{"product_id":"9783032268198","title":"Chinese Engagement in Africa\u0026apos;s Mining Sector : The Consequences of Minimal Investment","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores Chinese engagement in Africa s mining sector within the context of international business. Conceptual and empirical contributions by diverse authors examine mining activities of Chinese companies in several African countries. Emerging from those contributions is a theory of minimal investment, defined as the degree to which the companies invest minimally in African operations, communities, and countries just for them to get by (i.e., function as normal).   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume presents four conditions that explain why minimal investment persists as a dominant logic of foreign firm behaviour in Africa. Institutions permit it, strategies enact it, heritage legitimizes it, and reactions stabilize it. Minimal investment has produced order, and order is safety both for firms and often for host institutions alike. Optimal investment, by contrast, introduces danger because it changes the status quo, redistributes power, and mitigates African rather than firm risk. The Theory of Minimal Investment (TMI) reveals how underinvestment is an intentional, albeit seemingly rational, historically embedded, and institutionally sustained strategy of engagement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComing at a time in which African countries are seeing a surge of Chinese interest in Africa, this book offers a cautionary tale of the consequences of organizations seeking the help of Chinese companies. It will appeal to International Business studies and strategy researchers interested in interorganizational relationships, particularly from the African perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: From Guangxi to Ghana s Goldfields: Origins, Impacts, and the Politics of Illegal Chinese Gold Mining, Hagan Sibir.- Chapter 2: A repeat of imperialism? China s role in the East African Crude Oil Pipeline,Joel Odota.- Chapter 3: Balancing Resource Extraction with Cultural Heritage Preservation: A Case for Sustainable China-Nigeria Relations and Policy Initiatives, Kenneth Aideloije.- Chapter 4: Cultural Disruptions and Adaptations: Chinese Mining Influence in African Societies, Taiwo Oladeji Adefisoye and Seun Bamidele.- Chapter 5: Past and Present Ghanaian and Chinese Gold-Mining in Talensi District, UER, Ghana, Bright Yammaha Amoore, Elisha Renne, and Victor Mogre.- Chapter 6: Environmental, Social and Governance Disclosures by Chinese Mining Firms in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Judy N. Muthuri and Dickson Wachira.- Chapter 7: Between growth and dependency: the political economy of Chinese mining investment in Kenya, Luchetu Likaka.- Chapter 8: Exploiting the gap of the formal-informal divide in Africa: Analyzing Chinese mining activities in Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Abdou Rahim Lema and Manal Lallali.- Chapter 9: Collaborative ventures, agonism and Chinese mining in Ghana, Baniyelme Zoogah.- Chapter 10: Chinese Companies Engagement in Ghana s Mining Sector: A Social-Psychological Perspective, Faisal Iddris, William Degbey, and Richard Afriyie Owusu.- Chapter 11: Prosperity or Dependency? A Political Economy Analysis of Chinese Mining Investment in Zambia, William Y. Degbey \u0026amp; Ephraim Daka.- Chapter 12: Marginalization, Conflict, and Security: Chinese Miners Involvement in Sub-Saharan Africa s Small-Scale Mining Sector, Kenneth J. Bansah; Francis Xavier Tuokuu, and Bright Bansah.- Chapter 13: Chinese Engagement and Leadership in South Africa and Selected Countries Mining Sectors, James R. Calvin and Ken Deji Johnson.- Chapter 14: Chinese Technology in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Ghana: Gains, Costs, Conflicts and Responses, Gabriel Botchwey.- Chapter 15: Chinese Mining Firms Socio-Political Impact on Host Countries in Africa, Gilbert Nyakundi Okebiro.- Chapter 16: Assessing the Health and Safety Implications of Chinese Involvement in Ghana's Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector: A Political Ecology Perspective, Francis Xavier Tuokuu; and Bright Bansah.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBaniyelme D. Zoogah\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Management in the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University, Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJudy N. Muthuri\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Sustainable Business and Development in the Mona School of Business and Management at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica as well as a member of the Faculty of Business at Sohar University, Oman. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKathryn R. Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Critical and Green Technology Metals in the Camborne School of Mines in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, UK. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMakhura B. Rapanyane\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior Lecturer of Political Studies and International Relations in the Department of Political Studies and International Relations at North West University, South Africa. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer, Berlin; Palgrave Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48570921386219,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":226.43,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9783032268198-1.jpg?v=1781781758","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9783032268198","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}