Abstracts
Abstract
This article shows how international business/management (IB/IM) research can be articulated to an in-depth understanding of Africa to serve both academic knowledge development and African priorities. It critically recalls the central characteristics of IB/IM as a field of research, shows how Africa is studied in this field, suggests “African management” as one response to some of the major criticisms of current research in IB/IM, outlines some crossovers between IB/IM and African management, and discusses the contribution of Africa-focused publications in the journal International Management to some of the foundations of the proposed cross-fertilization between IB/IM and African management.
Keywords:
- International Business,
- International Management,
- African Management,
- Contextualization,
- Theorization
Résumé
Cet article montre comment la recherche en commerce/management international (CI/MI) peut être articulée à une compréhension approfondie de l’Afrique pour servir à la fois le développement des connaissances universitaires et les priorités africaines. Il rappelle de manière critique les caractéristiques centrales du CI/MI en tant que domaine de recherche, présente comment l’Afrique est étudiée dans ce domaine, présente le « management africain » comme une réponse à certaines des principales critiques de la recherche actuelle en CI/MI, décrit quelques croisements entre le CI/MI et le management africain, et discute de la contribution de publications sur l’Afrique dans la revue Management international à certains des fondements de la fertilisation croisée proposée entre CI/MI et management africain.
Mots-clés :
- Commerce international,
- Management international,
- Management africain,
- Contextualisation,
- Théorisation
Resumen
Este artículo muestra cómo la investigación sobre negocios/gestión internacional (IB/IM) se puede articular para lograr una comprensión profunda de África para servir tanto al desarrollo del conocimiento académico como a las prioridades africanas. Recuerda críticamente las características centrales de IB/IM como campo de investigación, presenta cómo se estudia África en este campo, presenta la ‘gestión africana’ como una respuesta a algunas de las principales críticas de la investigación actual en IB/IM, describe algunos cruces entre IB/IM y la gestión africana, y analiza la contribución de las publicaciones centradas en África en la revista International Management a algunos de los cimientos de la fertilización cruzada propuesta entre IB/IM y la gestión africana.
Palabras clave:
- Negocios Internacionales,
- Gestión Internacional,
- Gestión Africana,
- Contextualización,
- Teorización
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