04557nam a22005295i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001600153072001600169072001500185072002300200072001900223245016900242250001800411264007900429300006400508336002600572337002600598338003600624347002400660490006000684505129100744520133802035650001403373650001203387650002203399650003003421650002603451650002403477650002203501650002203523650002103545650002903566700007703595700008103672710003403753773002603787776003603813776003603849776003603885830006003921856004603981978-3-031-55935-8DE-He21320251030112247.0cr nn 008mamaa240601s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830315593587 a10.1007/978-3-031-55935-82doi 4aHF3871-3937 7aKJK2bicssc 7a1H2bicssc 7aBUS0350002bisacsh 7aKJKx1H2thema14aThe Future of Entrepreneurship in Southern Africah[electronic resource] :bTechnological and Managerial Perspectives /cedited by Patient Rambe, Robert Ebo Hinson.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aXVII, 255 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aPalgrave Studies in Technology and Innovation in Africa0 aIntroduction Robert Ebo Hinson and Patient Rambe -- Section 1 – Technological Perspectives -- Factors for digital entrepreneurship success on the African continent: A systematic literature review Nhamo Mashavira and Willie Chinyamurindi -- Digital entrepreneurship in Africa: New frontiers, prospects, opportunities and challenges for small digital enterprises Patient Rambe -- Digitalisation and digital innovation for sustainable business model development and value creation: Implications for policy and practice for African SMMEs Patient Rambe -- Section 2 – Managerial & Policy Perspectives -- Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Africa – Old and New Realities in the Light of COVID-19 Gwendoline Vusumuzi Nani and Samuel John Chiromo -- Ethical Dilemmas Faced by the Human Resource Management Practitioners in African Small Micro and Medium Enterprises Mildred Mahapa and Lekhooa Matela -- Reflections on Enabling Legislative Regimes for African Women-Owned Businesses: A Post COVID-19 Perspective Emem O. Anwana -- Section 3 – Conclusions and Reflections on Theory, Policy and Managerial Practice -- The future of innovation and entrepreneurship as a driver of livelihoods in Southern Africa: A synthesis Patient Rambe and Robert Ebo Hinson.  aThis edited collection examines the impact of new technologies and new managerial and policy perspectives on entrepreneurial development in Southern Africa, paying particular attention to small and medium sized enterprises, which contribute significantly to GDP and employment, but often find it difficult to survive beyond the first five years. Chapters are divided in two parts, the first covering technological perspectives and the second managerial perspectives. Africa’s cultural and geographic diversity is taken into account, with authors from Ghana, Lesotho, South Africa and Zimbabwe providing regional case studies and the editors synthesising these discussions in a concluding chapter that touches on sustainability and development to working lives and livelihoods across the region. Exploring critical issues of entrepreneurial human capital development, innovation, technology, legislative frameworks and marketing strategies, this book will be of great interest to researchers, students and policymakers. Patient Rambe is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and the Director of the Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies at the Central University of Technology, Free State in South Africa. Robert Ebo Hinson is a Professor of Marketing and Pro Vice-Chancellor at the Ghana Communication Technology University. 0aBusiness. 0aAfrica. 0aEntrepreneurship. 0aNew business enterprises. 0aEconomic development. 0aManagement science.14aAfrican Business.24aEntrepreneurship.24aEconomic Growth.24aBusiness and Management.1 aRambe, Patient.eeditor.4edt4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt1 aHinson, Robert Ebo.eeditor.4edt4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303155934108iPrinted edition:z978303155936508iPrinted edition:z9783031559372 0aPalgrave Studies in Technology and Innovation in Africa40uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55935-8