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Front Cover -- Advancing Research Methodology in the African Context: Techniques, Methods, and Designs -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- References -- Construct Measurement in Strategic Management Research in Africa -- Introduction -- Background -- Method -- Analysis -- Single Indicators -- Single Ratios -- Discrete Indicators -- Indexes -- Scales and Multiple Measures -- Results -- Size of the Samples -- Statistical Power Analysis -- Measurement Approaches -- Reliability of Constructs -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Limitations -- Conclusion -- References -- Experimenting with Resource Strategy: Experimental Analysis and Strategic Human Resources Management Research in Africa -- Experimental Analysis Research in (Strategic) Management -- Experimental Analysis and SHRM -- Experimental Analysis -- Strategic Human Resources Management -- Typology of Experimental Analysis and SHRM -- Experimental Analysis and SHRM in Africa -- Experimental Designs -- Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Structured Behavior Analysis as a Tool for Organizational Behavior Research in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Challenges of Conducting Field Research in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Nature of SBA -- Defining SBA -- Steps in SBA -- SBA as a Tool for Strategic Organizational Behavior Research in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Conclusion -- References -- Event Study Methodology: An Overview and Special Considerations for African Markets -- Introduction -- The Basic Event Study -- An Illustrative Example -- Event Study Evidence from Africa -- Events Common with Mainstream Research -- Events Unique to the African Context -- African Markets Studies: Problems and Remedies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Dynamic Analysis and Strategy in Africa Management -- Introduction -- Dynamic Analysis -- Definition -- Characteristics -- Typology -- Stage Dynamics -- Conditional Dynamics -- Stochastic Dynamics -- Network Dynamics -- Measurement -- Illustrative Studies -- Procedure in Conducting Dynamic Analysis Studies -- Dynamic Analysis and Strategy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Africa, the Informal Economy, and the Hermeneutic Circle -- A Glimpse of Africa and Its Informal Economy -- Hermeneutics -- Structure as “Collective Prejudice” -- Structure’s Relevance to Management Studies -- Hermeneutics and Revealing Structure -- Dynamic Structure, Agency, and “Thick Description” -- “Reading” Structure and Agency: Identity and Memory as a Case Study -- Narrative Inquiry -- “Doing” Narrative Inquiry -- “Analyzing” Narrative Inquiry -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Entrepreneurial Promotion and Sustainability: The Community as a Unit of Analysis -- Introduction -- The Need for an Action-Based Methodological Approach -- Theoretical Framework -- Behavioral Poverty -- Action Research -- The Setting: Rural Uganda -- The Model -- Data and Analysis -- The Evolution of a Sustainable Community Development Project: “It Takes a Village to Raise a Village” -- The Process -- Introducing a Consultant -- Follow-Up -- Conclusion -- Community Entrepreneurship -- References -- Bibliographic Analysis and Strategic Management Research in Africa -- Introduction -- Brief Description of Bibliometrics -- Origin -- Definition -- Components -- Bibliometric Analysis in the Strategic Management Literature -- Dynamic Multilevel Model of Bibliometric Analysis -- Process -- Drivers -- Outcomes -- Moderators -- Illustration of Bibliometric Analysis -- Application of Bibliometric Analysis (Strategic Management in Africa) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- The Truncated Levy Flight Model: A Comparative Analysis of Its Utility in Modeling the Standard and Poor''s 500 and the Ghana Stock Exchange -- Introduction -- Historical Background of the Ghana Stock Exchange and the S&P 500 -- Brief History of the Ghana Stock Exchange -- Brief History of the S&P 500 -- Method -- Background -- Developing a Method to Normalize the Truncated Levy Flight -- Gathering Data in the June 2007–September 2013 Time Frame -- Obtaining Values for α Obtained Using the Truncated Levy Flight Model -- Plotting the TLF Model against the S&P 500 and the Ghana Stock Exchange -- Results -- Discussions and Conclusion -- References -- .