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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154831903321

Autore

Beugré Constant D

Titolo

Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Quintuple Helix Model / / by Constant D. Beugré

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

1-137-56894-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship in Africa, , 2662-1177

Disciplina

338.040967

Soggetti

Small business

Business

Africa

Ethnology—Africa

Culture

Entrepreneurship

New business enterprises

Economics

Economic development

Small Business

African Business

African Culture

Political Economy and Economic Systems

Economic Growth

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book argues that Africa suffers from two main diseases: poor management and a lack of vibrant entrepreneurial activity. Africa has the raw materials, the people, and the potential to be developed, and yet there remain barriers that prevent the continent 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. Constant D. Beugré is Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at Delaware State University, USA.