Special issue editorial: Social innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa
Special issue editorial: Social innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa
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特刊社论:非洲的社会创新和创业
DOI:
10.1080/23322373.2022.2071579
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
Littlewood D
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文献类型:
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作者:
Littlewood D
Africa is at a crossroads. On the one hand, it faces numerous intractable sustainable development challenges, including widespread and persistent poverty (Schoch & Lakner, 2020), increasing competition for resources (Economist, 2020), and the intensifying effects of global climate change (United Nations, 2020). These challenges are exacerbated by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (Paci, 2021). On the other hand, many African economies are growing rapidly (EY, 2021), whilst over the last decade significant progress has been made in governance and sustainable development across the continent (Signe & Gurib-Fakim, 2019). Many African cities have become centers of (social) innovation and entrepreneurship (FT, 2019), with Africans shaping their own destinies and developing local solutions to the challenges they face. Perceptions outside Africa are also changing, with the opportunities and potential of the continent and its peoples increasingly recognized. This special issue of the Africa Journal of Management aims to reflect on and speak to these transformations. The papers in it present novel empirical and theoretical insights on social innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa, adding to this emerging field and showcasing the contributions that research from Africa and utilizing African data can make to wider social innovation and entrepreneurship scholarship (George, 2015; George et al., 2016; Rivera-Santos et al., 2015).Social innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa are the subject of growing academic attention (Bitzer et al., 2015; Ciambotti & Pedrini, 2021; Holt & Littlewood, 2017; Littlewood & Holt, 2018a, 2018b; Mirvis & Googins, 2018; Rivera-Santos et al., 2015; Sottini et al., 2021; Steinfield & Holt, 2019; etc.). Nevertheless, research has struggled to keep pace with rapid developments on the ground and in practice. Scholarship on social innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa also remains fragmented, with many research questions unanswered. For this reason, this special issue of the Africa Journal of Management was convened.
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DOI:
10.4324/9781315646190
发表时间:
2016
期刊:
Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization
影响因子:
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作者:
N. Nwuneli
通讯作者:
N. Nwuneli
影响因子:
7
作者:
S. Thorgren;Adesuwa Omorede
通讯作者:
Adesuwa Omorede
影响因子:
9.8
作者:
Samuel Adomako;M. Tran
通讯作者:
M. Tran
影响因子:
1
作者:
A. Tallontire
通讯作者:
A. Tallontire
影响因子:
3.9
作者:
E. Onsongo
通讯作者:
E. Onsongo