Management challenges in different types of African firms : processes, practices and performance

This book focuses on management challenges in different types of companies, ranging from small to large, from private to public and from service to manufacturing in the African context. With empirical data from countries as diverse as Rwanda, Kenya and Ethiopia, it discusses the increasing economic...

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Other Authors: Achtenhagen, Leona, 1969- (Editor), Brundin, Ethel, 1952- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Singapore : Springer, [2017]
Series: Frontiers in African business research.
Subjects:
Industrial management > Africa.
Management > Africa.
Corporate governance > Africa.
Business enterprises > Africa.
Africa.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
ISBN: 9789811045363
9789811045356
Physical Description: 1 online resource

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
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505 0 |a Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part 1: Processes -- Chapter 2. Strategic change in the banking industry -- Chapter 3. Is Business Process Reengineering (BPR) a Fashion or a Solution? Evidence from a Public University -- Chapter 4. Internal and external factors affecting exporting SMEs in Rwanda -- Chapter 5. Readiness for change -- a systematic literature review -- Part 3: Practices -- Chapter 6. Sustainable Development Goals, Governance and the Private Sector -- Chapter 7. Supply Chain Management Practices and Operational Performance of SMEs in Nairobi County, Kenya -- Chapter 8. Exploring the Implications of Low-Cost Leadership and Differentiation Strategies in the East African Community Market: A Perspective of Local Firms -- Chapter 9. International Financial Reporting Standards and Capital market in Rwanda -- Chapter 10: Strategic Innovation in Management of Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Companies in Rwanda -- Part 4: Performance -- Chapter 11. Cameroon: Innovation, ICT and Combined Effects for Better Performance of Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises (SMMEs) -- Chapter 12. Job-Rotation, Utilization of Workshops and Performance of Entrepreneurial Firms in Rwanda: An Empirical study of SMEs in Gasabo District -- Chapter 13. Export performance of SMEs in the Rwandan mining sector: Challenges and prospects -- Chapter 14. Assessing the Relationship between Employee Motivation and Productivity in Nyagatare District in Rwanda -- Part 5. Wrapping Up -- Chapter 13. Taking stock and future outlook. 
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