The International Business of Mobile Telecommunications: Expansion Across Africa

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewan Sutherland
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Mobile Telecommunications

scholarly journals Evaluating the investment decision-making process for business expansion into Africa: A case study

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 7-16
Author(s):  
Jason Kasozi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
International Business ◽  
Investment Decision ◽  
Investment Project ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Mobile Telecommunications ◽  
True Value ◽  
Investment Decision Making ◽  
Telecommunications Network

Africa is a potential domain for international business. However, numerous uncertainties characterize this environment and the challenge for multinationals remains the ability to assess the true value of an Africa-bound investment project. A telecommunications’ survey was conducted on Siemens Southern Africa (Siemens) and Mobile Telecommunications’ Network (MTN) and the following observations were made: (1) Approaches used by the businesses to value Africa-bound investments were not comprehensive and inclusive. (2) Neutrality existed to the suggestion that Africa is unique and that investment decisions should be customized to suit it. (3) Certain approaches used by the businesses were modified to suit pertaining investment circumstances thereby differing from literature, and (4), participants desired to learn new ways of improving this process suggesting dissatisfaction with the current norm. This paper presents the conflicting ideologies about the decision-making process for business expansion into Africa and suggests ways of improving the process.

scholarly journals Evaluating the investment decision-making process for business expansion into Africa: A case study

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 464-473
Author(s):  
Jason Kasozi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
International Business ◽  
Investment Decision ◽  
Investment Project ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Mobile Telecommunications ◽  
True Value ◽  
Investment Decision Making ◽  
Telecommunications Network

Africa is a potential domain for international business. However, numerous uncertainties characterize this environment and the challenge for multinationals remains the ability to assess the true value of an Africa-bound investment project. A telecommunications’ survey was conducted on Siemens Southern Africa (Siemens) and Mobile Telecommunications’ Network (MTN) and the following observations were made: (1) Approaches used by the businesses to value Africa-bound investments were not comprehensive and inclusive. (2) Neutrality existed to the suggestion that Africa is unique and that investment decisions should be customized to suit it. (3) Certain approaches used by the businesses were modified to suit pertaining investment circumstances thereby differing from literature, and (4), participants desired to learn new ways of improving this process suggesting dissatisfaction with the current norm. This paper presents the conflicting ideologies about the decision-making process forbusiness expansion into Africa and suggests ways of improving the process.

A literature review on firms' internationalisation through e-commerce

2019 ◽  
pp. 121-143
Author(s):  
Riccardo Resciniti ◽  
Federica De Vanna
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
International Business ◽  
Decision Process ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
New Markets ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Relationship

The rise of e-commerce has brought considerable changes to the relationship between firms and consumers, especially within international business. Hence, understanding the use of such means for entering foreign markets has become critical for companies. However, the research on this issue is new and so it is important to evaluate what has been studied in the past. In this study, we conduct a systematic review of e-commerce and internationalisation studies to explicate how firms use e-commerce to enter new markets and to export. The studies are classified by theories and methods used in the literature. Moreover, we draw upon the internationalisation decision process (antecedents-modalities-consequences) to propose an integrative framework for understanding the role of e-commerce in internationalisation

A Dynamic View of Global Integration and Local Responsiveness Framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Uyen-Minh Le ◽  
Tung-Shan Liao
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Business Management ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
International Strategy ◽  
Global Integration ◽  
Dynamic Features ◽  
Dynamic View ◽  
Concept Building ◽  
Strategy Types

Global-Integration and Local-Responsiveness (IR) framework with four pairs of external environment and appropriate international strategy types has contributed significantly to international business management. Nevertheless, the framework is still incomplete and lacks dynamic features. To deal with such limitations and enhance the theory, this paper, therefore, brings dynamic features regarding both environment and strategy into the IR grid. Under a dynamic capability angle with three steps of sensing, seizing and transforming [30], the dynamic global integration and local responsiveness framework – a new concept building for international business – would be explicated.

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