Examining the key success factors in Africa based on 3 aspects: adaptation, efficiency and strategic positioning from a survey on entrepreneurs in Burkina Faso

The main purpose of this paper is to examine the different types of factors in the African business context and in particular in the context of Burkina Faso, that can help companies to be successful. It is about the identification of the key successful factor among some main factors such as adaptati...

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Autores: Carbonell Launois, Nicolas|||0000-0001-7572-5581, Nassè, Théophile Bindeouè, Nanéma, Mahamadi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/372691
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/372691
https://dx.doi.org/10.51594/ijae.v3i1.213
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Regional economics--Burkina Faso
Success factors
Business
Companies
Adaptation
Efficiency
Strategic Positioning
Africa
Economia regional -- Burkina Faso
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Economia regional
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Sumario:The main purpose of this paper is to examine the different types of factors in the African business context and in particular in the context of Burkina Faso, that can help companies to be successful. It is about the identification of the key successful factor among some main factors such as adaptation, efficiency and strategic positioning The data is from a survey on entrepreneurs in Burkina Faso, who attended the Africallia business meeting in 2018. The results show that the adaptation to the context is one of the main factors for business success. Thus, the suggestion is that companies should adapt to the African context in order to improve their profit, performance and thus gain a tremendous success.