The African Union's Agenda 2063: Aspirations, Challenges, and Opportunities for Management Research

Africa Journal of Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 93-116

  DeGhetto, Kaitlyn ^a   Gray, Jacob R ^b   Kiggundu, Moses N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; African Union; Agenda 2063; institutions; regional identity; resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041737948     PISSN: 23322373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2015.1127090     Document Type: Article

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