Osabutey, ELC, Papanastassiou, M, Jin, Z et al. (2 more authors) (Cover date: August 2023) Revisiting FSAs and CSAs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Ghanaian Firms. International Business Review, 32 (4). 102106. ISSN 0969-5931
Abstract
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is widely perceived as a region of countries with low technological capabilities, weak complementary assets competing on basic country specific advantages (CSAs) and relying on transferred technology. In this paper we argue against this perception. Integrating the extended concepts of Location Bound (LB) and Non-Location Bound (NLB) Firm Specific Advantages (FSAs) within a “revisited” CSAs/FSAs matrix, we provide evidence that home-market grown LB-FSAs and their transformation to NLB-FSAs are induced by domestic Ghanaian firms’ strategic and export orientation.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of an article published in International Business Review. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Technology sources; Firm-specific advantages (FSAs); Country-specific advantages (CSAs); Complementary assets; Africa; Ghana |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > International Business Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 22 Feb 2023 15:29 |
Last Modified: | 01 Aug 2024 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2023.102106 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:196537 |
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