TY  - JOUR
U1  - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
A1  - Züfle, Simon
T1  - Jumping on the bandwagon? Business potentials for local African and international SMEs through China’s Belt and Road Initiative in the infrastructure sector in Sub-Saharan Africa
JF  - African Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship : AJIE
N2  - The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has reinforced China’s business engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). While previous international business research focused on the internationalization and investments of Chinese companies, this viewpoint uncovers how both local African and international non-Chinese Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) may benefit from and participate in the BRI. A focus is laid on the infrastructure sector accounting for the highest investments since the inception of the BRI in 2013. In a conceptual way, the motives of SMEs to participate in infrastructure project business in the context of the BRI are explored. Investigating the challenges of two large transport infrastructure projects, the business potentials for SMEs become visible. It is argued that SMEs find business potentials particularly as investors, sub-contractors and project management experts in the BRI in Sub-Saharan Africa.
KW  - China
KW  - BRI
KW  - SME
KW  - Africa
KW  - infrastructure
Y1  - 2023
UR  - https://journals.co.za/doi/10.31920/2753-314X/2023/v2n2a5
SN  - 2753-3131
SS  - 2753-3131
U6  - https://doi.org/10.31920/2753-314X/2023/v2n2a5
DO  - https://doi.org/10.31920/2753-314X/2023/v2n2a5
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
SP  - 107
EP  - 117
S1  - 11
PB  - Adonis & Abbey
CY  - London
ER  -