TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kuada,John
TI  - Internationalisation and Economic Growth Strategies in Ghana: A Business Perspective
SN  - 9781905068708
AV  - HD2928.3.I58 2007 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - London
PB  - Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd
KW  - Ghana--Foreign economic relations
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Downstream Internationalisation -- Upstream Internationalisation -- Integration of Upstream and Downstream Perspectives on Internationalisation -- Figure 1: -- Implications for Understanding the Internationalisation Efforts in Ghana -- Summary and Conclusion -- Chapter 3 -- Porter's "Diamond" -- Figure 1 Porter's "Diamond" -- The Eight-Faceted "Diamond" -- Figure 2: The Eight-Faceted "Diamond" -- Implications for Export Sector Development in Ghana -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 -- Table 1: Expected Impact of Government Measures on Selected Performance Indicators of NTEs -- Literature Review -- Analytical Framework and Methodology -- Data -- Table 2a: Average annual revenue in nominal terms -- Table 2b: Average annual growth rate of revenues (2001 - 2004) -- Findings -- Table 3: Group means and standard deviations -- Legend. -- Table 4a: Differences between Non-Exporters and Exporters* -- Table 4b: Differences between MNCs and Exporters -- Table 4c: Differences between Non-Exporters and Multinationals! -- Discussion and Conclusions -- Chapter 5 -- Trade and Development Policies in Ghana -- The Current Export Policy Setting in Ghana -- Empirical Analysis -- Results -- Table 1: Mean Productivity by Exporter Participation -- Table 2: Test between Mean Productivity of Exporters &amp -- Non- Exporters -- Table 3: Mean Productivity by Location -- Table 5: Learning-by-exporting model results -- Table 6: Self-Selection Model Results -- Summary and Conclusion -- Appendix Table A1 1 Descriptive statistics of factor inputs -- Table A1 2 Descriptive statistics of factor inputs by export participation -- Table A1 3 Descriptive Statistics of factor inputs by industrial sector -- Table A1 4 Estimates of Frontier Production Function -- Chapter 6 -- Literature Review -- Table 1: Determinants of Capital Structure; Methodology -- Empirical Findings Table 2: Average debt ratios of exporters and non-exporters -- Table 3: Mean variables of exporters and non-exporters -- Summary and Conclusion -- Chapter 7 -- Some Conceptual Clarifications -- Hypothesis -- Methodology -- Presentations and Discussion of Findings -- Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Research -- Chapter 8 -- Concepts and Definitions -- The Risk Management Process -- Methodology -- Findings -- Conclusions and Implications -- Chapter 9 -- Literature Review -- The Ghanaian Evidence -- Discussions -- Summary and conclusions: -- Chapter 10 -- An Overview of FDI Policies and Results in Ghana -- Learning Theories from an FDI Perspective -- A Model of Knowledge Transfer -- FDIs and Interfirm Learning Processes in Ghana -- Figure 3. Compatibility between Learning Modes -- Discussions and Management Implications -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11 -- Research Gap -- Study Objectives -- Conceptual Framework and Research Questions -- Literature Review -- Methodology -- Discussion of Findings and Analyses -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
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