Internationalisation and economic growth strategies in Ghana [[electronic resource] ] : a business perspective / / edited by John Kuada

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461923703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Adonis & Abbey, 2007
• ISBN: 1-912234-42-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): KuadaJohn
• Soggetti: International business enterprises - Ghana; Industrial promotion - Ghana; Electronic books.; Ghana Foreign economic relations; Ghana Economic conditions 1979-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Downstream Internationalisation""; ""Upstream Internationalisation""; ""Integration of Upstream and Downstream Perspectives on Internationalisation""; ""Figure 1:""; ""Implications for Understanding the Internationalisation Efforts in Ghana""; ""Summary and Conclusion""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Porter's Diamond""; ""Figure 1 Porter's Diamond""; ""The Eight-Faceted Diamond""; ""Figure 2: The Eight-Faceted Diamond""; ""Implications for Export Sector Development in Ghana""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Table 1: Expected Impact of Government Measures on Selected Performance Indicators of NTEs""""Literature Review""; ""Analytical Framework and Methodology""; ""Data""; ""Table 2a: Average annual revenue in nominal terms""; ""Table 2b: Average annual growth rate of revenues (2001-2004)""; ""Findings""; ""Table 3: Group means and standard deviations""; ""Legend.""; ""Table 4a: Differences between Non-Exporters and Exporters*""; ""Table 4b: Differences between MNCs and Exporters""; ""Table 4c: Differences between Non-Exporters and Multinationals!""; ""Discussion and Conclusions""; ""Chapter 5""""Trade and Development Policies in Ghana""; ""The Current Export Policy Setting in Ghana""; ""Empirical Analysis""; ; ""Results""; ""Table 1: Mean Productivity by Exporter Participation""; ""Table 2: Test between Mean Productivity of Exporters & Non- Exporters""; ""Table 3: Mean Productivity by Location""; ""Table 5: Learning-by-exporting model results""; ""Table 6: Self-Selection Model Results""; ""Summary and Conclusion""; ""Appendix Table A1 1 Descriptive statistics of factor inputs""; ""Table A1 2 Descriptive statistics of factor inputs by export participation""; ""Table A1 3 Descriptive Statistics of factor inputs by industrial sector""""Table A1 4 Estimates of Frontier Production Function""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Literature Review""; ""Table 1: Determinants of Capital Structure""; ""Methodology""; ""Empirical Findings Table 2: Average debt ratios of exporters and non-exporters""; ""Table 3: Mean variables of exporters and non-exporters""; ""Summary and Conclusion""; ""Chapter 7""; ""Some Conceptual Clarifications""; ""Hypothesis""; ""Methodology""; ""Presentations and Discussion of Findings""; ""Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Research""; ""Chapter 8""""Concepts and Definitions""; ""The Risk Management Process""; ""Methodology""; ""Findings""; ""Conclusions and Implications""; ""Chapter 9""; ""Literature Review""; ""The Ghanaian Evidence""; ""Discussions""; ""Summary and conclusions:""; ""Chapter 10""; ""An Overview of FDI Policies and Results in Ghana""; ""Learning Theories from an FDI Perspective""; ""A Model of Knowledge Transfer""; ""FDIs and Interfirm Learning Processes in Ghana""; ""Figure 3. Compatibility between Learning Modes""; ""Discussions and Management Implications""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 11""; ""Research Gap""