The internationalization of African firms: Opportunities, challenges, and risks

N Boso, I Adeleye, K Ibeh… - Thunderbird International …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
There has been a marked increase in the internationalization activities of African firms over
the last two decades or so, resulting in the emergence of regional challenger firms that are …

Business ethics in Africa: The role of institutional context, social relevance, and development challenges

I Adeleye, J Luiz, J Muthuri, K Amaeshi - Journal of business ethics, 2020 - Springer
Business ethics in Africa, as a field of research, practice, and teaching, has grown rapidly
over the last two decades or so, covering a wide variety of topical issues, including corporate …

Making sense of Africa's emerging digital transformation and its many futures

B Ndemo, T Weiss - Africa Journal of Management, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Digital technologies have spread across the African continent at an inexorable pace. Widely
cited data on adoption rates suggest that digital technologies are making their way into …

Corporate social responsibility in SMEs: A shift from philanthropy to institutional works?

K Amaeshi, E Adegbite, C Ogbechie, U Idemudia… - Journal of business …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) amongst Small and Medium Enterprises
(SMEs) is often characterised in the literature as unstructured, informal and ad hoc …

Catalyzing social entrepreneurship in Africa: Roles for western universities, NGOs and corporations

P Mirvis, B Googins - Africa Journal of Management, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This article reviews research on promoting social entrepreneurship and enterprise in Africa.
It also presents brief case studies on how select Western universities, NGOs and …

Where less is more: institutional voids and business families in Sub-Saharan Africa

W Murithi, N Vershinina, P Rodgers - International Journal of …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer a conceptual interpretation of the role business
families play in the institutional context of sub-Saharan Africa, characterised by voids within …

An African theory of good leadership

T Metz - African Journal of Business Ethics, 2018 - ajobe.journals.ac.za
This article draws on the indigenous African tradition of philosophy to ground a moral-
philosophical theory of leadership that is intended to rival accounts in the East Asian and …

Bringing Africa into entrepreneurship research

V Ratten, P Jones - … : Challenges and opportunities for doing business, 2018 - Springer
Africa is a region diverse in languages and cultures, which impacts the entrepreneurial spirit
of people and companies operating in the area. Despite the various forms of …

How does national culture enable or constrain entrepreneurship? Exploring the role of Harambee in Kenya

N Vershinina, K Woldesenbet Beta… - Journal of Small …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conceptualise how various value dimensions of
Harambee, the Kenyan culture, affect the fostering of entrepreneurial behaviours …

Towards advancing African management scholarship

K Ibeh, JE Eyong, K Amaeshi - Journal of Management History, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to address the main arguments put forward in Grietjie Verhoef's
article and contribute to a wider debate among management scholars on the role of …