TY - BOOK ID - 7834583 TI - Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across Africa : Context, Challenges, Cases AU - Achtenhagen, Leona. AU - Brundin, Ethel. PY - 2016 SN - 9811017255 9811017271 PB - Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Business. KW - Entrepreneurship. KW - Leadership. KW - Business and Management. KW - Business Strategy/Leadership. KW - Small business KW - Entrepreneurship KW - New business enterprises KW - Business starts KW - Development stage enterprises KW - How to start a business KW - New companies KW - Start-up business enterprises KW - Start-up companies KW - Start-ups (Business enterprises) KW - Starting a business KW - Startups (Business enterprises) KW - Entrepreneur KW - Intrapreneur KW - Capitalism KW - Business incubators KW - Business enterprises KW - Ability KW - Command of troops KW - Followership UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7834583 AB - This book focuses on issues related to entrepreneurship and SME management on the African continent by providing insights from different conceptual, empirical and case studies. In doing so, it focuses on context-specific challenges for conducting entrepreneurial activities or business endeavors in smaller firms in the African continent. The book responds to calls for more research about African businesses given the acknowledgement of scholars, students and policy makers around the world who realize the increasing and growing economic importance of the African continent. In addition to serving as a source book for more in-depth studies by assisting the reader in gaining increased understanding of the topics covered, complementing the different parts with reviews, the book also elaborates on issues such political unrest, corruption, untrained personnel and environmental concerns. Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across Africa: Context, Challenges, Cases will be useful to academics with an interest in different entrepreneurial contexts in general, and Africa in particular, and for students interested in regional business practices, as well as for practitioners and policy makers. ER -