of Doing Business in Africa |
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2 Effective Leadership and Governance in the African Environment |
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302 | (2) |
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3 Reformed Institutions and Economic Freedoms |
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304 | (3) |
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4 Increasing Competitiveness in the African Economies |
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307 | (10) |
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317 | (1) |
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318 | (1) |
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319 | (1) |
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8 Shared Growth Strategies |
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320 | (2) |
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9 Strategies for Poverty Eradication in Africa |
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322 | (2) |
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10 Imperatives in Health and Education Improvements |
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324 | (3) |
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11 Developing Indigenous Companies in Africa |
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327 | (1) |
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12 The Importance of Investing in Knowledge, Skills, and Innovation by African Countries |
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328 | (7) |
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13 Development of Entrepreneurship on the African Economies |
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335 | (1) |
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14 Elimination of Horizontal Inequalities |
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336 | (2) |
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15 Role of the International Community |
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338 | (1) |
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16 Compensation to Africa by the IMF and World Bank for the 1980S/90S Structural Adjustments Program Failures |
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338 | (2) |
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340 | (1) |
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18 Role of the African Media in Changing the African Image |
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340 | (2) |
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19 Role of the African Union (AU) |
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342 | (1) |
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20 Learning from Indian and Chinese Experiences |
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343 | (8) |
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Chapter 11 Summary and Conclusion |
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351 | (3) |
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351 | (1) |
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352 | (2) |
| Compilation of References |
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354 | (13) |
| About the Author |
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367 | (1) |
| Index |
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