03729nam 22007334a 450 991096692200332120251116174959.01-134-42571-61-280-23933-697866102393370-203-98778-010.4324/9780203987780 (CKB)1000000000247616(EBL)254234(OCoLC)275353878(SSID)ssj0000099850(PQKBManifestationID)11128246(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000099850(PQKBWorkID)10037830(PQKB)11600632(MiAaPQ)EBC254234(Au-PeEL)EBL254234(CaPaEBR)ebr10166047(CaONFJC)MIL23933(OCoLC)935229856(OCoLC)62246067(EXLCZ)99100000000024761620021104d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe African manufacturing firm an analysis based on firm surveys in seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa /Dipak Mazumdar and Ata Mazaheri1st ed.London ;New York Routledge20031 online resource (472 p.)Routledge studies in development economics ;31Description based upon print version of record.1-138-37664-7 0-415-29886-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-443) and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; 1 The Economies of the Survey Countries in Africa; 2 Size Distribution of Firms in African Manufacturing and Market Structure; 3 The Production Function in African Manufacturing: Relative Productivity of Small and Large Firms; 4 Entrepreneurial Firms in Africa; 5 Capital Markets - Finance; 6 Labor as a Factor of Production; 7 The Impact of Regulations and Infrastructure Relative to Other Problems Facing the Firm; 8 Contract Flexibility and Enforcement; 9 The Analysis of Capacity Utilization10 Technical Efficiency of Manufacturing Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa11 Investment; 12 The Growth of Firms; 13 African Competitiveness in World Markets; 14 Characteristics and Performance of Export Oriented Firms: Evidence from RPED Surveys; 15 Conclusions; Bibliography; IndexThe African manufacturing sector continues to face many problems as it struggles to progress from its presently underdeveloped state. If the countries that make up Africa are ever to raise the living standards of the vast majority of its population to a more acceptable level, then the economic growth that would result from an enlarged and improved manufacturing sector may hold an important key.The book provides a useful source of greater understanding of African manufacturing firms and the perplexing lack of widespread industrial growth during the post-colonial decades. The comprehensive cRoutledge studies in development economics ;31.Manufacturing industriesAfrica, Sub-SaharanCorporationsAfrica, Sub-SaharanIndustrial productivityAfrica, Sub-SaharanIndustrial surveysAfrica, Sub-SaharanManufacturing industriesCorporationsIndustrial productivityIndustrial surveys338.4/767/0967Mazumdar Dipak1932-125296Mazaheri Ata737279MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966922003321The African manufacturing firm4488005UNINA