Value Creation and Opportunity Management in Africa's Leather Sector

Mwinyikione Mwinyihija

• Publisher: Hamilton Books
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9780761870012
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Commodities
• Index: Business

The scope of the study reported in this book entails understanding the constraints and providing potential diagnostics to Africa's leather sector, which is otherwise globally, one of the most lucrative agro-based industries in the world, estimated at over US$ 130Billion. One of the principle core thematic aspects of the leather sector is, characteristically, its long value chain with multiple socio-economic dimensions. These entail employability, creation of wealth, gender parity and rural development. Thusly, in an effort to stimulate scholarly discussion, the study argues that preemptively, the problems facing the leather value chain stratums are high losses, low value addition initiatives and unexplored opportunities that are synonymous with the Africa's leather industry. Indeed, the results of the research conceptualized opportunity management as a critical panacea towards value addition strategy for the leather sector in developing countries. In dealing with this concept, the book evaluated the various value chains phases and identified nine specific issues and variables drawn between value addition and the main leather strata. With this background, the study posed a main question and four sub questions to closely expound on related hypotheses and in lieu pursue four thematic aspects: trade, productivity, competitiveness, and innovation covered in twelve chapters of the book. Conclusively, the book manages to successfully conceptualize as a novelty that opportunity management is integral towards developing a leather value addition strategy for the developing countries with particular emphasis to Africa.

Table of contents

• Foreword, Review and Endorsement for Value Creation and Opportunity Management in Africa’s Leather Sector
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• List of Abbreviations
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Opportunity Management and Its Relevance to Leather Value Addition
• Chapter 3: Emerging Leather and Leather Goods Trends and Continental Shifts
• Chapter 4: The Intrigues of Leather of Value Addition Initiatives in Africa
• Chapter 5: Diagnostics and Redefined Novel Approach “Triple Helix” Towards Africa’s Leather Development
• Chapter 6: Prognosis of the Africa’s Leather Sector Upheavals, Challenges and Antidotes Related to Value Creation; A Case Study of Kenya
• Chapter 7: Trade Analysis of Africa’s Leather Value Chain Strata
• Chapter 8: Competitiveness as a Preamble to Value Addition Related to the Leather Sector
• Chapter 9: Productivity as a Fundamental Aspect of the Leather Value Chain Development
• Chapter 10: Innovation as Key to Development of the Leather Value Chain
• Chapter 11: Conclusions and Recommendations
• Appendices