Stephanie Decker

Postcolonial Transition and Global Business History

British Multinational Companies in Ghana and Nigeria

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Produktbeschreibung

Postcolonial Transition and Global Business History is the first in-depth historical study on how British firms sought to adapt over several decades to rapid political and economic transformation in West Africa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9780367428105
• ISBN-10: 0367428105
• Artikelnr.: 65612109

Autorenporträt

Stephanie Decker is Professor of Strategy at the University of Birmingham Business School, UK, and visiting professor in African Business History at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She is co-editor-in-chief of Business History, on the editorial board of Organization Studies and Accounting History, and Co-Vice Chair for Research and Publications at the British Academy of Management.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Organizational Legitimacy and the Development Discourse
PART I - Managing Postcolonial Transitions Externally 3. Corporate
Political Activities before and after Independence 4. Indigenization
Programmes and Organizational Legitimacy PART II - Managing Postcolonial
Transitions Internally 5. Africanization in Companies and in the Civil
Service 6. African Managers in British Businesses 7. Conclusions
Appendices Index