Life Cycle of Public Transportation Companies of DR Congo &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;—A Diachronic and Synchronic Analysis

Chance Kibembo Kibuka,Huguette Sifa Bura,Corneille Luboya Tshiunza

doi:10.4236/jss.2018.65022

Abstract

In most of developing countries, the public transportation remains the challenges for most of the population. This inherent situation is observed in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where the demand of public transportation exceeds the supply. It has been found that public transportation companies are created, but they eventually fall into bankruptcy. The causes can be of course diverse. The objective of this study is to trace and describe the life cycles of these transportation companies of DR Congo in the diachronic and synchronic perspective. Using the documentary analysis of secondary data and interviews, the findings provide a description of the life cycles of the DRC transportation companies according to their cycle duration, types and steps in the diachronic and synchronic perspective.

Highlights

In some sectors in organizations, it has been observed for some decades on a global, continental, national, provincial or even in local environments that the live of companies follows a cycle
Using the documentary analysis of secondary data and interviews, the findings provide a description of the life cycles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) transportation companies according to their cycle duration, types and steps in the diachronic and synchronic perspective
This study showed that most public transportation company of DRC lived the life cycle in long-term

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Introduction

In some sectors in organizations, it has been observed for some decades on a global, continental, national, provincial or even in local environments that the live of companies follows a cycle. It was noted that about the global statistics of business failures every year, nearly 55,000 companies and 250,000 employees are affected by the failure. This remains a complex phenomenon which the analysis is limited, to either purely quantitative aspects or to the only legal framework (Luboya, 2011) [1]

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