04452nam 2200505 a 450 991082861980332120230721044204.01-912234-42-4(CKB)2670000000245768(EBL)3111186(MiAaPQ)EBC3111186(Au-PeEL)EBL3111186(CaPaEBR)ebr10594069(OCoLC)811408006(EXLCZ)99267000000024576820120906d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||Internationalisation and economic growth strategies in Ghana[electronic resource] a business perspective /edited by John Kuada1st ed.London Adonis & Abbey20071 online resource (248 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-905068-70-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""International business enterprisesGhanaIndustrial promotionGhanaGhanaForeign economic relationsGhanaEconomic conditions1979-International business enterprisesIndustrial promotionKuada John1594926MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828619803321Internationalisation and economic growth strategies in Ghana3915639UNINA