6TH AFRICA BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE CONFERENCE PROGRAM APRIL 16, 2015 Africa Business Forum 3:00 -3:30 Registration (Free for Conference Registrants) 3:30-5:30 Milton Room Room 411, Doing Business in Africa: Saliha J. Loucif, Senior International Trade Specialist, Office of Africa, International Trade Administration, Global Markets, U.S. Department of Commerce John Tracy, Senior International Trade Specialist, Syracuse Associate Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, U.S. Commercial Service 5:30-7:00 Networking APRIL 17, 2015 8:00 – 8:30 Flaum Grand Hall 1st floor Whitman School of Management Breakfast and Registration 8:30 – 8:45 Opening Remarks Room 202 Peter Koveos, Director, Kiebach Center for International Business Studies & Africa Business Program, Whitman School of Management, Professor of Finance Kenneth A. Kavajecz, Dean, Whitman School of Management 8:45 – 9:45 Opening Keynote Address: Chinese social transformation and its implications for the African Reconstruction Room 202 Horace G. Campbell, Professor of African American Studies and Political Science, Syracuse University, and Visiting Professor, School of International Relations, Tsinghua University, Beijing 9:45-10:00 2nd Floor Coffee Break 9:57 Flaum Grand Hall Group Photo 10:00 – 12:00 Paper Presentations Sessions Room 202 Session 1: Entrepreneurship and Market Development 12:00-1:00 1. “Gray Matters in the Growth of Markets” by Valentina Assenova and Olav Sorenson, Yale University 2. “Transforming sub-Saharan African Countries from Aid Recipients to Wealth Creators: A Construct of Creative Capitalism” by Constant Beugré, Delaware State University; David Zoogah, Morgan State University; and Moses Acquaah, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 3. “Bricolage as a means of firm growth in extremely constrained environments in Africa” by Rebecca Namatovu and Kerrin Myers, Gordon Institute of Business Science University of Pretoria, South Africa. Luncheon Whitman School of Management Olsten Café Room 211 1:00 – 2:45 Panel Discussion: Entrepreneurship Education in Africa Room 202 First Presentation: “Entrepreneurship Training Programs in SubSaharan Africa: Case Studies in Kenya, Ghana, and Mozambique “by Alicia Robb, Kauffman Foundation; Alexandria Valerio, World Bank; and Brent Parton, National Governors Association Second Presentation: “Business Education in Africa: Implications for Future Research” by Lutisha Vickerie, Rutgers University Moderator: Ben Amoaku-Adu, Wilfrid Laurier University Panelists: 1. Brent Parton, National Governors Association 2. Lutisha Vickerie, Rutgers University 3. Minet Schindehutte, Syracuse University 2:45-3:00 2nd Floor Coffee Break Whitman School of Management 3:00–4:20 Paper Presentation Sessions Room 202 Session 2: Social Entrepreneurship I 1. “Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Integrative Model” by Constant Beugré, Delaware State University 2. “Success Stories of Social Entrepreneurship in Africa: Comparing South Africa and the Rest of Sub Saharan African” by Edward Bewayo, Montclair State University 3. “The Accounting Information Needs of the Indigenous MicroEntrepreneur” by John Parkinson, York University, Canada, George K. Riro, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Nyeri, Kenya, and Nelson M Waweru, York University, Toronto, Canada 4:30–6:00 Paper Presentation Sessions Room 202 Session 3A: Business initiatives 1. “VCU French West Africa Project: Languages for Business and Entrepreneurship” by Patricia Cummins, Virginia Commonwealth University 2. “Public Service Delivery in Kenya” by Irene Ngunjiri, Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya 3. “Information Technology and Fiscal Capacity in a Developing Country: Evidence from Ethiopia.” Merima Ali, Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) Norway, Bergen and Syracuse University; Abdulaziz Shifa, Syracuse University; Abebe Shimeles, African Development Bank and Firew Woldeyes, Ethiopian Development Research Institute 4. Room 002 “Implications of Customer Service on Customer Lifetime Value in Tourism” by Arvinlucy Onditi, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Bondo, Kenya Session 3B: Evolution de l’entreprenariat en Afrique 1. “L'entreprenariat au Niger des indépendances à nos jours: bilan et perspectives” by Mahamane Sabiou ElhadjiKaka, IUT de l'université de Tahoua, Niger 2. “Les freins au développement des PME camerounaises: Qu'en pensent les entrepreneurs camerounais?” by Josée St-Pierre, Luc Foleu, Georges Abdul-Nour and Serge Nomo, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada 3. “La microfinance communautaire: utopies d'hier, réalités d'aujourd’hui et promesses de demain. Etudes comparatives en milieu rural au Mali” by Mamadou Diallo, USSG, Bamako, Mali 6:30 – 8:00 Dinner Genesee Grande Hotel APRIL 18, 2015 8:00 – 8:30 Milton Room Breakfast 8:30 – 10:00 Paper Presentation Sessions: Room 202 Session 4: African Markets and Foreign Direct Investment 1. “Competitiveness of African Economies: How Companies Analyze and Select African Countries for Foreign Direct Investment” by Van Wood and Whitney Harrison, Virginia Commonwealth University 2. “Human capital endowment and foreign direct investment in Africa” by Teresia Kaulihowa and Charles Adjasi, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa 3. “The Diffusion and Impact of Cloud and Big Data among Organizations in Sub-Saharan African Communities” by Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 10:00– 11:130 Paper Presentation Sessions Room 202 Session 5: Social Entrepreneurship II 1. “Does Business Strategy Moderate the Relationship between Innovative Capability and Competitive Advantage? Evidence from Micro and Small Family Businesses in Ghana” by Moses Acquaah, Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Ahmed K. Agyapong, KNUST Business School, Kwame Nkrumah University for Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana 2. “Social resources and enterprise success among micro and small women entrepreneurs in Uganda” by Celestine Katongole, Makerere University Business School and John C. Munene, Makerere University Businesss School 3. “Factors affecting the formation of social entrepreneurial intentions among Egyptian students” by Yara Yehia, Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt 4. “Factors of total business success of Women Entrepreneurship.” Nermine Atteya, HEC School of Business, University of Montreal and SUNY-Oswebo 11:30-1:00 Paper Presentation Sessions Room 202 Session 6: Environnement Economique et l’Entrepreneuriat 1. “Gouvernance, investissements et croissance économique dans l'UEMOA” by Alexis Abodohoui, Gildas K. Magbonde and Charles Fahinde, Université d'Abomey Calavi, Benin 2. “Intermédiation financière et prise de risque par les banques de l'Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine” by Fatimatou Bizo, Université de Tahoua, Niger 3. 1:00 – 2:00 Milton room “Constitution et mobilisation du réseau personnel des enseignants autoentrepreneurs au Sénégal: cas des enseignants créant des affaires en campagne” by Serge Simen Nana and N. Ndiaye, Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique (ESP) de Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar Lunch Meet the Editors 1. 2. 2:00-3:00 Milton room Hugh Dang, Managing Editor, Transnational Corporation Review. Peter Koveos, Editor, Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. Business Meeting Africa Business and Entrepreneurship Research Society