Indigenous African enterprise : the Igbo traditional business school (I-TBS)

This volume of Advanced Series in Management traces the origins, development, and key themes of the business practices of Nigeria's south-eastern Igbos including apprenticeships, entrepreneurial clusters, sales practices, conflict management, talent recruitment, indigenous financial practices,...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Adeola, Ogechi (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020.
SeriesAdvanced series in management ; Volume 26
Subjects
Igbo (African people) > Economic conditions.
Business enterprises > Nigeria.
Entrepreneurship > Nigeria.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781839090356
9781839090332
DOI10.1108/s1877-6361202126
Physical Description1 online resource (xxxii, 253 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Prelims
  • Section I An introduction to the Igbo traditional business school (I-TBS)
  • The Igbo traditional business school (I-TBS): an introduction
  • Igba-Boi: historical transitions of the Igbo apprenticeship model
  • Entrepreneurship incubation among the Nigerian Igbos: the Igba-Boi indigenous model
  • The Igbo traditional business school (I-TBS): a SWOT review synthesis
  • Section II Indigenous business management and succession planning
  • Family businesses, succession and survival strategies
  • Talent management and succession planning in traditional Igbo businesses
  • Talent recruitment, knowledge management and business performance: a case analysis of Igbo traders in Lagos state
  • Section III: Financial practices, sales negotiation and conflict management
  • Cultural practices in sales negotiations: insights from Igbo traders
  • Understanding the conflict management and transformation mechanisms in the Igbo traditional business model
  • Indigenous financial practices of Igbo micro-entrepreneurs in Lagos
  • Section IV: Business incubators and models
  • Indigenous business incubators: a focus on the Akwete weaving industry
  • Mutual aid economy: exploring the locally generated venture capital approach in Igbo business industrial clusters
  • Nollywood: exploring the history and indigenous distribution structure of the Igbos
  • Profiling the sociocultural conditions for Igbo business start-ups and entrepreneurial activities in diaspora: the South African experience
  • Section V: Recommendations for policy and practice
  • Igba-Boi: Comparison with the German model and recommendations for the Nigerian economy
  • The Igbo business practice: towards a model for Africa
  • Conclusion and Recommendations
  • Index.

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