Local Business Development in Post-Conflict States: Understanding Competitive Advantage and the Role of Private Investment

1.0 Introduction

2.0 Liberia as a case study

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2.1 Why use Liberia as a Case study

2.2 Liberian Economic History

2.3 Past Literature on Liberian Economy

3.0 Challenges for Doing Business

3.1 Access to Finance

3.2 Inadequate Infrastructure

3.3 Negative Shocks to Economy

Debt

Equity

Roads

Electricity

Ebola

Election

UN Leaving

3.4 Limited Market

3.5 Government regulations

Justice system (long time)

Inconsistency

Corruption

4.0 Quantitative Model - What Most Benefits Business Growth in Liberia?

4.1 Methodology (Simple OLS)

4.2 Data Analysis

4.3 Preliminary Results

4.4 Challenges with a Quantitative Model

5.0 Competitive Advantage

5.2 Access to Capital

5.3 Skilled Labour

5.4 Networks

5.1 RBV

6.0 Can Private Investment fill the capital gap?

6.1 Foreign Direct Investment/Concessions

6.2 Medium-Scale Foreign Businesses

6.3 Impact Investors

6.4 Why are private investors not coming?

7.0 A Comparison to Sierra Leone

7.1 Why are more investors entering SL?

7.2 Is the Investment Benefiting local companies?

8.0 Conclusion