Developing the industrial entrepreneurial capabilities of indigenous private and state enterprises cooperatives and joint ventures in Africa

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to make a partial contribution to the formulation of each measures. The role of industrial enterprises (indigenous, private and co-operative, state, joint ventures) in the attainment of the objective of internally self-sustaining and staff-reliant industrial development is the specific subject of this study. As stated in the terms of reference the objective of the study is to identify the most critical factors and logistics affecting the operations of indigenous private, co-operative and state enterprises as well as foreign investors and joint ventures, to propose recommendations as to how each entrepreneurial group could solve its short-term problems as well as develop its problem solving capabilities to contribute to industrial development in the long-run.