African Diaspora Direct Investment Establishing the Economic and Socio-cultural Rationale /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hack-Polay, Dieu (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Siwale, Juliana (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship in Africa,
• Θέματα: International business enterprises.; New business enterprises.; Project management.; Small business.; Employee health promotion.; International Business.; Start-Ups/Venture Capital.; Project Management.; Small Business.; Employee Health and Wellbeing.

Examining the experiences of Africans setting up businesses back home, the main focus of this book is to establish the economic, social and psychological reasons for such 'home direct investment'. Despite the personal sacrifices that are often needed in order to set up new ventures, the di...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction; Dieu Hack-Polay & Juliana Siwale
• Part I. Diaspora Direct Investment: Rationalities and Impact
• 2. Understanding Diaspora Transnationalism; Osa-Godwin Osaghae
• 3. Diaspora Investment and African National Economics: Case Studies; Gift Mugano
• 4. Mapping of Diaspora Direct Investment: Critical Areas of Investment; Juliana Siwale
• 5. Compassionate investment? Diaspora Contribution to Poverty Alleviation in Francophone West Africa; Dieu Hack-Polay
• Part II. Management of Diaspora Businesses
• 6. Diaspora Networks: A Social Capital Source for Entrepreneurship in Low-Income and Emerging Economies; Amon Simba & Nathanael Ojong
• 7. Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurship: Do Local Social Networks in Home Country Matter?; Olu Aluko & Walter Mswaka
• 8. Diaspora Businesses in Africa: Survival and Sustainability; Sombo Muzata Chunda
• 9. Management of Diaspora Businesses: Issues and Learning; John Opute
• 10. Gender and Diaspora Investment: What Do We Know?; Roda Madziva, Juliana Siwale & Juliet Thondhlana
• 11. Skilled Migrant African Women of Faith and Diaspora Investment; Juliet Thondhlana & Roda Madziva
• 12. Conclusion; Juliet Siwale & Dieu Hack-Polay.