Overview
- Features Pan-African conceptual and empirical insights and cases
- Addresses the rapid modernisation and evolution of African entrepreneurship and business practices
- Advances scholarship by exploring emerging topics in the African context such as entrepreneurship in conflict zones, female entrepreneurship, and digital entrepreneurship
- Develops conceptual models and frameworks that guide future research and scholarship
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This comprehensive handbook offers a state-of-the-art guide to new frontiers of African entrepreneurship. Written from a Pan-African perspective by a cast of international authors, the book addresses the rapid modernisation and evolution of African entrepreneurship and business practices. It maps new developments in entrepreneurial ecosystems, technology and digital entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship in conflict zones, and gender and diversity issues. It proposes new models for entrepreneurial financing and explores the contrast between entrepreneurship in high-technology urban centers with peripheral rural districts and conflict zones.
Bringing together empirical insights and case studies from countries across Africa, the Handbook illuminates regional and contextual differences and shares theoretical and practical insights which inform policy and practice. It is an ideal guide for researchers and students working on international business, entrepreneurship and emerging economies. It will also inform policymakers in developing context-informed entrepreneurial policies and initiatives in Africa.
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Institutional Environments and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
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Entrepreneurship Education
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Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem
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Entrepreneurship in Conflict Zones
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Seun Kolade is an Associate Professor in Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship at De Montfort University, where he also leads the African Entrepreneurship Cluster. His research covers the broad areas of transformative entrepreneuring, digital transformation, and SMEs strategies in turbulent environments. He has chaired and presented his research at various international conferences.
Professor David Rae is a leading innovator and internationally recognised researcher in the human and social dynamics of entrepreneurship and learning. He is Director of the Centre for Enterprise and Innovation at De Montfort University, and the author of ‘Opportunity-Centred Entrepreneurship' (Palgrave MacMillan, 2015).
Dr Demola Obembe is Head of Department for Management and Entrepreneurship at De Montfort University. His research interests include entrepreneurship and SMEs, strategy process and practice, knowledge and innovation management, and social capital. Prior to joining academia, he worked in the Nigerian Banking sector.
Dr Kassa Woldesenbet Beta is an Associate Professor (Research) and Deputy Director: Centre for Enterprise and Innovation, De Montfort University. He is an established researcher, academic leader and co-creator of research impact cases. His research areas include entrepreneurship-in-context, entrepreneurial means and resources, strategic management, SMEs and supply diversity, and transition economies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of African Entrepreneurship
Editors: Oluwaseun Kolade, David Rae, Demola Obembe, Kassa Woldesenbet Beta
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75894-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-75893-6Published: 01 December 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-75896-7Published: 02 December 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-75894-3Published: 30 November 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 625
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour
Topics: Entrepreneurship, African Business, Emerging Markets/Globalization