03171nam 22006135 450 991025504620332120240424215925.03-319-62566-710.1007/978-3-319-62566-9(CKB)4100000000881695(DE-He213)978-3-319-62566-9(MiAaPQ)EBC5107730(EXLCZ)99410000000088169520171016d2017 u| 0engurnn#008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe History of Business in Africa Complex Discontinuity to Emerging Markets /by Grietjie Verhoef1st ed. 2017.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2017.1 online resource (XI, 215 p. 1 illus. in color.)Studies in Economic History,2364-17973-319-62565-9 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.Africa and Africas -- Networks of Exchange -- Business in New Markets Under New Masters -- Business in Independent Africa -- Enter the Market: African Entrepreneurial Rebirth After 1980 -- Into the Global -- Conclusion: The Beginning of African Business History.This book offers a comprehensive study of the history of African business. By analyzing the specificities of African business culture, as well as the dynamically changing African policy context, the author sheds new light on the development of African enterprises, markets and institutions. The book covers a wide range of historical studies, starting with the earliest exchange networks, the new market opportunities resulting from European penetration, the dualism of state-owned companies and private enterprises during the twentieth century, the role of foreign direct investments and multinational companies during the 1990s, and the globalization of African business.Studies in Economic History,2364-1797Economic historyGlobalizationMarketsEconomic Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W41000African Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/714000Emerging Markets/Globalizationhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/525010African Politicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911090AfricaPolitics and governmentAfricaHistoryEconomic history.Globalization.Markets.Economic History.African History.Emerging Markets/Globalization.African Politics.382.096Verhoef Grietjieauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut899920MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910255046203321The History of Business in Africa2010725UNINA