Responding to COVID-19: Insights from African firms

IF 1.2 Q4 MANAGEMENT Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI:10.1080/23322373.2021.1878809

Rebecca Namatovu, M. Larsen

引用次数: 5

Abstract

ABSTRACT The severity of the COVID-19 pandemic is underscored by its systemic distortion of socioeconomic and political agendas around the world. It has disproportionately affected fragile states, and has exposed economies with inefficient safety nets. In this article, we contend that while the uncertainty occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating for many African firms, the situation has also given rise to new entrepreneurial opportunities. We draw on three cases from Africa (one multinational corporation, one start-up, and one informal firm) to outline how the COVID-19 pandemic can also be regarded as a source of entrepreneurship in uncertain times. We conclude by discussing implications for African management practice and research.

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应对新冠肺炎：来自非洲企业的见解

COVID-19大流行对世界各地社会经济和政治议程的系统性扭曲凸显了其严重性。它对脆弱国家的影响尤为严重，并暴露了安全网络效率低下的经济体。在本文中，我们认为，虽然COVID-19大流行带来的不确定性对许多非洲公司来说是毁灭性的，但这种情况也带来了新的创业机会。我们以非洲的三个案例(一家跨国公司、一家初创企业和一家非正式公司)为例，概述如何在不确定时期将COVID-19大流行视为创业的源泉。最后，我们讨论了对非洲管理实践和研究的影响。

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Africa Journal of Management Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management

CiteScore

2.80

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15.40%

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期刊介绍： The beginning of the Twenty First Century has witnessed Africa’s rise and progress as one of the fastest growing and most promising regions of the world. At the same time, serious challenges remain. To sustain and speed up momentum, avoid reversal, and deal effectively with emerging challenges and opportunities, Africa needs better management scholarship, education and practice. The purpose of the Africa Journal of Management (AJOM) is to advance management theory, research, education, practice and service in Africa by promoting the production and dissemination of high quality and relevant manuscripts. AJOM is committed to publishing original, rigorous, scholarly empirical and theoretical research papers, which demonstrate clear understanding of the management literature and draw on Africa’s local indigenous knowledge, wisdom and current realities. As the first scholarly journal of the Africa Academy of Management (AFAM), AJOM gives voice to all those who are committed to advancing management scholarship, education and practice in or about Africa, for the benefit of all of Africa. AJOM welcomes manuscripts that develop, test, replicate or validate management theories, tools and methods with Africa as the starting point. The journal is open to a wide range of quality, evidence-based methodological approaches and methods that “link” “Western” management theories with Africa’s indigenous knowledge systems, methods and practice. We are particularly interested in manuscripts which address Africa’s most important development needs, challenges and opportunities as well as the big management questions of the day. We are interested in research papers which address issues of ethical conduct in different African settings.