Title The African manufacturing firm : an analysis based on firm surveys in seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa / Dipak Mazumdar and Ata Mazaheri

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 451 pages) : illustrations Series Routledge studies in development economics ; 31 Routledge studies in development economics ; 31. Contents Part Part I: Introduction -- chapter 1 The Economies of the Survey Countries in Africa -- part Part II: The Economic Structure and Production Relations -- chapter 2 Size Distribution of Firms in African Manufacturing and Market Structure -- chapter 3 The Production Function in African Manufacturing: Relative Productivity of Small and Large Firms -- part Part III: Factors of Production -- chapter 4 Entrepreneurial Firms in Africa -- chapter 5 Capital Markets -- Finance -- chapter 6 Labor as a Factor of Production -- chapter 7 The Impact of Regulations and Infrastructure Relative to Other Problems Facing the Firm -- chapter 8 Contract Flexibility and Enforcement -- part Part IV: Dynamics of Firm Behavior -- chapter 9 The Analysis of Capacity Utilization -- chapter 10 Technical Efficiency of Manufacturing Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa -- chapter 11 Investment -- chapter 12 The Growth of Firms -- part Part V: Competitiveness and Exports -- chapter 13 African Competitiveness in World Markets -- chapter 14 Characteristics and Performance of Export Oriented Firms: Evidence from RPED Surveys -- part Part VI: Conclusions -- chapter 15 Conclusions Summary Annotation The book provides a useful source of greater understanding of African manufacturing firms and the perplexing lack of widespread industrial growth during the post-colonial decades Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-443) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Manufacturing industries -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Corporations -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Industrial productivity -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Industrial surveys -- Africa, Sub-Saharan BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Manufacturing. Corporations Industrial productivity Industrial surveys Manufacturing industries Sub-Saharan Africa Form Electronic book Author Mazaheri, Ata ISBN 0203987780 9780203987780 9780415298865 0415298865 1134425716 9781134425716 1280239336 9781280239335 9786610239337 6610239339

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