Stakeholder Management and Entrepreneurship in Africa

Samuel Adomako, PhD, is associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the University of Birmingham. His research focuses on entrepreneurship and innovation and has appeared in leading journals including Journal of Product Innovation Management, British Journal of Management and many others.Michael Asiedu Gyensare, PhD, is a lecturer in management at the University of Kent, United Kingdom. His research straddles the divide between strategic human resource management, organisational behavior and entrepreneurship and has been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Product Innovation Management and Journal of Business Research. He is currently an editorial board member for Industrial and Commercial Training.Mujtaba Ahsan, PhD, is professor of management at San Diego State University. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of entrepreneurship, international business, and innovation. Ahsan’s work has been published in a number of journals such as Academy of Management Review and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice among others.

• Stakeholder Management and Entrepreneurship in Africa: An Introduction Samuel Adomako, Michael A. Gyensare and Mujtaba AhsanPart I: Stakeholder management, innovation and growth1. Stakeholder integration and corporate entrepreneurshipAntoinette Yaa Benewaa Gabrah, George Kofi Amoako and Emem Anwana2. How stakeholder management influences firm innovationSamuel Amponsah Odei and James Okrah3. Stakeholder integration, exploration, and exploitation in new venturesSamuel Adomako4. Stakeholder legitimacy perceptions and firm innovation: a developing country perspectiveEmelia Amoako-Asiedu, Priscilla Ntriwaa Otuo, Theresa Obuobisa-Darko and Ale Antwi Agyei5. Stakeholders and new venture growth in AfricaNadia Zahoor and Arinze Christian Nwoba 6. Stakeholder management and entrepreneurial resourcing of small African firms: financial bootstrapping as a deliberate cost escalation strategyPatient Rambe, Nosiphiwe Mpiti & Nomfundo Gladys Khoza Part II: Gender, Stakeholder Management, and Sustainability7. The role of institutional stakeholders in the success of new businesses in AfricaArinze Christian Nwoba, Samuel Yaw Kusi, Adedapo Adebajo and Mark Kofi Prempeh8. The challenges of female entrepreneurship in Africa: Towards a typology of stakeholder salienceMavis Serwah Benneh Mensah, Joseph Kwadwo Danquah and Betty J. Aidoo-Anderson 9. Gender, culture and stakeholder management strategies in AfricaJoseph Kwadwo Danquah, Betty J Aidoo-Anderson, Boakye Boampong, Gilbert Zana Naab, William Yamoah, and Michael Mensah 10. Stakeholder management and entrepreneurship: a catalyst for climate action in AfricaRobert Kwame Dzogbenuku11. Two decades of research on stakeholder management and entrepreneurship in Africa: a Review and future Research AgendaSamuel Narh Dorhetso12. Stakeholder Management Challenges and The Complexities of Promoting Sustainable Entrepreneurship in AfricaRabake Nana, Kweku Adams and Rexford Attah-Boakye Part III: Stakeholder Management, Strategies, and Entrepreneurship in Africa13. Stakeholder management best practices in entrepreneurshipGeorge Oppong Appiagyei Ampong, Richard Plange-Rhule, Afia Nyarko Boakye and Kwame Owusu-Ansah Owusu Afram14. Toward a 7-S framework for effective stakeholder engagement and management in early-stage ventures: a bibliometric analysisSamuel Narh Dorhetso15. Stakeholder management in family businessEmmanuel Kwaw Buah, Shirley Maud Acheampong and Edmund Osei Afriyie16. Business failure and stakeholder management relationships in new venturesPhabion Tichawona Chaza17. Entrepreneurial strategies for effective stakeholder management in AfricaErnest Kumi, Solomon Tawiah Yeboah and George Kofi Amoako18. Stakeholder Management in the Wake of Business FailureDacosta Omari and Cai Jin