The emergence of GVCs for frontier markets: Insights from the African mobile telecommunications industry

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Mohammad Jahanbakht ◽  
Romel Mostafa
Keyword(s):  
Telecommunications Industry ◽  
Mobile Telecommunications ◽  
Mobile Telecommunications Industry

Pre-Entry Experience, Postentry Adaptations, and Internationalization in the African Mobile Telecommunications Industry

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Mohammad Jahanbakht ◽  
Romel Mostafa ◽  
Francisco Veloso
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Telecommunications Industry ◽  
Mobile Telecommunications ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Operational Conditions ◽  
Adaptive Capabilities ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
Mobile Telecommunications Industry

We study the evolution of the African mobile telecommunications industry from its effective beginning and explore the sources of ownership advantages among indigenous firms, by assembling historical qualitative and quantitative firm-level data. Our historical qualitative findings suggest that a few start-ups gained industry-specific knowledge through their pre-entry experience, directed their postentry development of capabilities toward adaptations to challenging market and operational conditions, and leveraged their adaptive capabilities to enter and compete in other African countries. Using our quantitative panel data, we show that these firms successfully internationalized across the continent. In particular, compared with other start-ups, they had higher rates of foreign entry in African countries that had relatively weaker rule of law, and greater market reach in African countries that had relatively larger low-income consumer segments. These patterns corroborate that their capabilities for overcoming the industry’s challenging market and operational conditions were their key ownership advantages. Through our triangulated analysis, we show that inherited industry knowledge provides a foundation for postentry capability development, and entrepreneurial leadership guides this process to create ownership advantages for regional internationalization.

scholarly journals Applying FCM to predict the behaviour of loyal customers in the mobile telecommunications industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioannis Rizomyliotis ◽  
Athanasios Poulis ◽  
Giovanis Apostolos ◽  
Kleopatra Konstantoulaki ◽  
Ioannis Kostopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Telecommunications Industry ◽  
Mobile Telecommunications ◽  
Mobile Telecommunications Industry ◽  
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