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1. Introduction—Management Challenges in Africa

verfasst von : Leona Achtenhagen, Ethel Brundin

Erschienen in: Management Challenges in Different Types of African Firms

Verlag: Springer Singapore

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This introductory chapter addresses management challenges across different types of African organizations. Based on a literature review of how management challenges in Africa have been studied to date, it introduces this volume’s three parts—Practices, Processes, and Performance. It also gives a brief insight of the chapters that discuss these challenges in detail.

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Titel: Introduction—Management Challenges in Africa
verfasst von: Leona Achtenhagen
Ethel Brundin
Verlag: Springer Singapore
Buch: Management Challenges in Different Types of African Firms
Print ISBN: 978-981-10-4535-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-10-4536-3

Copyright-Jahr: 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4536-3_1

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