Document Type
Book
Publication Date
5-2018
Abstract
Kodzi offers a timely perspective on the ongoing debate about how China’s BRI might deliver tangible benefits to African partners. The impact of Chinese engagement on local businesses in different regions is explored both broadly, and in a specific African country context. Using the resource dependence theory and the supply chain practice view, the chapter focuses on technology- and knowledge-enhancing industry linkages to conceptualize a pragmatic response by African industry sectors to the competitive pressures associated with Chinese business engagement. By adopting a response view, this chapter proposes credible options for African countries to increase the strategic value of their contribution in BRI exchanges - rather than being casualties of power asymmetry.
Published In
Published in Zhang, Alon, & Lattemann's China's Belt and Road Initiative: Changing the Rules of Globalization (pp. 155-178).
Publication Title
Faculty Publications