1st Edition

The African Manufacturing Firm An Analysis Based on Firm Studies in Sub-Saharan Africa

By Ata Mazaheri, Dipak Mazumdar Copyright 2003
472 Pages
by Routledge

472 Pages
by Routledge

472 Pages
by Routledge

The African manufacturing sector continues to face many problems as it struggles to progress from its presently underdeveloped state. If the countries that make up Africa are ever to raise the living standards of the vast majority of its population to a more acceptable level, then the economic growth that would result from an enlarged and improved manufacturing sector may hold an important key.... Read more
Part I: The Economies of the Survey Countries in Africa
Part II: The Economic Structure and Production Relations
Part III: Factors of Production
Part IV: Dynamics of Firm Behavior
Part V: Competitiveness and Exports
Part VI: Conclusions

Biography

Dipak Mazumdar is Professor at the Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, Canada.
Ata Mazaheri is at the University of Toronto, Canada.