Managing Knowledge and Innovation for Business Sustainability in Africa

Managing Knowledge and Innovation for Business Sustainability in Africa

Bibliografiska uppgifter
Institutionell upphovsman: SpringerLink (Online service)
Övriga upphovsmän: Ahmed, Allam (Utgivare, redaktör, sammanställare)
Sammanfattning:XXV, 253 p. 16 illus., 2 illus. in color.
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Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Upplaga:1st ed. 2017.
Serie:Palgrave Studies of Sustainable Business in Africa,
Ämnen:
Management.
Business information services.
Technological innovations.
IT in Business.
Innovation and Technology Management.
Länkar:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41090-6
Materialtyp: Elektronisk Bok
Innehållsförteckning:
  • 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).

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