GLOBALIZATION AND THE CULTURES OF BUSINESS IN AFRICA: FROM PATRIMONIALISM TO PROFIT
Book ID/图书代码： 06565014B72159
English Summary/英文概要： Can Africa develop businesses beyond the extractive or agricultural sectors? What
would it take for Africa to play a major role in global business? By focusing on recent changes,
Scott D. Taylor demonstrates how Africa’s business culture is marked by an unprecedented
receptivity to private enterprise. Challenging persistent stereotypes about crony capitalism and the
lack of development, Taylor reveals a long and dynamic history of business in Africa. He shows how a
hospitable climate for business has been spurred by institutional change, globalization, and
political and economic reform. Taylor encourages a broader understanding of the mosaic of African
business and the diversity of influences and cultures that shape it.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 非洲能够发展除开采业和农业以外的其他产业吗？非洲要如何在全球商业中扮演一袭重要角色？本书作者Scott D. Taylor着眼于近年来的种种变化，向读者们展示非洲的商业文化如何就私人企业发展呈现出前所未有的包容性。从挑战一直以来根深蒂固的裙带资本主义观点，到缺乏发展，Taylor为读者揭开非洲商业漫长而不乏活力的历史。他在书中表示，通过机构转型，全球化，及政治和经济改革，非洲商业环境如今已被激发出了喜人的发展态势。Taylor鼓励从更宽阔的视角去理解非洲商业的多层次状态，以及成就这一状态的多元文化因素。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：“涉及诸多学科，同时配有尾注和文献参考资料，这本书应该出现在所有图书馆的非洲研究藏书集中……非常推荐。” —Choice
“许多非洲国家都正在经历着‘商业文化’领域的基础转型，让公司们能够作出更多元化，更具延展性，及视野更开阔的决策。书中的论点极具启发意义，是对这一领域传统学术和政策研究的一大挑战。” —Peter Lewis, 霍普金斯大学
“Taylor在书中的主要观点简述如下：非洲商业文化并不单一，非洲商业不仅种类繁多，其健康程度也远超我们的想象。他对现阶段非洲商业状况进行了清晰的叙述，巧妙的避开了过于欧洲悲观主义的无望极端，以及对其前景进行过于令人眼花缭乱的推进宣传。但更重要的是，他的语气文风确既乐观又实用，足以令读者耳目一新。”—《现代非洲研究期刊》
"Spanning many disciplines and referenced with endnotes and bibliography, this volume should be in any library with collections on African studies.... Highly recommended." —Choice
"Many African countries have experienced basic shifts in the ’culture of business,’ allowing for diversification, expansion, and more outward-looking strategies by firms. This is a provocative argument that challenges conventional wisdom in academic and policy circles." —Peter Lewis, Johns Hopkins University
"Taylor’s key arguments can briefly be expressed as follows: there is more than one kind of African
business culture, and African businesses are both more various and healthier than we may have imagined. He provides a clear-eyed review of the current state of business on the course, steering a careful course between a hopeless and over-determined Afropessimism, and a giddy, reckless boisterism about its prospects. Nonetheless, his tone remains refreshingly upbeat and pragmatic." —Journal of Modern African Studies
About the Author/作者介绍： Scott D. Taylor是乔治城大学外事学院的一名副教授。他还著有书籍作品Business and the State in Southern Africa（《南非商业与国家》） 和 Politics in Southern Africa: State and Society in Transition（《南非政治：转型中的国家与社会》）。
Scott D. Taylor is Associate Professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He is author of Business and the State in Southern Africa and Politics in Southern Africa: State and Society in Transition.
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