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