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A Changing Global Development Agenda?. WG3: The Role the Private Sector in Changing Development Paths. New perspectives on strategies and contributions from developing country firms Gothenburg University, 6th November 2015 Working Group Leaders:
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A Changing Global Development Agenda? WG3: The Role the Private Sector in Changing Development Paths. New perspectives on strategies and contributions from developing country firms Gothenburg University, 6th November 2015 Working Group Leaders: Assoc. Prof. Soeren Jeppesen, CBS (sj.ikl@cbs.dk) and Prof. Dorothy McCormick, UoN (dmccormick@unobi.ac.ke)
WG3: The Role of the Private Sector in …. Successful African Firms and Institutional Change (SAFIC) project: Participants: CBS, Roskilde University, University of Nairobi, University of Dar es Salaam and University of Zambia Period: 2012-2017 Overall objectives: * To investigate how and why African (Kenyan, Tanzanian and Zambian owned) firms are more or less successful in changing business and institutional environments. * To contribute to the capacity building of the involved African universities among senior researchers and graduating 5 PhD scholars and 21 Master students in the field.Web:http://www.cbs.dk/en/research/cbs-research-projects/major-research-projects/successful-african-firms-and-institutional-change-safic
WG3: The Role of the Private Sector in …. SAFIC conference: The Private Sector in Development Date: 6-7 April 2016 Place: CBS, Copenhagen Conference web page: http://tilmeld.events/safic2016 Abstracts: 1 December 2015 Paper: 1 March 2016
WG3: The Role of the Private Sector … Panel 1. FRIDAY 6th 09.00-10.30 – Chair Dorothy McCormick, UoN * Welcome and presentation of program, by working group leaders * Round of presentation of participants * Paper 1: THE MEDIATION OF POWER ON CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR), RagnhildMadland, Department of Global Development and Planning, University of Agder, Norway. Discussant: Dorothy McCormick, UoN. * Paper 2: Employment of relatives – strategies for socially responsible business practice in Uganda, Malin J. Nystrand, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Discussant: Søren Jeppesen, CBS. * Paper 3: Upgrading in a reconfiguring world: A GVC analysis of African exporting firms, by Arielle N’Diaye, Universited’Auvergne, France. Discussant: Lotte Thomsen, CBS. * End of session one.
WG3: The Role of the Private Sector … Panel 2. FRIDAY 6th 11.00-12.30 – Chair Soeren Jeppesen, CBS Welcome & Program for the panel session Paper 4. Contextualizing territories in GVC supplier nodes to understand businesses’ access to chains and markets: the case of food processors in Kenya, Lotte Thomsen, Department of Intercultural Management, Copenhagen Business School. Discussant: Arielle N’Diaye, University of D’Auvergne. Paper 5. MARKET DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY AND SUCCESS OF FOOD PROCESSING FIRMS IN KENYA, Paul Kamau & Dorothy McCormick, Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya. Discussant: MalinNystrand, SGS. Paper 6. STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION THROUGH PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION IN AFRICA: BUILDING STATE-BUSINESS RELATIONS IN THE FOOD-PROCESSING SECTOR IN KENYA, TANZANIA AND ZAMBIA, Goodluck Charles, Peter Kragelund, Paul Kamau, Søren Jeppesen, University of Dar Es Salaam Business School; Roskilde University; University of Nairobi & Copenhagen Business School. Discussant: RagnhildMadland, AU. Wrap up of working group & End of session two