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Achtenhagen, Leona.

Management challenges in different types of African firmsprocesses, practices and performance /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Management challenges in different types of African firmsedited by Leona Achtenhagen, Ethel Brundin.
Reminder of title:	processes, practices and performance /
other author:	Achtenhagen, Leona.
Published:	Singapore :Springer Singapore :2017.
Description:	xiii, 238 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Business enterprisesAfrica.
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4536-3
ISBN:	9789811045363$q(electronic bk.)

Management challenges in different types of African firmsprocesses, practices and performance /
Management challenges in different types of African firmsprocesses, practices and performance /[electronic resource] :edited by Leona Achtenhagen, Ethel Brundin. - Singapore :Springer Singapore :2017. - xiii, 238 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Frontiers in African business research,2367-1033. - Frontiers in African business research..

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.

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 importance of the African continent, covering relevant topics on sustainability and environmental issues, exports, logistics, HR issues, innovation and financial reporting. Through different conceptual insights and empirical case studies, the research presented serves as a useful resource for academics, students, and policy-makers interested in in-depth studies on management challenges in Africa.

ISBN: 9789811045363$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-981-10-4536-3doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

398767
Business enterprises
--Africa.

LC Class. No.: HD31.2 / .M36 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 658

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