Vanessa S. Tchamyou
The Role of Knowledge Economy in African Business
University of Antwerp
paper assesses role knowledge economy ke african business 53 countries period 19962010 four ke components world bank employed notably education innovation economic incentives institutional regime information communication technology business indicators classified starting ending business principal component analysis panel instrumental variable fixed effect approaches employed empirical strategies findings broadly consistent intuition predictions economic theory suggest ke policies substantially boost starting business africa relevant fighting unemployment improving african competitiveness global value chains policy implications relevance specific ke dimension african business discussed particular emphasis theoretical underpinnings study investigation original contribution time scarce literature african ke growing challenges improving business climate continent means ke