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Unearthing the Integral Determinants of Foreign Ownership Prevalence of Companies in Africa: Role of Country-level Governance

Otuo Serebour Agyemang, Giulia Fantini Orcid Logo, Abraham Ansong

Journal of African Business, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 225 - 253

Swansea University Author: Giulia Fantini Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/15228916.2016.1145179

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This study seeks to deepen our understanding on how country-level governance structures influence prevalence of foreign ownership of firms in Africa. This study reinforces the new institutional economics perspective by empirically highlighting that governance structures influence the prevalence of f...

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title Unearthing the Integral Determinants of Foreign Ownership Prevalence of Companies in Africa: Role of Country-level Governance
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title_short Unearthing the Integral Determinants of Foreign Ownership Prevalence of Companies in Africa: Role of Country-level Governance
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