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100	1	0	_aLam, Katy N. _eauthor
245	0	0	_aUnavoidable localization: Chinese state-owned construction enterprises in Ghana
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520			_aBy focusing directly on Chinese construction-based state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Ghana, this paper illustrates that the relationship with the Chinese state is not the main factor that distinguishes SOEs’ business behavior and development. The best-performing SOEs—in terms of business development and socially responsible behavior—are not the largest SOEs in China, but provincial SOEs or less strategic central SOE groups. The level of autonomy becomes a significant factor only when it is correlated with time, as adaptation to the local context takes time for all kinds of enterprises, a fact that has been largely ignored in the analysis of China-Africa relations. Over time, the SOEs in Ghana have become highly independent and gradually local enterprises, headed by their entrepreneurial subsidiary directors.
786	0		_nPolitique africaine | o 134 | 2 | 2014-06-01 | p. 21-43 | 0244-7827
856	4	1	_uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-politique-africaine-2014-2-page-21?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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