Postcolonial Transition and Global Business History

Postcolonial Transition and Global Business History is the first in-depth historical study on how British firms sought to adapt over several decades to rapid political and economic transformation in West Africa.

Stephanie Decker is Professor of Strategy at the University of Birmingham Business School, UK, and visiting professor in African Business History at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She is co-editor-in-chief of Business History, on the editorial board of Organization Studies and Accounting History, and Co-Vice Chair for Research and Publications at the British Academy of Management.

1. Introduction 2. Organizational Legitimacy and the Development Discourse PART I - Managing Postcolonial Transitions Externally 3. Corporate Political Activities before and after Independence 4. Indigenization Programmes and Organizational Legitimacy PART II - Managing Postcolonial Transitions Internally 5. Africanization in Companies and in the Civil Service 6. African Managers in British Businesses 7. Conclusions Appendices Index