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Network Bricolage as the Reconciliation of Indigenous and Transplanted Institutions in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Kevin McKague --- Shannon School of Business, Cape Breton University, Canada Christine Oliver --- Schulich School of Business, York University, CanadaThis paper argues that network bricolage can play an important role in reconciling informal indigenous institutions rooted in African history with formal institutions mostly transplanted from outside. Drawing on the literature on bricolage, social entrepreneurship, networks and institutional entrepreneurship, and... -
How individuals learn to do more with less: The role of informal learning and the effects of higher-level education and unemployment in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Anne Kristin Pia König --- , Germany Corinna Vera Hedwig Schmidt --- , Germany Bastian Kindermann --- , Germany Marc Alexander Peter Schmidt --- , Germany Tessa Christina Flatten --- , GermanyWith a rapidly growing population, Africa faces a significant job creation challenge. One solution to this is to encourage local entrepreneurship. Yet, entrepreneurs are facing an environment where resources are scarce. A way to enact entrepreneurial opportunities in such a... -
Social entrepreneurs’ use of spatial bricolage to create frugal innovation in a divided urban setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Susanne Nilsson --- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Mikael Samuelsson --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Camille Meyer --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaThis study examines how social entrepreneurs mobilize resources to innovate in divided urban settings. Over a period of two years, we followed four social start-up entrepreneurs in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, characterized by some of the highest... -
Linking resource mobilization approaches and venture performance in highly resource-constrained environments
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Abiodun Samuel Adegbile --- Birmingham City University, The Curzon Building, United Kingdom Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong --- University of Bath, United Kingdom Heinz-Theo Wagner --- , GermanyDrawing on resource orchestration and social network theories, this study examines the relationships between bricolage, optimization, and new venture performance. We argue that optimization (i.e. standard application of resources acquired from resource markets) increases performance whereas bricolage (i.e. improvisation and...