Entrepreneurship in Africa : a study of successes / / David S. Fick

• Autore: Fick David S
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (311 p.)
• Disciplina: 338/.04/096
• Soggetto topico: Entrepreneurship - Africa; New business enterprises - Africa; Businesspeople - Africa; Success in business - Africa
• Soggetto geografico: Africa Economic conditions 1960-; Africa Social conditions 1960-
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Entrepreneurship in Africa -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- REFERENCE CITED -- 1 African Continent -- REFERENCES CITED -- I West Africa -- 2 Nigeria and Ghana -- NIGERIA -- GHANA -- REFERENCES CITED -- 3 Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Etc. -- CÔTE D'IVOIRE -- BENIN -- BURKINA FASO -- SENEGAL -- GUINEA -- THE GAMBIA -- REFERENCES CITED -- II Southern Africa -- 4 Zimbabwe, Botswana, Etc. -- ZIMBABWE -- BOTSWANA -- MALAWI -- ZAMBIA -- MAURITIUS -- MADAGASCAR -- NAMIBIA -- MOZAMBIQUE -- REFERENCES CITED -- 5 South Africa: Clothing, Youth Culture, Auto, and Home -- CLOTHING -- YOUTH CULTURE -- AUTOMOTIVE -- HOUSING -- REFERENCES CITED -- 6 South Africa: New Era Enterprises -- REFERENCES CITED -- 7 South Africa: Food and Travel Industry -- FOOD INDUSTRY -- TRAVEL INDUSTRY -- REFERENCES CITED -- 8 South Africa: Heritage and Tradition -- REFERENCES CITED -- 9 South Africa: The Media, Reviews, and Issues -- THE MEDIA -- REVIEWS -- SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES -- REFERENCES CITED -- III East Africa -- 10 Horn of Africa -- ETHIOPIA -- SOMALILAND -- DJIBOUTI -- REFERENCES CITED -- 11 Kenya and Tanzania -- KENYA -- TANZANIA -- REFERENCES CITED -- 12 Uganda -- REFERENCES CITED -- IV Central Africa -- 13 Central African Republic, Gabon, Chad, and Cameroon -- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC -- GABON -- CHAD -- CAMEROON -- REFERENCES CITED -- 14 Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Angola -- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO -- RWANDA -- ANGOLA -- REFERENCES CITED -- V North Africa -- 15 Egypt -- REFERENCES CITED -- 16 Arab Maghreb Union -- TUNISIA -- ALGERIA -- MOROCCO -- REFERENCE CITED -- VI Africa's Future -- 17 Entrepreneurs, Leaders, Technologies, and Plans -- AFRICA'S ENTREPRENEURS -- AFRICA'S LEADERS -- NEW ERA TECHNOLOGIES -- DEVELOPMENT PLANS -- REFERENCES CITED -- 18 Conclusions -- REFERENCES CITED -- Index. ; About the Author.
• Sommario/riassunto: Who are the entrepreneurs who have achieved success, wealth, and recognition in their African homelands, and how did they do it? Entrepreneur Dave Fick interviewed several hundred women and men who were willing to assume risks, often spectacular ones, for personal economic gain-but who did it legally, ethically, and who are now giving back to their nations and societies at least as much as they received. They speak openly of their hardships and failures, what they did right and what they did wrong, and their accounts are remarkable. We gain insight into the way business must be done under harsh political and economic circumstances, but we also learn unusual techniques and strategies that others in more favorable milieus can use to accomplish similar feats. With commentaries from notable scholars and other businesspeople and with Fick's own first-hand onsite observations, the book is a self-educating colloquium, a collection of personal meetings, accounts, letters, emails and telephone calls between Fick, his counterparts in Africa, and others around the world. It is also an attempt to encourage a dialogue that will accelerate the exchange and spread of knowledge and ideas, and a way to help the people of Africa build a peaceful and better society for themselves and the world.
• Titolo autorizzato: Entrepreneurship in Africa
• ISBN: 9798400646768; 9786610908486; 9781280908484; 1280908483; 9780313011733; 0313011737
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910955352703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II