Revisiting FSAs and CSAs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Ghanaian Firms

Ellis L.C. Osabutey; Marina Papanastassiou; Zhongqi Jin; Jyoti Navare; Ahmed Agyapong

doi:10.1016/j.ibusrev.2023.102106

Revisiting FSAs and CSAs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Ghanaian Firms

Ellis L.C. Osabutey, Marina Papanastassiou^*, Zhongqi Jin, Jyoti Navare, Ahmed Agyapong

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Abstract

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is widely perceived as a region of countries with low technological capabilities, weak complementary assets competing on basic country specific advantages (CSAs) and relying on transferred technology. In this paper we argue against this perception. Integrating the extended concepts of Location Bound (LB) and Non-Location Bound (NLB) Firm Specific Advantages (FSAs) within a “revisited” CSAs/FSAs matrix, we provide evidence that home-market grown LB-FSAs and their transformation to NLB-FSAs are induced by domestic Ghanaian firms’ strategic and export orientation.

Original language	English
Article number	102106
Pages (from-to)	1-13
Number of pages	13
Journal	International Business Review
Volume	32
Issue number	4
Early online date	1 Feb 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2023.102106
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2023

Keywords

Technology sources
Firm-specific advantages (FSAs)
Country-specific advantages (CSAs)
Complementary assets
Africa
Ghana

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