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

Author:   Stephanie Decker
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   188
Publication Date:   27 May 2024
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Stephanie Decker
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032386829


ISBN 10:   1032386827
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   27 May 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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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

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"""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"


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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.

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