Managing Knowledge and Innovation for Business Sustainability in Africa

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Ahmed, Allam (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2017.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies of Sustainable Business in Africa,
• Θέματα: Management.; Information technology.; Business-Data processing.; Industrial management.; IT in Business.; Innovation/Technology Management.

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. Coinciding with the recently launched Science, Technology a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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)
• PART III: 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).