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"The contributions in this edited book reflect analytically and critically on how innovation and development in Africa like the rest of the Global South has been evolving differently from its origin in the developed world and the East Asian Tiger economies."

Structural Transformation and the Agricultural Food System: An Introduction -- Cropland Expansion -- Crop Productivity and Potential -- Climate Change Impacts on Crop Yields -- Evolving Livestock Sector -- Farm Size, Food Security, and Welfare -- Evolving Food Value Chains -- Evolving Animal Source Foods and Livestock Markets -- Droughts, Cereal Prices, and Price Stabilization Options -- Food Security -- Non-farm Income and Rural Labor Markets -- Urbanization and Structural Transformation -- Public Investments and Poverty Reduction -- Towards a Medium-term Agricultural and Rural Development Strategy.

A city of images : innovation branding in Dubai and beyond / Toby Nelson -- Risk management as knowledge production : application to fast-tracked complex multi-stakeholder airport projects / Alasdair Marshall, Udechukwu Ojiako, Terry Williams, Jumah al-Mazrooie, Fenfang Lin, Maxwell Chipulu -- The evolution of Chinese SMEs : past, present and future / Fenfang Lin, Alasdair Marshall, Wendy Wu -- The characteristics of SMEs in Dubai and their impact on innovation / Mercy Veronica Chaita -- Barriers of entry in Dubai's SME sector / Hussain A. al Numairy -- Fintech strategies in the GCC : developing a growing fintech ecosystem : a GCC perspective / Konstantinos Tsanis -- The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurs' skills / Fatima Almahry, Adel Sarea, Allam Hamdan, Muneer Al Mubarak -- Quality management obsession : drive out fear, create innovative climate in a quality culture / Eman Zabalawi.

Creativity loosely refers to activities in the visual arts, music, design, film and performance that are primarily intended to produce forms of affect and social meaning. Yet, over the last few decades, creativity has also been explicitly mobilized by governments around the world as a "resource" for achieving economic growth. The creative economy discourse emphasizes individuality, innovation, self-fulfillment, career advancement and the idea of leading exciting lives as remedies to social alienation. This book critically assesses that discourse, and explores how political shifts and new theoretical frameworks are affecting the creative economy in various parts of the world at a time when creative industries are becoming increasingly "industrialized." Further, it highlights how work inequalities, oligopolistic strategies, competitive logics and unsustainable models are inherent weaknesses of the industrial model of creativity. The interdisciplinary contributions presented here address the operationalization of creative practices in a variety of geographical contexts, ranging from the UK, France and Russia, to Greece, Argentina and Italy, and examine issues concerning art biennials, museums, DIY cultures, technologies, creative writing, copyright laws, ideological formations, craft production and creative co-ops.

Awarded every year since 1996, the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research (GAER) recognizes outstanding contributions in quality and importance to scientific research in entrepreneurship. This book examines the work of GAER award winners (1996-2020), discusses major contributions to the field, identifies critiques of their work, and highlights directions for future research. Students and faculty will find this book to be a rich resource for understanding the impact of leading entrepreneurship scholars.