Overview
- Explores the potential of entrepreneurship as solution to Africa’s stunted economic development
- Presents a Quintuple Helix Model of entrepreneurial ecosystems development
- A valuable guideline for forward-thinking policymakers
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship in Africa (PSEA)
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Africa suffers from two main diseases: poor management and a lack of vibrant entrepreneurial activity. The continent has the raw materials, the people, and the potential to be developed, and yet there remain barriers that prevent it from bettering itself.
To promote entrepreneurship as an engine of economic development and growth, the author has developed a Quintuple Helix Model which advocates mutual cooperation and information sharing among the five helices and provides valuable guidelines to policymakers on how to build entrepreneurship ecosystems in sub-Saharan Africa. It goes on to examine the roles that government, donors, and public and private sectors play and how Africans themselves might take the development of entrepreneurial societies into their own hands.
The book includes seven chapters that emphasize the key role that each of the five components could play in the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems. Entrepreneurship scholars, policy makers, and national and local governments of sub-Saharan Africa will value this insight as they strive to create a more favorable landscape for their citizenry.
To promote entrepreneurship as an engine of economic development and growth, the author has developed a Quintuple Helix Model which advocates mutual cooperation and information sharing among the five helices and provides valuable guidelines to policymakers on how to build entrepreneurship ecosystems in sub-Saharan Africa. It goes on to examine the roles that government, donors, and public and private sectors play and how Africans themselves might take the development of entrepreneurial societies into their own hands.
The book includes seven chapters that emphasize the key role that each of the five components could play in the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems. Entrepreneurship scholars, policy makers, and national and local governments of sub-Saharan Africa will value this insight as they strive to create a more favorable landscape for their citizenry.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Constant D. Beugré is Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at Delaware State University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa
Book Subtitle: A Quintuple Helix Model
Authors: Constant D. Beugré
Series Title: Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship in Africa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56894-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-56893-9Published: 13 December 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56894-6Published: 13 December 2016
Series ISSN: 2662-1169
Series E-ISSN: 2662-1177
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 108
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Small Business, African Business, African Culture, Entrepreneurship, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Economic Growth