Ifere, Simeon E., Nyuur, Richard, Amankwah-Amoah, Joseph and Ochie, Chinedu (2022) Unconnected to global network: Infrastructural deficit in Africa. Strategic Change, 31 (1). pp. 117-128. ISSN 1086-1718
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Abstract
Anchored in resource-based and institutional theories, this study examines how small-and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) activities are constrained and hindered from connecting to the global value chain. Specifically, we examine how domestic firms mobilize their innovative capabilities to respond to firms-level and market constraints. Drawing on a sample of 29 managers and owners of manufacturing SMEs in Nigeria, we uncovered that frequent power outages impose difficult additional cost and operational challenges which impeded their operational competitiveness for regional and global competition. We shed light on how resources-deficits and infrastructural impediments impact SMEs' operational activities and curtail their market competitiveness on the global stage. Further theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Africa, value chains, digitalization, resources-deficits, innovative capabilities, SMEs |
| Subjects: | K400 Planning (Urban, Rural and Regional) N100 Business studies |
| Department: | Faculties > Business and Law > Newcastle Business School |
| Depositing User: | John Coen |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Sep 2021 08:27 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2024 08:00 |
| URI: | https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/47390 |
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