Emerging business opportunities in Africa: market entry, competitive strategy, and the promotion of foreign direct investments
"This book presents the basic business modeling for developing appropriate strategies in exploiting business opportunities in the emerging economy in Africa"--
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| Summary: | "This book presents the basic business modeling for developing appropriate strategies in exploiting business opportunities in the emerging economy in Africa"-- |
| Physical Description: | XX, 371 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. |
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Table of Contents
Foreword............................................................................................................viii
Preface...................................................................................................................x
Acknowledgment...............................................................................................xiv
Introduction.......................................................................................................xvi
Chapter 1
Africa.....................................................................................................................1
1. Africa Defined............................................................................................I
2. African Trade and Co-Operation...............................................................7
3. A Manager s Note......................................................................................9
Chapter 2
The Perspectives of African History....................................................................11
1. Introduction..............................................................................................11
2. The Slave Trade Period............................................................................12
3. The Colonial Period.................................................................................18
4. The Independence and Immediately Post Independence Period.............23
5. The Structural Adjustments and Governance Changes Period................29
6. The Manager s Note................................................................................36
Chapter 3
Africa in the Global Economy.............................................................................43
1. Globalization: Concepts and Process.......................................................43
2.Africa in the Global Economy..................................................................49
3. Africa in Global Competiveness..............................................................53
Chapter 4
The Rising and Compelling Imperatives to do Business in Africa......................59
1. Why Look into Africa for Business Opportunities?................................59
2. The Theory of the Purchasing Power Parity............................................67
Chapter 5
The African Regional Integration and Trading Blocs..........................................74
1. International Trade Theory and Perspectives as a Basis for Regional
Integration in Africa.................................................................................75
2. The Potential and Need for Regional Integration and Trade in
Africa......................................................................................................80
3. Schemes and Levels of Regional Integration Process.............................86
4. Major World Regional Integrations and Trading Blocs...........................88
5. Advantages and Disadvantages of Regional Integration and
Trading Blocs...........................................................................................89
6. Regional Integration in Africa and African Regional Trading Blocs......91
Chapter 6
Doing Business in Africa and African Business Opportunities.........................119
1. Doing Business in Africa.......................................................................120
2. Enabling Business Opportunities in Africa............................................130
3. Legal Framework and Institutional Support when Doing Business
between the USA and Africa..................................................................134
4. African Currencies, Banking System, Legal Frameworks, and Stock
Exchange Markets.................................................................................138
5. Cost of Doing Business in Africa..........................................................139
6. National Literacy Levels and IT Literacy..............................................139
7. World Trade Organization (WTO) Membership....................................140
8. Reforms and Ease of Doing Business Rankings....................................141
9. Multilateral and Bilateral Debt Write Offs and Credit Ratings of
African Economies.................................................................................142
10. Links to China and India......................................................................143
11. Africa-Asia Trade.................................................................................145
12. Specific Business Opportunities and Investments in Africa................146
13. African Countries Classified in Terms of their Economic
Performance, Ease of Doing Business, and Business Opportunities... 156
Chapter 7
A Strategic Model for Entering African Markets...............................................167
1. Introduction............................................................................................167
2. Basic Company Orientations in Choosing an Entry Strategy................168
3. Site and Foreign Markets Evaluation Criterion.....................................173
4. Marketing Plan.......................................................................................175
5. Market Entry Options............................................................................176
6. Timing in Global and Regional Market Entry.......................................177
7. Factors to Consider in Market Entry.....................................................180
8. Risks in Market Entry............................................................................182
9. Strategies for Entry and Competitiveness in Africa..............................188
10. Specific Market Entry and Competitive Strategies to do Business in
Africa...................................................................................................190
11. Working with the African Governments..............................................193
Chapter 8
A Model for Doing Business in Africa: Principles of Strategic Management
and Corporate-Level and Competitive Strategies..............................................197
1. Introduction to Strategy and Strategic Management Insights................197
2. Strategy Formulation.............................................................................200
3. The Varieties of Competitive Advantage...............................................222
4. Competition in Strategic Groups...........................................................231
5. Corporate-Level and Competitive Strategies in the African Context.... 234
6. Characteristics of a Good and Effective Strategy..................................237
7. Strategy Implementation........................................................................238
8. Measuring and Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Strategy...................245
Chapter 9
Challenges of Doing Business in Africa............................................................254
1. Introduction............................................................................................254
2. Insecurity and Instability.......................................................................257
3. Low Education Standards......................................................................259
4. Knowledge and Innovation....................................................................261
5. African Political Leadership and Weak Governance.............................262
6. Post-Independence Model of Government............................................270
7. Poverty and Climate Change.................................................................271
8. Income Inequalities................................................................................273
9. Retention of Colonial Business Paradigms and Patterns of Trade........276
10. Aid and Debt Dependence in Development.........................................279
11. Healthcare and Disease Pandemics......................................................283
12. Institutional Voids and Cultural Milieu................................................284
13. Inter-African Infrastructure..................................................................285
14. Corruption............................................................................................287
15. Lack of Well-Developed and Large Indigenous Corporations in
Africa...................................................................................................288
16. Negative Perceptions of the African Image.........................................291
Chapter 10
Overcoming the Challenges of Doing Business in Africa.................................300
1. Introduction............................................................................................300
2. Effective Leadership and Governance in the African Environment......302
3. Reformed Institutions and Economic Freedoms....................................304
4. Increasing Competitiveness in the African Economies.........................307
5. Econom ic Growth..................................................................................317
6. International Trade.................................................................................318
7. Private Sector Growth............................................................................319
8. Shared Growth Strategies......................................................................320
9. Strategies for Poverty Eradication in Africa..........................................322
10. Imperatives in Health and Education Improvements...........................324
11. Developing Indigenous Companies in Africa......................................327
12. The Importance of Investing in Knowledge, Skills, and Innovation by
African Countries.......................................................................................328
13. Development of Entrepreneurship on the African Economies............335
14. Elimination of Horizontal Inequalities................................................336
15. Role of the International Community..................................................338
16. Compensation to Africa by the IMF and World Bank for the
1980S/90S Structural Adjustments Program Failures.........................338
17. Performance Contracts.........................................................................340
18. Role of the African Media in Changing the African Image.................340
19. Role of the African Union (AU)..........................................................342
20. Learning from Indian and Chinese Experiences..................................343
Chapter 11
Summary and Conclusion..................................................................................351
1. Summary................................................................................................351
2. Conclusion.............................................................................................352
Compilation of References..............................................................................354
About the Author.............................................................................................367
Index..................................................................................................................368
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