Purpose – This paper seeks to look at failed development paradigms in West Africa, one of the world's poorest regions, and to argue that new and contextually relevant methods are needed to stem poverty, engage people in productive microenterprises, improve people's quality of life, and foster...

The authors examine how entrepreneurial firms gain competitive advantage and hence entrepreneurial success by optimizing their dynamic capabilities. Using a single case design, incorporating in-depth interviews with key informants within an insurance company in Ghana, the authors attempt to...

This paper traces the emergence, growth and development of an inconspicuous and unconventional business cluster in an emerging market context. Located at a single building in Onitsha, a market town in eastern Nigeria, '51 Iweka Road' has become the most famous address in the marketing and...