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Managing Knowledge and Innovation for Business Sustainability in Africa

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Addressing the issues that will be central to Africa’s various attempts to effectively manage knowledge and innovation for sustainable business management, this edited book makes a timely contribution to research on business in Africa.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-07-15
Mått148 x 210 x 27 mm
Vikt364 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePalgrave Studies of Sustainable Business in Africa
Antal sidor253
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319822648

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Allam Ahmed is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sussex, UK, the Founding President of World Association for Sustainable Development, and the Founding Director of Middle Eastern Knowledge Economy Institute. Allan is also a Fellow and Chartered Marketer of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK, has advised the African Capacity Building Foundation and the EC, and held the position of International Co-ordinator UNESCO Chair on Transfer of technology.

PART I: Introduction.- Chapter 1 Managing knowledge and innovation for sustainable knowledge-based economy in Africa (Allam Ahmed).- PART II: Regional dimensions.- Chapter 2 The role of an innovative ICT-based entrepreneurial evolution on Africa’s development – the case of university-based incubators (Sherif Kamel).- Chapter 3 Impact of education quality on sustainable development in Africa (Adil A. Dafa’Alla, Elmouiz S. Hussein and Marwan A. A. Adam).- Chapter 4 MIDLAND: a strategic successful initiative in the African market (Vimi Jham).- Chapter 5 Policy support for innovation at grassroots in Africa (Chux Daniels).- Chapter 6 Globalisation, innovation activities and the technology gap between Sub-Saharan Africa and the industrialised countries (Khaled Elmawazini, Mohd Shukri Hajinoor and Ibrahim Ngouhouo).- Chapter 7 Understanding how failing a job interview may be a source of innovation: The case of WhatsApp founders (Alain Ndedi and Kelly Mua Kingsley).- PARTIII: Country-specific perspective.- Chapter 8 Design engineering capacity building and innovation in the industrial sector in North African countries: the case of Algeria (Abdelkader Djeflat).- Chapter 9 Foreign Direct Investment in Zimbabwe and Botswana: the elephant in the room (Mavis Gutu, Constantia Anastasiadou, Maktoba Omar and Collins Osei).- Chapter 10 Prospects and challenges of managing clusters as entrepreneurship development interventions for sustainable development in Nigeria: a discourse analysis (Lukman Raimi, Stephen Bolaji Peluola and Morufu Oladimeji Shokunbi).- Chapter 11 Assessment and way forward of the Douala Stock Exchange in Cameroon (Alain Ndedi).- Chapter 12 Mind mapping in Sudanese medical education (Nahlaa A. Khalifa).- Chapter 13 Absorptive capacity of human capital and international R&D spillover in Egypt (Eman Elish and Hany El Shamy).