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ISBN:
9780821373071
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0821373064
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9780821373064
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0821373072
Inhalt:
Africa is on the move, demonstrating in recent years a significant potential for economic growth. Although the region still faces many challenges, it is also generating pockets of economic vitality in the form of enterprise clusters that are contributing to national, regional, and local productivity. Through case examples from Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda, this book provides an understanding of how these dynamic enterprise clusters were formed and have evolved, and how knowledge, human capital, and technology have contributed to their success.
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Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Knowledge, Technology, and Cluster-Based Growth in Africa: Findings from 11 Case Studies of Enterprise Clusters in Africa -- The Selected Clusters -- Cluster Origins -- How Do the Clusters Develop and Succeed? -- Are Africa's Clusters Sustainable and Susceptible to Scaling Up? -- Some Policy Implications -- References -- 2. The Suame Manufacturing Cluster in Ghana -- Economic Context -- External Economies -- Joint Action -- Knowledge and Technology within the Cluster -- Policy Incentives -- Key Success Factors -- Lessons Learned and Policy Implications -- References -- 3. The Kamukunji Metalwork Cluster in Kenya -- Cluster Origins -- Growth Strategies -- Cluster Composition -- Knowledge and Technology in the Kamukunji Jua Kali Cluster -- Key Success Factors -- Lessons Learned and Policy Implications -- Challenges Facing the Cluster -- Recommendations -- References -- 4. The Lake Naivasha Cut Flower Cluster in Kenya -- Industry Profile -- The Lake Naivasha Cluster -- Knowledge, Technology, and Networking in the Lake Naivasha Cluster -- Policies and Incentives -- Key Success Factors -- Challenges Facing the Cluster -- Key Lessons and Policy Implications -- Conclusion -- References -- 5. The Nnewi Automotive Components Cluster in Nigeria -- Cluster Profile -- The Firms of the Nnewi Cluster -- Interfirm Learning and Collaboration -- Knowledge and Technology in the Cluster -- Policy and Incentives -- Creating an Enabling Environment-An Unmet Policy Challenge -- Liberalization, Government, and the Competitive Challenge -- References -- 6. The Otigba Computer Village Cluster in Nigeria -- Scope and Method of Research -- Cluster Profile -- Knowledge and Technology Aspects of the Cluster: Interfirm Learning and Collaboration -- Export Activities -- Policy and Incentives -- Key Success Factors.
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Knowledge, Technology, and Cluster-Based Growth in Africa: Findings from 11 Case Studies of Enterprise Clusters in Africa; Table 1.1. Overview of 11 enterprise clusters in Africa; Table 1.2. Sources of new ideas in the Mwenge handicrafts cluster; Table 1.3. Education levels of entrepreneurs in selected clusters; Table 1.4. Firms' perception of government support in Nnewi cluster; 2. The Suame Manufacturing Cluster in Ghana; Figure 2.1. Population growth of Suame Magazine; Table 2.1. Products and services of the Suame cluster
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Table 2.2. Education levels of respondentsTable 2.3. Primary sources of acquired skills; 3. The Kamukunji Metalwork Cluster in Kenya; Table 3.1 Key success factors; 4. The Lake Naivasha Cut Flower Cluster in Kenya; Table 4.1. Growth in floricultural exports, 1995-2004; Table 4.2. Major export destinations of Kenya's floral exports, 2003; Table 4.3. Distribution of flower farms in Kenya by major growing region, 2005; Table 4.4. Distribution of the most important floral varieties grown in Kenya; 5. The Nnewi Automotive Components Cluster in Nigeria
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Table 5.1. Size distribution of automotive spare parts manufacturing enterprises in NnewiTable 5.2. Profile of firms in the Nnewi Cluster, 1997; Table 5.3. Foreign machinery imports; Table 5.4. Rating of interfirm linkage types; Table 5.5. Vertical and horizontal links among firms in the Nnewi cluster; Table 5.6. Average number of employees per firm, by skill type, 2000-2004; Figure 5.1. Constraints faced by firms in the importation of components; Figure 5.2. Firms' assessment of physical infrastructure; Table 5.7. Firms' perception of government support to the cluster
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Table 5.8. Assessment of the competitive environment6. The Otigba Computer Village Cluster in Nigeria; Figure 6.1. Small and medium-size enterprises in the Otigba Computer Village cluster; Box 6.1. Entrepreneurship trajectory at Otigba Computer Village; Table 6.1. Changes in competitive factors (percent); Table 6.2. Staffing trends in Otigba cluster, 2000-2004; Table 6.3. Firms' perceptions of changing horizontal and vertical links (percent); Table 6.4. Prominent features of the Otigba Computer Village cluster; 7. Handicraft and Furniture Clusters in Tanzania
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Box 7.1. Agglomerative benefits in the furniture and handicraft clustersTable 7.1. Education of entrepreneurs in the Mwenge and Keko Clusters (percent); 8. The Lake Victoria Fishing Cluster in Uganda; Table 8.1. Geographical location of fish-processing plants by nearest city in Uganda, March 2004; 9. The Textile and Clothing Cluster in Mauritius; Table 9.1. Number of textile and clothing firms (2000-2005); Table 9.2. Employment in the textile and clothing sector (2000-2005); Table 9.3. Quality component of different product lines, 2004
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Table 9.4. Hourly costs of unskilled labor in the textile industry, 1997
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