Stakeholder Management and Entrepreneurship in Africa (Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship)

Building on past research in the broad field of stakeholder management and entrepreneurship, this book pushes a new agenda for more effective stakeholder engagement and management in entrepreneurial firms in Africa.

Adomako, Gyensare, and Ahsan provide a novel lens for entrepreneurs to manage stakeholders in Africa and a sense of current best practices. Issues discussed include how external stakeholders such as government, nongovernmental organizations, media, civil society organizations, and local institutions influence the core business operations of entrepreneurial firms. The book confronts the central challenge of entrepreneurship by providing a comprehensive understanding of how entrepreneurs could identify, select, enroll, and coordinate stakeholders. In addition, it assesses issues such as stakeholder influence on corporate social responsibility strategy, sustainability, and environmental management of entrepreneurial firms.

An essential read for postgraduate students, researchers, and public and private analysts.

Samuel Adomako, PhD, is associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the University of Birmingham. His research focuses on entrepreneurship and innovation and has appeared in leading journals including Journal of Product Innovation Management, British Journal of Management and many others.

Michael Asiedu Gyensare, PhD, is a lecturer in management at the University of Kent, United Kingdom. His research straddles the divide between strategic human resource management, organisational behavior and entrepreneurship and has been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Product Innovation Management and Journal of Business Research. He is currently an editorial board member for Industrial and Commercial Training.

Mujtaba Ahsan, PhD, is professor of management at San Diego State University. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of entrepreneurship, international business, and innovation. Ahsan’s work has been published in a number of journals such as Academy of Management Review and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice among others.