{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1600499151","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/20400701011073446","title":"Business strategies for achieving sustainable development in Africa","display_name":"Business strategies for achieving sustainable development in Africa","publication_year":2010,"publication_date":"2010-02-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1600499151","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/20400701011073446","mag":"1600499151"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1108/20400701011073446","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/20400701011073446","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/20400701011073446","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S42260610","display_name":"African Journal of Economic and Management Studies","issn_l":"2040-0705","issn":["2040-0705","2040-0713"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-c","cwts-core","norway-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"African Journal of Economic and Management Studies","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"editorial","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5012928886","display_name":"Robert Rugimbana","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8057-3586","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8057-3586"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I137616099","display_name":"Tshwane University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/037mrss42","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I137616099"]}],"countries":["ZA"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Robert Rugimbana","raw_affiliation_strings":["Business School, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Business School, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I137616099"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5012928886"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I137616099"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":9,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"1","issue":"2","first_page":"121","last_page":"127"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14453","display_name":"Sustainability and Innovation in Business","score":0.5824999809265137,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1405","display_name":"Management of Technology and Innovation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14453","display_name":"Sustainability and Innovation in Business","score":0.5824999809265137,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1405","display_name":"Management of Technology and Innovation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13603","display_name":"Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability","score":0.3237000107765198,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12786","display_name":"Innovation and Socioeconomic Development","score":0.03700000047683716,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1403","display_name":"Business and International Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sustainable-development","display_name":"sustainable development","score":0.9879999756813049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business-strategy","display_name":"business strategy","score":0.6940000057220459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/africa","display_name":"Africa","score":0.8700000047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/futures-thinking","display_name":"futures thinking","score":0.6790000200271606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business-challenges","display_name":"business challenges","score":0.6359999775886536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human-resource-management","display_name":"human resource management","score":0.777999997138977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/entrepreneurship-education","display_name":"entrepreneurship education","score":0.9800000190734863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hiv-aids-in-the-workplace","display_name":"HIV/AIDS in the workplace","score":0.9900000095367432},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/german-tourists","display_name":"German travelers","score":0.9549999833106995},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/millennium-development-goals","display_name":"Millennium Development Goals","score":0.7329999804496765}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C552854447","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131201","display_name":"Sustainable development","level":2,"score":0.6336331963539124},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106306483","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183984","display_name":"Futures contract","level":2,"score":0.5689851641654968},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C66204764","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219416","display_name":"Sustainability","level":2,"score":0.5308994054794312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178008962","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295382","display_name":"Sustainable business","level":3,"score":0.5186263918876648},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776950860","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2914681","display_name":"Originality","level":3,"score":0.48178431391716003},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55587333","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1133029","display_name":"Engineering ethics","level":1,"score":0.4603561758995056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33566652","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1065927","display_name":"Theme (computing)","level":2,"score":0.4528312683105469},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34630208","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7016388","display_name":"New business development","level":3,"score":0.4504554867744446},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C84309077","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3908516","display_name":"Entrepreneurship","level":2,"score":0.4272240400314331},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C4216890","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q815823","display_name":"Business model","level":2,"score":0.41025781631469727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.4038361608982086},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.3203599750995636},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187736073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920921","display_name":"Management","level":1,"score":0.3086796700954437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.3033989369869232},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.22405147552490234},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.18180319666862488},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.17702478170394897},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36289849","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34749","display_name":"Social science","level":1,"score":0.15892422199249268},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C10138342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43015","display_name":"Finance","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C190248442","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q839486","display_name":"Qualitative research","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1108/20400701011073446","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/20400701011073446","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/20400701011073446","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S42260610","display_name":"African Journal of Economic and Management Studies","issn_l":"2040-0705","issn":["2040-0705","2040-0713"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-c","cwts-core","norway-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"African Journal of Economic and Management Studies","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8","display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","score":0.48510000109672546}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":7,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2001994011","https://openalex.org/W2007020786","https://openalex.org/W2018397523","https://openalex.org/W2111385632","https://openalex.org/W2142427473","https://openalex.org/W2143501756","https://openalex.org/W2289519800"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7110919268","https://openalex.org/W7138185613","https://openalex.org/W7212121410","https://openalex.org/W2133237446","https://openalex.org/W2757953250","https://openalex.org/W4210878893","https://openalex.org/W4403495657","https://openalex.org/W2775568977","https://openalex.org/W587123417","https://openalex.org/W4385339421"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Purpose":[0],"In":[1,170],"this":[2,36,196],"editorial":[3],"the":[4,10,18,46,59,68,106,117,155,201,204,207,233,243,247],"Guest":[5],"Editor":[6],"attempts":[7],"to":[8,17,103,154,165,206,217,220],"link":[9],"idea":[11],"of":[12,61,72,81,93,112,119,125,157,203,210,226,236,246],"sustainable":[13,65,73,120,180,211,237],"development":[14,121,156,181,249],"in":[15,35,53,56,86,105,133,195,241],"Africa":[16],"different":[19],"contributions":[20,205],"that":[21,42,151,175],"have":[22,176],"been":[23],"made":[24],"by":[25],"papers":[26,34,76,146],"written":[27],"on":[28,200,232],"varied":[29],"business":[30,62,82,127,135,138,149],"disciplines.":[31],"Design/methodology/approach":[32],"The":[33,75,193,213],"special":[37,197],"issue":[38,198],"represent":[39],"\u201cbest":[40],"papers\u201d":[41],"were":[43],"selected":[44],"during":[45],"3rd":[47],"International":[48],"Business":[49],"Conference":[50],"(IBC)":[51],"held":[52],"Zanzibar,":[54],"Tanzania":[55],"2009,":[57],"addressing":[58],"theme":[60,71],"challenges":[63,83,128,150],"and":[64,84,100,108,137,162,182,185],"solution,":[66],"under":[67],"overarching":[69],"conference":[70],"futures.":[74],"cover":[77],"a":[78,91,123,142,224],"wide":[79],"range":[80,92],"remedies":[85],"an":[87,130],"interdisciplinary":[88,131],"manner":[89],"via":[90],"sub\u2010disciplines":[94],"ranging":[95],"from":[96],"human":[97],"resources":[98],"management":[99],"entrepreneurship":[101],"training":[102],"HIV/AIDS":[104],"workplace":[107],"gender":[109],"buying":[110],"patterns":[111],"German":[113],"tourists.":[114],"Findings":[115],"Presenting":[116],"notion":[118],"as":[122],"means":[124],"confronting":[126],"is":[129,216],"undertaking,":[132],"which":[134],"disciplines":[136],"methods":[139],"logically":[140],"play":[141],"role.":[143],"Although":[144],"these":[145],"address":[147,173],"important":[148],"are":[152],"pertinent":[153],"Africa,":[158],"they":[159,172],"only":[160],"implicitly":[161],"indirectly":[163],"talk":[164],"sustainability":[166],"philosophies":[167],"or":[168,189],"approaches.":[169],"essence,":[171],"issues":[174,235],"interesting":[177],"implications":[178,202],"for":[179,251],"futures":[183,227],"thinking":[184],"strategies":[186],"albeit":[187],"industry\u2010sector":[188],"firm":[190],"levels.":[191],"Originality/value":[192],"discussion":[194],"focuses":[199],"generic":[208],"field":[209],"development.":[212],"main":[214,234],"aim":[215],"encourage":[218],"academics":[219],"begin":[221],"engaging":[222],"with":[223,229],"kind":[225],"thinking,":[228],"particular":[230],"focus":[231],"development,":[238],"whilst":[239],"bearing":[240],"mind":[242],"principal":[244],"aims":[245],"millennium":[248],"goals":[250],"Africa.":[252]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-07-14T23:27:15.235271","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}