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Why are so many African companies uncompetitive on the global stage? Insights from the global airline industry

Amankwah-Amoah, Joseph (2018) Why are so many African companies uncompetitive on the global stage? Insights from the global airline industry. In: Adeleye, Ifedapo and Esposito, Mark, eds. Africa’s Competitiveness in the Global Economy. AIB Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Series . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-319-67013-3. E-ISBN 978-3-319-67014-0. (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-67014-0_8) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:62078)

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Abstract

This chapter examines the question of why so many African firms are uncompetitive on the global stage. An integrated framework of firm-level and external factors is developed. This chapter focuses primarily on the global airline industry and offers an array of external factors that have historically distorted the nature of competition and hampered the exposure of many airlines to “genuine” or fair competition. The study indicates that internal factors such as limited economies of scale and poor quality of services have affected the ability of some firms to compete. With the notable of exception of airlines such as Ethiopian Airlines, South African Airways and Kenya Airways, the preponderance of airlines have struggled to compete. These factors help to account for the fact that African airlines equate to only 20 per cent of all air traffic on inter-African routes. The implications of the findings are examined.

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/978-3-319-67014-0_8
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and International Business
Depositing User: Joseph Amankwah-Amoah
Date Deposited: 15 Jun 2017 04:48 UTC
Last Modified: 08 Oct 2021 15:55 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/62078 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

Amankwah-Amoah, Joseph.

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0383-5831
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