Internationalisation and economic growth strategies in Ghana : a business perspective / edited by John Kuada.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kuada, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International business enterprises--Ghana.

International business enterprises.

Industrial promotion--Ghana.

Industrial promotion.

Ghana--Foreign economic relations.

Ghana.

Ghana--Economic conditions--1979-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Adonis & Abbey, 2007.

Summary:

Economic growth is one of the most cost-effective ways of dealing with poverty in Africa. Growth lifts many people out of poverty and at the same time generates the government revenues necessary for investments within the social sector. Thus the design and implementation of business development policies remains a major challenge in most African countries. This entails supporting businesses to be integrated within the global economic structure without being easy victims of unscrupulous and opportunistic investors. During the past two decades successive Ghanaian governments have implemented private sector development policies aimed at stimulating growth through internationalisation of local enterprises and attracting foreign investors. Contributors to the volume provide an overview of the impact of these policies on the Ghanaian business environment and the strategic orientations of managers. They also offer an insight into the productivity and performance of exporting firms, the financial and knowledge acquisition strategies they adopt, their degree of market orientation and corporate social responsibility and the challenges faced by African policy makers and managers learning to operate within an increasingly turbulent global economy. The book situates the Ghanaian experience within the broader context of African economic growth and calls for African economic integration as a platform on which African firms can build their competitiveness and operate more effectively within the global economy.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Downstream Internationalisation""; ""Upstream Internationalisation""; ""Integration of Upstream and Downstream Perspectives on Internationalisation""; ""Figure 1:""; ""Implications for Understanding the Internationalisation Efforts in Ghana""; ""Summary and Conclusion""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Porter's Diamond""; ""Figure 1 Porter's Diamond""; ""The Eight-Faceted Diamond""; ""Figure 2: The Eight-Faceted Diamond""; ""Implications for Export Sector Development in Ghana""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 4""

""Table 1: Expected Impact of Government Measures on Selected Performance Indicators of NTEs""""Literature Review""; ""Analytical Framework and Methodology""; ""Data""; ""Table 2a: Average annual revenue in nominal terms""; ""Table 2b: Average annual growth rate of revenues (2001-2004)""; ""Findings""; ""Table 3: Group means and standard deviations""; ""Legend.""; ""Table 4a: Differences between Non-Exporters and Exporters*""; ""Table 4b: Differences between MNCs and Exporters""; ""Table 4c: Differences between Non-Exporters and Multinationals!""; ""Discussion and Conclusions""

""Chapter 5""""Trade and Development Policies in Ghana""; ""The Current Export Policy Setting in Ghana""; ""Empirical Analysis""; ""Results""; ""Table 1: Mean Productivity by Exporter Participation""; ""Table 2: Test between Mean Productivity of Exporters & Non- Exporters""; ""Table 3: Mean Productivity by Location""; ""Table 5: Learning-by-exporting model results""; ""Table 6: Self-Selection Model Results""; ""Summary and Conclusion""; ""Appendix Table A1 1 Descriptive statistics of factor inputs""; ""Table A1 2 Descriptive statistics of factor inputs by export participation""

""Table A1 3 Descriptive Statistics of factor inputs by industrial sector""""Table A1 4 Estimates of Frontier Production Function""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Literature Review""; ""Table 1: Determinants of Capital Structure""; ""Methodology""; ""Empirical Findings Table 2: Average debt ratios of exporters and non-exporters""; ""Table 3: Mean variables of exporters and non-exporters""; ""Summary and Conclusion""; ""Chapter 7""; ""Some Conceptual Clarifications""; ""Hypothesis""; ""Methodology""; ""Presentations and Discussion of Findings""; ""Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Research""

""Chapter 8""""Concepts and Definitions""; ""The Risk Management Process""; ""Methodology""; ""Findings""; ""Conclusions and Implications""; ""Chapter 9""; ""Literature Review""; ""The Ghanaian Evidence""; ""Discussions""; ""Summary and conclusions:""; ""Chapter 10""; ""An Overview of FDI Policies and Results in Ghana""; ""Learning Theories from an FDI Perspective""; ""A Model of Knowledge Transfer""; ""FDIs and Interfirm Learning Processes in Ghana""; ""Figure 3. Compatibility between Learning Modes""; ""Discussions and Management Implications""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 11""

""Research Gap""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781912234424

1912234424

OCLC:

811408006