Description
Book SynopsisDiscusses developing markets for African entrepreneurs
Trade ReviewSpanning many disciplines and referenced with endnotes and bibliography, this volume should be in any library with collections on African studies. . . . Highly recommended.
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Taylor's key arguments can briefly be expressed as follows: there is more than one kind of African business culture, and African businesses are both more various and healthier than we may have imagined. He provides a clear-eyed review of the current state of business on the course, steering a careful course between a hopeless and over-determined Afropessimism, and a giddy, reckless boisterism about its prospects. Nonetheless, his tone remains refreshingly upbeat and pragmatic.
* Journal of Modern African Studies *
Table of ContentsPreface
Part I. Introduction and Background
Introduction
1. African Business and Capitalism in Historical Perspective
Part II. Globalization and Political and Economic Transformation
2. Institutional Change in the 1990s: Economic and Political Reform
3. Business, the African State and Globalization in the New Millennium: Transnational Influences and Domestic Responses
Part III. The Diversity of African Business: Problems and Prospects
4. Foreign Investment Beyond Compradorism & Primary Commodities: The Role of the Global South
5. From Patrimonialism to Profit? The Transformation of Crony Capitalists and Bureaucratic Bourgeoisies
6. Going Continental, Going Global: Africa's Corporate Giants
Conclusion: The Prospects for African Business
Appendix
Bibliography
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index
