Africa: The New Frontier for Global Strategy Scholars

Mol, Michael J.; Stadler, Christian; Ariño, Africa

doi:10.1002/gsj.1146

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“…Addressing the healthcare challenges of the developing world meets the definition of a grand challenge, one which a variety of organizations at different levels are working to address. Research in this domain has attracted increasing attention, and research on Africa, in particular, has for example been labeled as a‘new frontier for global strategy scholars’, by Mol et al () in part because it has been under‐researched compared to other parts of the developing world. The developing world faces both longstanding and emerging healthcare challenges.…”

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Write Code, Save Lives: How a Community Uses Open Innovation to Address a Societal Challenge

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This study explores how a community uses open innovation over time to tackle a global societal challenge. Relying on inductive analyses of qualitative and archival data, we conduct an in-depth case study of OpenMRS, an open-source software community providing affordable medical record-keeping software in developing nations. We develop a process model that describes how inbound, outbound, and coupled open innovation influenced the community through four discrete phases of community development. We explain how the founders' vision led to the creation of the community, and how increasing community participation and community governance facilitated its growth. Interestingly, we found that economic opportunities made possible by open innovation may paradoxically create challenges to community sustainability. Ultimately, this study expands our understanding of open innovation communities in different settings, and their role in addressing societal challenges.

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“…First, Africa as a continent has received a low level of attention in strategy and international business research (Zoogah, Peng, and Woldu, 2015). A better understanding of how MNEs enter the emerging economy market of Africa, and how they interact with the complex and dynamic institutions of African countries is urgently needed for both scholarly research and business practice (Mol et al, 2017). Second, despite the generally low level of institutional development in Africa, there are significant variations in country-level institutional environments, especially in terms of the pace of change.…”

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“…To fill these knowledge gaps, this study explores how dynamic institutional changes will affect MNEs’ entry mode choices, by examining 2,245 FDI entries into African countries during the period 2008–2013. We focus on the African context because this continent has experienced rapid economic and institutional development in the past decade, making it an increasingly attractive, yet academically underexplored, destination for FDI (Mol, Stadler, and Arino, ). Specifically, our findings suggest that MNEs are more likely to adopt greenfield modes in countries with rapid development of formal institutions and acquisition modes in countries with rapid development of factor markets.…”

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Acquisition or greenfield entry into Africa? Responding to institutional dynamics in an emerging continent

Chen

Cui

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Global Strategy Journal

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Research Summary Foreign direct investment establishment mode literature has focused on the impact of unidimensional measures of institutional status, despite that institutional environments in emerging economies undergo substantial and continuous changes in multiple dimensions. This study integrates the dynamic institution‐based view with the theoretical construct of institutional competitive advantages to examine the heterogeneous strategic responses of investing firms to host country institutional dynamics. Empirical results from 2,245 FDIs into Africa during the period 2008–2013 show that multinational enterprises MNEs are more likely to adopt: (1) a greenfield mode in countries with rapid development of formal institutions; and (2) an acquisition mode in countries with rapid development of factor markets. Moreover, the regional experience of MNEs strengthens the first effect, while the institutional ties strengthen both effects. Managerial summary The dynamic development of a host country's institutional and factor market conditions is a critical consideration for multinational enterprises when entering emerging countries. By studying 2,245 foreign direct investments into Africa during the period 2008–2013, we find that MNEs are more likely to enter African countries that have formal institutions that are rapidly improving via greenfield investments. This is especially true for those MNEs with prior investment experience in Africa or with local government connections. We also find that acquisition modes are more likely to be adopted in African countries with rapidly improving factor market conditions, especially by MNEs with local government connections. We promote a dynamic perspective for MNEs for assessing business opportunities and entry modes in Africa. Copyright © 2016 Strategic Management Society.

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“…SSA MNCs have emerged from different sectors of the economy, taking advantage of their home countries' favorable economic policies to internationalize (Initiative for Global Development and Dalberg Global Development, ; William, ). However, the study of SSA firms is still underexplored, and “silence” has been used to describe the lack of such studies (Bolaji & Chris, ; Boojihawon & Acholonu, ; Ibeh, Wilson, & Chizema, ; Mol, Stadler, & Arino, ). The SSA economic environment is diverse in terms of political systems, resources, economic structures, and culture (Ajen, ; IGD & Development, ).…”

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The internationalization of Nigerian firms: Motivations and location patterns

Omokaro-Romanus

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Konara

2018

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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Despite the increased number of studies of the internationalization of emerging-market multinationals (EMNCs), Latin American and Asian firms have dominated the focus of such studies, while the study of the internationalization process of sub-Saharan African firms in the international business literature is quite limited. Therefore, this article examines the motivations and location patterns of the internationalization process of four Nigerian firms through a multiple case study approach. The findings show that the internationalization of the Nigerian firms is a recent phenomenon, but the foreign investment pattern reflects a pan-African investment strategy. However, the findings also reveal that the firm-specific advantages that had been accumulated in the domestic market, coupled with home-country factors and regional-/hostmarket factors, were key determinants of the motivations and location patterns in the internationalization process of Nigerian firms.

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Africa: The New Frontier for Global Strategy Scholars

Cited by 62 publications

References 31 publications

Write Code, Save Lives: How a Community Uses Open Innovation to Address a Societal Challenge

Write Code, Save Lives: How a Community Uses Open Innovation to Address a Societal Challenge

Acquisition or greenfield entry into Africa? Responding to institutional dynamics in an emerging continent

The internationalization of Nigerian firms: Motivations and location patterns

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