Postcolonial Transition and Global Business History: British Multinational Companies in Ghana and Nigeria

ISBN-13: 9780367428105 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 192 str.

Stephanie Decker

Opis

Postcolonial Transition and Global Business History is the first in-depth historical study on how British firms sought to adapt over several decades to rapid political and economic transformation in West Africa.

Recenzje

"Decker is a rare scholar, combining the empirical fastidiousness of a business historian with the conceptual and theoretical skills of an organization theorist, producing a book that should contribute to a more global and historivcal appreciation of the role of multinationals." – Stewart Clegg, Distinguished Professor, University of Technology Sydney Business School

Spis treści

1. Introduction   2. Organizational Legitimacy and the Development Discourse   PART I - Managing Postcolonial Transitions Externally   3. Corporate Political Activities before and after Independence   4. Indigenization Programmes and Organizational Legitimacy   PART II - Managing Postcolonial Transitions Internally   5. Africanization in Companies and in the Civil Service   6. African Managers in British Businesses   7. Conclusions    Appendices    Index

O autorze

Stephanie Decker is Professor of Strategy at the University of Birmingham Business School, UK, and visiting professor in African Business History at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She is co-editor-in-chief of Business History, on the editorial board of Organization Studies and Accounting History, and Co-Vice Chair for Research and Publications at the British Academy of Management.