Learning To Compete In African Industry

Author : Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351154060
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learning to Compete in African Industry written by Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the institutional roots of the persistent differences in economic performance of firms, industries and countries in Africa. It draws attention to the role of institutions in supporting technical change and shows how technological progress is central to competitiveness in a global context. The role of initial conditions such as levels of literacy and natural endowment, the structure of industry and resource endowment are also emphasized. With its focus on how institutions shape systems of innovation this book makes a unique contribution to the debate about African development.

Author : Carol Newman
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815728166
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Made in Africa written by Carol Newman and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is there so little industry in Africa? Over the past forty years, industry has moved from the developed to the developing world, yet Africa’s share of global manufacturing has fallen from about 3 percent in 1970 to less than 2 percent in 2014. Industry is important to low-income countries. It is good for economic growth, job creation, and poverty reduction. Made in Africa: Learning to Compete in Industry outlines a new strategy to help African industry compete in global markets. This book draws on case studies and econometric and qualitative research from Africa and emerging Asia to understand what drives firm-level competitiveness in low-income countries. The results show that while traditional concerns such as infrastructure, skills, and the regulatory environment are important, they alone will not be sufficient for Africa to industrialize. The book also addresses how industrialization strategies will need to adapt to the region’s growing resource abundance.

Author : Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351154079
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learning to Compete in African Industry written by Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the institutional roots of the persistent differences in economic performance of firms, industries and countries in Africa. It draws attention to the role of institutions in supporting technical change and shows how technological progress is central to competitiveness in a global context. The role of initial conditions such as levels of literacy and natural endowment, the structure of industry and resource endowment are also emphasized. With its focus on how institutions shape systems of innovation this book makes a unique contribution to the debate about African development.

Author : Ifedapo Adeleye
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331967014X
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Africa’s Competitiveness in the Global Economy written by Ifedapo Adeleye and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-01-10 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Simon Roberts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780796925466
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Competition in Africa written by Simon Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Heiko Prange-Gstöhl
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849807116
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Science and Technology Cooperation in a Globalized World written by Heiko Prange-Gstöhl and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a globalized knowledge-economy, the European Union (EU) needs a new approach to its international science and technology (S & T) policies by focusing on improved coherence across the different tiers of government and by demonstrating leadership in tackling serious global challenges. The contributors to this book analyze European S & T policies in several areas of global concern as well as by exposing both the pitfalls of policy coordination and its potential to contribute to a more coherent international S & T policy. They highlight the interactions between national, European and international po.

Author : Lindsay Whitfield
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107105315
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of African Industrial Policy written by Lindsay Whitfield and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book engages in the debate on growth versus economic transformation and the importance of industrial policy, presenting a comprehensive framework for explaining the politics of industrial policy. Using comparative research to theorize about the politics of industrial policy in countries in the early stages of capitalist transformation that also experience the pressures of elections due to democratization, this book provides four in-depth African country studies that illustrate the challenges to economic transformation and the politics of implementing industrial policies.

Author : African Development Bank
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 926427426X
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Economic Outlook 2017 Entrepreneurship and Industrialisation written by African Development Bank and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African Economic Outlook 2017 presents the continent’s current state of affairs and forecasts its situation for the coming two years.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Industrial Policies for the Structural Transformation of African Economies written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J. Esteban
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137335238
Total Pages : 607 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Industrial Policy Revolution II written by J. Esteban and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-13 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the result of the 2012 International Economic Association's series of roundtables on the theme of Industrial Policy. The first, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy,' was hosted by the World Bank in Washington, D.C, and the second, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy: Implications for Africa,' was held in Pretoria, South Africa.