Entrepreneur leadership, adaptation to Africa, organisation efficiency, and strategic positioning: What dynamics could stimulate success?

The purpose of this research is to determine the salient factors in the African business context that can support companies to be successful. This research aims to categorize the key success factors among different factors such as adaptation, efficiency, leadership and strategic positioning by using...

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Authors: Carbonell Launois, Nicolas|||0000-0001-7572-5581, Nassè, Théophile Bindeouè
Format: article
Publication Date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/369119
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Success in business -- Africa
Success factors
Business
Companies
Adaptation
Efficiency
Strategic positioning
Africa
Lideratge
Emprenedoria
Èxit en els negocis -- Àfrica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses
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spelling Entrepreneur leadership, adaptation to Africa, organisation efficiency, and strategic positioning: What dynamics could stimulate success?Carbonell Launois, Nicolas|||0000-0001-7572-5581Nassè, Théophile BindeouèLeadershipEntrepreneurshipSuccess in business -- AfricaSuccess factorsBusinessCompaniesAdaptationEfficiencyLeadershipStrategic positioningAfricaLideratgeEmprenedoriaÈxit en els negocis -- ÀfricaÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empresesThe purpose of this research is to determine the salient factors in the African business context that can support companies to be successful. This research aims to categorize the key success factors among different factors such as adaptation, efficiency, leadership and strategic positioning by using data from a survey on entrepreneurs in Burkina Faso. The approach is quantitative and founded on the onion model. The results show that entrepreneur leadership and adaptation to the African context are the main factors for business success. Thus, the suggestion is that companies should adapt to the African context realities while promoting entrepreneur leadership skills for a better management and to improve their profit, performance, and thus gain a tremendous success.Peer Reviewed20212021-12-1520222022-06-27journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/369119reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3691192026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Entrepreneur leadership, adaptation to Africa, organisation efficiency, and strategic positioning: What dynamics could stimulate success?
title Entrepreneur leadership, adaptation to Africa, organisation efficiency, and strategic positioning: What dynamics could stimulate success?
spellingShingle Entrepreneur leadership, adaptation to Africa, organisation efficiency, and strategic positioning: What dynamics could stimulate success?
Carbonell Launois, Nicolas|||0000-0001-7572-5581
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Success in business -- Africa
Success factors
Business
Companies
Adaptation
Efficiency
Leadership
Strategic positioning
Africa
Lideratge
Emprenedoria
Èxit en els negocis -- Àfrica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses
title_short Entrepreneur leadership, adaptation to Africa, organisation efficiency, and strategic positioning: What dynamics could stimulate success?
title_full Entrepreneur leadership, adaptation to Africa, organisation efficiency, and strategic positioning: What dynamics could stimulate success?
title_fullStr Entrepreneur leadership, adaptation to Africa, organisation efficiency, and strategic positioning: What dynamics could stimulate success?
title_full_unstemmed Entrepreneur leadership, adaptation to Africa, organisation efficiency, and strategic positioning: What dynamics could stimulate success?
title_sort Entrepreneur leadership, adaptation to Africa, organisation efficiency, and strategic positioning: What dynamics could stimulate success?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Carbonell Launois, Nicolas|||0000-0001-7572-5581
Nassè, Théophile Bindeouè
author Carbonell Launois, Nicolas|||0000-0001-7572-5581
author_facet Carbonell Launois, Nicolas|||0000-0001-7572-5581
Nassè, Théophile Bindeouè
author_role author
author2 Nassè, Théophile Bindeouè
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Success in business -- Africa
Success factors
Business
Companies
Adaptation
Efficiency
Leadership
Strategic positioning
Africa
Lideratge
Emprenedoria
Èxit en els negocis -- Àfrica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses
topic Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Success in business -- Africa
Success factors
Business
Companies
Adaptation
Efficiency
Leadership
Strategic positioning
Africa
Lideratge
Emprenedoria
Èxit en els negocis -- Àfrica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses
description The purpose of this research is to determine the salient factors in the African business context that can support companies to be successful. This research aims to categorize the key success factors among different factors such as adaptation, efficiency, leadership and strategic positioning by using data from a survey on entrepreneurs in Burkina Faso. The approach is quantitative and founded on the onion model. The results show that entrepreneur leadership and adaptation to the African context are the main factors for business success. Thus, the suggestion is that companies should adapt to the African context realities while promoting entrepreneur leadership skills for a better management and to improve their profit, performance, and thus gain a tremendous success.
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