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Taylor, Scott D., 1965-

Globalization and the cultures of business in Africa from patrimonialism to profit / [electronic resource] : Scott D. Taylor. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (268 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

African business and capitalism in historical perspective -- Institutional change in the 1990s : economic and political reform -- Business, the African state, and globalization in the new millennium : transnational influences and domestic responses -- Foreign investment beyond compradorism and primary commodities : the role of the global South -- From patrimonialism to profit? : the transformation of crony capitalists and bureaucratic bourgeoisies -- Going continental, going global : Africa's corporate "giants".

ISBN: 9780253005816 0253005817

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Big business--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Investments, Foreign--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Capitalism--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Globalization--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Business enterprises--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD2917 / .T39 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 338.70967