Manufacturing Competitiveness in Africa: Evidence from Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and Senegal

Adenikinju, Adeola; Söderling, Ludvig; Soludo, Charles C.; Varoudakis, Aristomène

doi:10.1086/342423

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“…A characteristic typical of such an economy is that it often has a small large-scale sector and, therefore, a large small-scale sector (McDade and Spring, 2005). Africa's small large-scale sector mostly manufactures furniture, rubber, leather products, plastics, pharmaceuticals, beverages, clothing and soaps/toiletries, or operates in the construction and transportation industries (Adenikinju et al, 2002). The large small-scale sector is Tanzania's economic backbone that consists of primarily micro-and small-sized enterprises (MSEs).…”

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Entrepreneurial activities in a developing country: an institutional theory perspective

Eijdenberg

Thompson

Verduijn

et al. 2019

IJEBR

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Purpose Entrepreneurship research in the context of developing countries has typically investigated the ways in which culture, politics or economic institutions prohibit or enable entrepreneurial activities using macro-level surveys and deductive designs. In contrast, the purpose of this paper is to take a micro-institutional perspective to study these three institutions influencing entrepreneurial activities in such a context. Design/methodology/approach The analysis is based on inductive, qualitative field data from a challenging institutional environment, Tanzania. This includes two focus groups, one with experts and one with entrepreneurs; and 24 individual interviews with entrepreneurs. Findings Entrepreneurial activities in Tanzania are not constrained only by bureaucracy and arbitrary enforcement, access to capital, competition and consumer spending, but also by language barriers, negative media portrayals and gender disparity. In their favour, recent trade policy, opening up of borders and changing gender relations, has led to more opportunities, but just as important are traditional festivals, marital gift-giving and familial support. Entrepreneurs respond to institutional constraints in many creative ways, including undertaking entrepreneurial strategies, developing inner strength, joining associations, giving back to communities and skilfully managing relations with authorities. Originality/value The fine-grained discussion of the findings of this study specifically contributes to theory by illustrating the constraining and enabling role of under-represented institutions, such as festivals and marriages, as well as entrepreneurial creative responses that define everyday entrepreneurial life in a developing country.

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Section: Research Context: Tanzaniamentioning

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Entrepreneurial activities in a developing country: an institutional theory perspective

Eijdenberg

Thompson

Verduijn

et al. 2019

IJEBR

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“…However, private and public revenues from the cocoa and gold mining sectors should be used to diversify the economy and to improve the overall business environment, which might then increase labour productivity and thus both the likelihood to export and the export intensity. Focusing too much on direct incentives for exporters instead of the reduction of overall distortions and improvement of infrastructure is likely to benefit mainly firms that are already exporting while the effect on non-exporters might be very weak as evidence from other African countries shows (Adenikinju et al, 2002). In addition, a focus of support measures on small enterprises is likely to restrict export promotion, as larger firms are better able to enter the export market.…”

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Firm Characteristics of Non-traditional Exporters in Ghana

Wolf

2007

Eur J Dev Res

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In this paper, firm-level panel data from Ghana is used to analyse the firm characteristics that are associated with exporting in the non-traditional agricultural and manufacturing sectors. The focus of the study is on the different relationships in different sectors. The findings show that the number of firms that specialise in exporting is relatively low. While for some sectors the high cost of imports reduces their likelihood to export, for others the use of high quality inputs facilitates exporting. The share of investment seems to have only a positive effect on exporting for agricultural processing. Based on this analysis the appropriateness of different export promotion measures is discussed. Dans cet article, des donn�es de panel au niveau de firmes du Ghana sont utilis�es pour analyser les caract�ristiques des firmes exportatrices dans les secteurs non traditionnels agricole et manufacturier. Cette �tude est centr�e sur les diff�rentes relations entre secteurs, ainsi les termes d'interaction entre variables muettes sectorielles et les caract�ristiques des firmes sont incluses dans l'analyse �conom�trique. Les r�sultats montrent que le nombre de firmes sp�cialis�es � l'exportation est faible. Les entreprises plus anciennes ou plus grandes ont une probabilit� plus forte d'exporter mais n'exportent pas une part plus importante de leur production. Alors que dans certains secteurs les co�ts �lev�s des importations r�duisent les chances d'exporter, dans d'autres l'utilisation d'intrants de qualit� facilite l'exportation.

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“…Extant literature on manufacturing output induced by human capital is mostly on developed nations (Crafts, 2018) including the case of OECD economies (Maroto-Sá nchez & Cuadrado-Roura, 2009). However, there are relatively few studies on selected African countries (Meagher, 2016;De Vries, Timmer & De Vries, 2015;Adenikinju, Sö derling, Soludo & Varoudakis, 2002) such as South Africa (Fallon & Lucas, 1998), and Nigeria (Adesugba & Mavrotas, 2016). For instance, Anumudu (2010) explored the impact of human capital on labour productivity within manufacturing firms at Anambra and Enugu states.…”

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Human Capital and Manufacturing Output in Nigeria: A Micro-Data Survey

Olarewaju¹,

Ogundipe²,

Adekola³

et al. 2021

RWE

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In attempting to explain the rather inconsistent growth of manufacturing industries in Nigeria, this study seeks to investigate the effect of human capital on manufacturing output in the Nigerian industrial firms. The study adopts human capital theory as a basis for the theoretical framework. Micro-data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey (2014) is utilised to perform Spearman Correlation in investigating the specific effects of HC on manufacturing value-added for Nigerian industries. High-school education, formal training and research were found to have a weak positive but significant impact on levels of manufacturing output. Therefore, recommendations on improved human capital quality via public-private partnerships, fostering trainings, research activities and conducive business environment in terms of unbiased and efficient institutions for manufacturing sectors, among others were proffered.

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Manufacturing Competitiveness in Africa: Evidence from Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and Senegal

Cited by 17 publications

References 6 publications

Entrepreneurial activities in a developing country: an institutional theory perspective

Entrepreneurial activities in a developing country: an institutional theory perspective

Firm Characteristics of Non-traditional Exporters in Ghana

Human Capital and Manufacturing Output in Nigeria: A Micro-Data Survey

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