{"product_id":"9783032125033","title":"Institutional Entrepreneurship in African Fintech Developing Strategies for Sustained Growth in Complex Institutional Environments","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePalgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship in Africa\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eInstitutional Entrepreneurship in African Fintech\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDeveloping Strategies for Sustained Growth in Complex Institutional Environments\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGlory Enyinnaya\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ International \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInstitutional Entrepreneurship in African Fintech\u003c\/em\u003e explores how technology ventures build legitimacy, navigate institutional voids, and sustain growth in Africa’s fast-evolving financial landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBlending scholarly insight with practical application, it introduces the Change Readiness Framework, which highlights three essential entrepreneurial capabilities—Customer Orientation, Collectivism, and Commitment to Impact—and seven corresponding pillars of institutional entrepreneurship. Together, these elements offer a grounded model for understanding how African innovators transform fragmented systems into functional markets.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on original fieldwork and case studies across the continent, the book bridges academic rigor and practical relevance, offering scholars, entrepreneurs, investors and policymakers a blueprint for studying, building and funding trustworthy, scalable, and socially grounded innovation ecosystems.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eChapter 19 is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/). For further details see license information in the chapter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlory Enyinnaya\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Nigerian scholar and strategy consultant whose work bridges theory and action in social change, institutional entrepreneurship, and technology-enabled economic growth. She is a faculty member at Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria, where she teaches innovation, platform strategy, e-commerce, entrepreneurship, and business ethics. A former consultant with Accenture and Ernst \u0026amp; Young, she is the founder of Kleos Advisory Africa, a strategy consulting firm focused on entrepreneurial ecosystems. Her research, published in the Harvard Business Review, examines the role of entrepreneurs as agents of institutional change and proposes strategies for achieving legitimacy, innovation adoption, and sustained growth in complex institutional environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 June 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032125033\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e434\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44720528654476,"sku":"9783032125033","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032125033.jpg?v=1780599152","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032125033","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}