Marketing and Corporate Strategy

Joseph Owusu is a lecturer in the Department of Marketing and Corporate Strategy, School of Business, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. His research interests focus on Entrepreneurial finance, SME financial resource building effort, technology entrepreneurship, SME management and organizational embeddedness.

Full Time

Ayim block, TF 33

0244880626

joseph.owusu@knust.edu.gh

Senior Lecturer

Teaching

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Kwame Ohene Djan

e.amoah — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 10:50:51 +0000

Kwame Ohene Djan e.amoah Thu, 08/12/2021 - 10:50

Kwame Ohene Djan hails from Fufuo near Barekese in the Ashanti region of Ghana. He had his basic and secondary education all from Kumasi and completed his first degree in Business Administration from the KNUST in June 2011. He then proceeded to the University of Agder in Norway where he obtained both his MSc and Ph.D. degrees in International Management in 2014 and 2018, respectively.

Publications & Research:

List of Publications:

S Zamore, K Ohene Djan, I Alon, B Hobdari (2018). Credit risk research: Review and agenda Emerging Markets Finance and Trade 54 (4), 811-835
KO Djan, R Mersland (2017). Does religious affiliation influence the design of corporate governance? Evidence from the global microfinance industry Strategic Change 26 (2), 101-116
R Mersland, S Zamore, KO Djan, TW Sommeno (2019) Internationalization of the microfinance industry in Research Agenda for financial inclusion and microfinance Edward Elgar Publishing
KO Djan, R Mersland (2021) Are NGOs and cooperatives similar or different? A global survey using microfinance data, Journal of Management and Governance, 1-43
J Owusu, W Owusu Ansah, KO Djan, EK Anin (2021) Impact of financial resource building effort on financial resource availability among small and medium enterprises Cogent Business & Management 8 (1), 1920676

Teaching & Supervision:

Courses Taught:

International Business Negotiation
Intercultural Management
Export and Import Management
Global Business Strategy
Strategic Management and Policy.

Selected Projects Supervised

Rejoice Segbe (2019). Occupational Health and Safety Policy and Organizational Performance in the Technical Universities: The moderating role of Employee Involvement and Management Commitment
Sabina Afia Gyabea (2021) The Effect of Knowledge Management Strategies on The Performance of SMEs: The Mediating Role Of Innovation Capacity

Marketing and Corporate Strategy

Full Time

Ayim Complex TF 23

0545747735

kwame.ohenedjan@knust.edu.gh

Corporate governance, non-profit governance, social entrepreneurship, microfinance, international business

Lecturer

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PhD (University of Agder), International Management - Norway, MSc (University of Agder), International Management - Norway

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Martin Owusu Ansah

e.amoah — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:32:29 +0000

Martin Owusu Ansah e.amoah Mon, 09/30/2019 - 14:32

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Marketing and Corporate Strategy

Full Time

Senior Lecturer

Teaching

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Nathaniel Boso

e.amoah — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 11:18:45 +0000

Nathaniel Boso e.amoah Wed, 02/13/2019 - 11:18

Nathaniel Boso is the Dean at KNUST School of Business, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. He is also a Visiting Professor of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at Strathmore Business School (Kenya). He was previously an Associate Professor at the University of Leeds, UK. His research focuses on the interface between international entrepreneurship, innovation and marketing strategy. His research has won multiple awards, including 2017 Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy Best Conference paper, Best Empirical Paper Award at the 25th United States Association of Small Business & Entrepreneurship Annual Conference, and Nominee for 2014 Academy of International Business Haynes Prize for the Most Promising Scholar Award. Nathaniel has published in leading scholarly journals such as the Journal of Business Venturing (FT 50 Journal and rated 4 in the CABS Journal Quality List), Journal of Product Innovation Management (rated 4 in the CABS Journal Quality List) and Journal of Business Ethics (FT 50 Journal). He is a regular speaker at international conferences on International Entrepreneurship, Cross-cultural Management, and African International Business issues. Nathaniel sits on the editorial review board of International Marketing Review and Journal of African Business as an Associate Editor. His teaching interests include International Marketing Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Advanced Research Methods. He is also a specialist educator in Structural Equation Modelling. Nathaniel has also played several academic leadership roles including directorship of postgraduate research in marketing at University of Leeds (United Kingdom), doctoral programme directorship at KNUST and conference chairmanships. He is currently Vice-Chair of Academy of International Business African Chapter. He received his Ph.D. from Loughborough University (AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA Accredited) in 2011, and is a Professional Chartered Marketer at the Chartered Instituting of Marketing in the United Kingdom.

A. SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES (Chartered Association of Business Schools Journal Quality Guide (CABS) and Financial Times Rated Journals Only)

Assadinia, S., Kadile, V., Golgeci, I. & Boso, N. (Forthcoming). The Effects of Learning Orientation and Marketing Program Planning on Export Performance: Paradoxical Moderating Role of Psychic Distance, International Small Business Journal, CABS Rating: 3

Hultman, M., Yeboah-Banin, A. & Boso, N. (Forthcoming). Linking improvisational behavior to customer satisfaction: The relational dynamics, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, 10.1108/JBIM-11-2017-0298, CABS Rating: 2

Micevski, M., Dewsnap, B., Cadogan, J. Kadic-Maglajlic, S., & Boso, N. (Forthcoming), Sales intra-functional flexibility: its relationship to performance and moderating effects on role stressors, Journal of Business Research, CABS Rating: 3

Hughes, P., Souchon, A.L., Nemkova, E., Hodgkinson, I.R., Oliveira, J.S., Boso, N., Hultman, M., Yeboah-Banin, A.A. & Sy-Changco, J. (Forthcoming). Quadratic effects of dynamic decision-making capability on innovation orientation and performance: evidence from Chinese exporters, Industrial Marketing Management, doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2018.11.005, CABS Rating: 3

Boso, N., Adeleye, I., Ibeh, K., & Chizema, A. (2019). The internationalization of African firms: Opportunities, challenges, and risks, Thunderbird International Business Review, 61:5–12, CABS Rating: 2

Boso, N., Adeleye, I., Donbesuur, F. & Gyensare, M. (2018). Do entrepreneurs always benefit from business failure experience? Journal of Business Research, doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.01.063, CABS Rating: 3

Adomako, S., Danso, A., Boso, N., & Narteh, B. (2018). Entrepreneurial alertness and new venture performance: facilitating roles of networking capability, International Small Business Journal, 36(5), 453–472, CABS Rating: 3

Oliveira. J. S.; Yazdani, N.; Cadogan, J.; Hodgkinson, I., Story, V.M. & Boso, N. (2018). The empirical link between export entry mode diversity and export performance: a contingency- and institutional-based examination, Journal of Business Research, doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.12.001, CABS Rating: 3

Kadic-Maglajlic, S., Boso, N. & Micevski, M. (2017). How does Internal Marketing Drive Customer Satisfaction in Matured and Maturing European Markets? Journal of Business Research, doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.09.024, CABS Rating: 3

Boso, N., Adeola, O., Danso, A. & S. Assadinia (2017). The Effect of Export Marketing Capabilities on Export Performance: Moderating Role of Dysfunctional Competition, Industrial Marketing Management, doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2017.09.006, CABS Rating: 3

Adeola, O., Boso, N. & Evans, O. (2017). Drivers of international tourism demand in Africa, Business Economics, DOI 10.1057/s11369-017-0051-3, CABS: 1

Boso, N., Donbesuur, F., Bendega, T., Annan, J. & Adeola, O. (2017). Does organizational creativity always drive market performance? Psychology & Marketing, DOI:10.1002/mar.21039 CABS Rating: 3

Boso, N., Danso, A., Leonidou, C., Uddin, M.M., Adeola, O., & Hultman, M. (2017). Does Financial Resource Slack Drive Sustainability Expenditure in Developing Economy Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises? Journal of Business Research, doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.06.016 CABS Rating: 3

Kadić-Maglajlić, S., Micevski, M., Lee, N.J., Boso N., & Vida I. (2017). Synergies and Tensions across Three-level Ethical Influences on Selling Behavior and Performance, Journal of Business Ethics, doi:10.1007/s10551-017-3588-1 Financial Times 50 Elite Journal and CABS Rating: 3

Amankwah-Amoah, J. Boso, N., & Deborah, J. (2017). Africa Rising in an Emerging World: An International Marketing Perspective, International Marketing Review, DOI: 10.1108/IMR-02-2017-0030. CABS Rating: 3

Boso, N., Deborah, J. & Amankwah-Amoah, J. (2017). International Marketing Strategies of Emerging Market Firms: Nature, Boundary Conditions, Antecedents, and Outcomes, International Marketing Review, DOI: 10.1108/IMR-01-2017-0008. CABS Rating: 3

Boso, N., Oghazi, P. & Hultman, M. (2017). International Entrepreneurial Orientation and Regional Expansion, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 27 (2), 4-26. CABS Rating: 3

Boso, N., Annan, J., Adeleye, D., Iheanachor, N. & Narteh, B. (2016). Examining the paths from export strategic orientations to export performance: the mediating role of export resource transformation capability, Thunderbird International Business Review, DOI: 10.1002/tie.21878, CABS Rating: 2

Banin-Yeboah, A., Boso, N., Magnus Hultman, M., Souchon, A., Hughes, P., & Memkova, E. (2016). Salesperson Improvisation: Conceptualization and Empirical Examination of its Sales Performance Outcomes, Antecedents and Boundary Conditions, Industrial Marketing Management, 59, 120-130. CABS Rating: 3

Cadogan, J., Boso, N., Story, V.M., & Adeola O. (2016). Export strategic orientation-performance relationship: examination of its enabling and disenabling boundary conditions, Journal of Business Research, 69(11), 5046-5052. CABS Rating: 3

Amankwah-Amoah, J., Boso, N. & Antwi-Agyei, I. (2016). Imprinting Effects of Entrepreneurial Business Failure Experiences on Successive Entrepreneurial Engagements, Group & Organization Management, DOI: 10.1177/1059601116643447. CABS Rating: 3

Boso, N., Story, N., Cadogan, J., Annan, J., Kadić-Maglajlić, S. and Micevski, M. (2016). Enhancing sales benefits of radical product innovativeness in internationalizing small and medium-sized enterprises, Journal of Business Research, 69(11), 5040-5045. CABS Rating: 3

Boso, N., Carter, P. S. & Annan, J. (2016). When is brand orientation a useful strategic posture? Journal of Brand Management, 23(4), 363-382. CABS Rating: 2

Story, V.M., Boso, N., & Cadogan, J.W. (2015). The Form of Relationship between Firm-level Product Innovativeness and New Product Performance in Developed and Emerging Markets, Journal of Product Innovation Management, 32(1), 45–64. CABS Rating: 4

Boso, N., Story, V.M., & Cadogan, J.W. (2013). Entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation, network ties, and performance: study of entrepreneurial firms in a developing economy, Journal of Business Venturing, 28, 708–727. Financial Times 50 Elite Journal and CABS Rating: 4

Boso, N., Story, V.M., Cadogan, J.W., Micevski, M. & Kadić-Maglajlić, S. (2013). Firm innovativeness and export performance: environmental, networking and structural contingencies, Journal of International Marketing, 21(4), 62–87. CABS Rating: 3

Boso, N., Cadogan, J.W. & Story, V.M. (2012). Complementary Effect of Entrepreneurial and Market Orientations on Export New Product Success under differing levels of Competitive Intensity and Financial Capital, International Business Review, 21 (4), 667–681. CABS Rating: 3

Boso, N., Story, V.M., & Cadogan, J.W. (2012). Entrepreneurial Orientation and Market Orientation as Drivers of Product Innovation Success: A Study of Exporters from a Developing Economy, International Small Business Journal, 31(1), 57–81. CABS Rating: 3

B. ARTICLES IN OTHER SCHOLARLY JOURNALS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Adeola, O., Boso, N. & Adeniji, J. (2018). Bridging Institutional Distance: An Emerging Market Entry Strategy for Multinational Enterprises, Emerging Issues in Global Marketing, 205-230.

Adeleye, I., Amankwah-Amoah, J., Boso, N., & Esposito, M. (2018). Africa’s Competitiveness in the Global Economy: Past, Present and Future, Africa’s Competitiveness in the Global Economy, 1-22

Gyensare, M., Kumedzro, L., Sanda, A., Boso, N. (2017). Linking transformational leadership to turnover intention in the public sector: The influences of engagement, affective commitment and psychological climate, African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, 8: 3, 314-337.

Boso, N., Oghazi, P., Cadogan, J.W. & Story, V.M. (2016). Entrepreneurial and market-oriented activities, financial capital, environment turbulence, and export performance in an emerging economy, Journal of Small Business Strategy, 26 (1), 1-27.

Zulu-Chisanga, S.; Boso, N., Adeola, O. (2016). Investigating the path from firm innovativeness to financial performance: The roles of new product success, market responsiveness, and environment turbulence, Journal of Small Business Strategy, 26 (1), 51-67.

Annan, J., Boso, N., Mensah, J., & Nagbe Sulee, E. (2016). Antecedents and Consequences of Supply Chain Integration: Empirical Evidence from a Developing Economy, International Journal of Supply Chain Management, 5, 10-23.

Annan, J., Boso, N. & Essuman, D. (2016). Investigating the Path from Supply Chain Integration to Business Performance: Evidence from a Sub-Saharan African Economy, International Journal of Business & Management, 11(6), 225–240.

Gyensare, M.A., Boso, N., Anku-Tsede, O., & Okpoti, C.A. (forthcoming). Corporate Social Responsibility Practices and Employee Engagement in Challenging Times: Exploring the mediating Mechanism of Corporate Ethical Values in the Ghanaian Mining Sector. In Idowu S. O. & Vertigans, S., (Eds.), Corporate Social Responsibility in Challenging Times, Springer.

Boso, N., Deleye, I., & White, L. (2016). Africa-to-Africa Internationalization: Emerging Trends and Key Issues. In Deleye, I., White, L. & Boso, N. (Eds), Africa-to-Africa Internationalization: Key Issues and Outcome, Palgrave Macmillan, London.

Deleye, I. & Boso, N. (2016). Africa-to-Africa Internationalization: Future Trends and Research Avenues. In Deleye, I., White, L. & Boso, N. (Eds), Africa-to-Africa Internationalization: Key Issues and Outcome, Palgrave Macmillan, London.

C. Edited Book

Deleye, I., White, L. & Boso, N. (2016). Africa-to-Africa Internationalization: Key Issues and Outcome, Palgrave Macmillan, London.

D. SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Yeboah-Banin, A., Hultman, M., Boso, M. & Oghazi, P. (2017). An investigation of the nonlinear effects of creativity on sales performance, proceedings of 2017 annual conference of The Academy of Marketing Science, San Diego, USA, May 24-26, 2017.

Oliveira, J.S., Cadogan, J., Tsougkou, L., Yazdani, L., Hodgkinson, I., Story, V.M. & Boso, N. (2017). The empirical link between export entry mode diversity and export performance: a contingency- and institutional-based examination, proceedings of 7th Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, June 28 – 30, 2017.

Boso, N., Donbesuur, F., Bendega, T. & Annan, J. (2017). Does Organizational Creativity Always Drive Market Performance?, proceedings of 7th Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, June 28 – 30, 2017.

Tsougkou, L., Cadogan, J., Oliveira, J.S., Boso, N., Yazdani, L., Hodgkinson, I., Story, & V.M. (2017). Does Export Product Adaptation Enable Customer Value Creation? An Examination of Finnish Exporters, Proceedings of European Marketing Academy Conference (EMAC), Groningen, The Netherlands, May 23-26, 2017.

Kadic-Maglajlic, S., Boso., N., & Micevski, M. (2017). Role of Cross-Functional Goal Alignment and Emotional Labor in Linking Internal Marketing to Customer Satisfaction, proceedings of European Marketing Academy Conference (EMAC), Groningen, The Netherlands, May 23-26, 2017.

Asadinia, S., Boso, N., Hultman, M. & Robson, M. (2017). International Experiential Knowledge, Export Learning Process and Export Sales Growth, proceedings of the 2017 Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA) Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 15-17 February, 2017.

Boso, N., Hultman, M., Oghazi, P., & Adeola, O. (2016). Financial resource slack and sustainability performance: A cross-culture study of small and medium-sized enterprises, proceedings of the 7th EMAC Regional Conference, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sept 15-17, 2016.

Gyensare, M.A. Afful-Broni, A., Boso, N., Anku-Tsede, O., & Kumedzro, L.E. (2016). Effect of Emotional Intelligence on Task Performance: Role of Effective Leadership Behaviour, proceedings of Academy of International Business, Sub-Sahara African Chapter, Lagos, Nigeria, Aug 17-19, 2016.

Boso, N., Hultman, M. & Oghazi, P. (2016). The Impact of International Entrepreneurial-Oriented Behaviors on Regional Expansion: Evidence from a Developing Economy, Global Marketing Conference, Hong Kong, Aug. 2016.

Boso, N., Wu, J., Palihawadana, D., & Annan, J. (2016). International Quality System Certification and New Product Performance: Moderating Roles of Home Market Institutional Development and Information Accessibility Cost, proceedings of Academy of International Business, Sub-Sahara African Chapter, Lagos, Nigeria, Aug 17-19, 2016.

Cadogan, J.W., Boso, N., Story, V.M., & Adeola, O. (2016). Export strategic orientation-performance relationship: examination of its enabling and disenabling boundary conditions, proceedings of Global Innovation & Knowledge Academy Conference, Valencia, Spain, Mar. 21-23, 2016.

Zulu-Chisanga, S., Boso, N., Hultman, M. & Leonidou, C. (2016). How Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Developing Economies Develop and Benefit from Coopetition Capability, proceedings of United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), San Diego, USA, Jan. 8-12, 2016.

Hughes, P., Souchon, A.L., Boso, N., Nemkova, E., Hultman, H., Yeboah, A., & Sy-Changco, J. (2015). Quadratic effects of export decision-making on innovation orientation: evidence from Chinese exporting firms, proceedings of Australia-New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference (ANZMAC), Sydney, Australia, Dec. 2-5, 2015.

Yeboah, A., Boso, N., Hultman, M., & Palihawadana, D. (2015). Enhancing Salesperson Performance Through Improvisation: The Impact of Resources and Customers, proceedings of AMA Summer Marketing Educators’ Conference, Chicago, USA, Aug. 14- 16, 2015.

Yeboah, A., Hultman, M., & Boso, N. (2015). Salesperson Improvisation: Conceptualization and Empirical Examination of its Sales Performance Outcomes, Drivers and Boundary Conditions. Proceedings of European Marketing Academy Conference (EMAC), Leuven, Belgium, May 26-29, 2015.

MAJOR GRANTS AWARDED AND MANAGED

2019 Awarded USD 6.5 Million Grant by the World Bank Group to Establish a Centre of Excellence at KNUST, Ghana

2018 Awarded GBP 10,000 Small Research Grant by British Academy to study global export value chain

2016 Awarded USD 20,000 Export Growth Research grant by Chinese Ministry of Education and University of Macau

2016 Awarded USD 6,021 Export Management Research Grant by The University of Sydney Business School, Australia

2012 Awarded GBP 188,200 African Small Business Development Grant by UK Commonwealth Secretariat

SELECTED RESEARCH AWARDS

Winner of 2017 Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy Best Paper Award
Nominee of the 2013 Academy of International Business Temple/AIB Best Paper Award
Nominee of the 2012 Academy of International Business “That's Interesting!" Award
Winner of 2011 United States Association of Small Business & Entrepreneurship Best Empirical Paper Award

SELECTED SERVICES TO THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY

Associate Editor at International Marketing Review
Guest Editor, International Marketing Review
Guest Editor, Thunderbird International Business Review

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Marketing and Corporate Strategy

Full Time

Ayim Complex-Room FF 16

0260684465

nboso@knust.edu.gh

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Ph.D., Chartered Marketer, MCIM, MSc, BSc

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Enya B. A. Xemalordzo

e.amoah — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 13:49:09 +0000

Enya B. A. Xemalordzo e.amoah Thu, 12/06/2018 - 13:49

Dr Enya Ameza-Xemalordzo is chartered management consultant and a certified international manager with substantial experience in industry and academia. Enya holds several Masters' Degrees in the areas of Applied sciences, Business Management, International Business & Corporate Law. He obtained professional qualifications in Business Management and Management consultancy. Based on his dissertations in Lancaster Law School (i.e. Examination of the Shareholder and Stakeholder theories in the context of Corporate Governance) and Nottingham Law School (i.e. Corporate Governance beyond Shareholder Primacy: a Critical Review of Directors ‘Duties and Stakeholder Governance in the UK), he pursued PhD at the University of Manchester. His research explored how Corporate Governance has changed as a result of the financial sector privatization and liberalization. He also looked at the effects of the financial sector laws on corporate governance of banks in Ghana. His research interests include the corporate governance (Especially in financial institutions), Financial Sector Regulation, Business Management and strategy, Credit Management and CSR.

Research Interest

Corporate Governance
Corporate Social Responsibility
Financial sector Liberalization & Regulation
Credit Management and Corporate Strategy

Courses taught

Principles of Management/Marketing
International Business Environment
Doing Business in Africa
International Trade Theory
International Business Research & Critical Thinking

Marketing and Corporate Strategy

Full Time

Ayim Complex Room FF25

0202514747

ameza.ameza@yahoo.com

Senior Lecturer

Teaching

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PhD Development Policy & Management – Corporate Governance (Manchester); MBA(GIMPA); G. Dip-Law (Nottingham); LLM International Business & Corporate Law (Lancaster); Bsc & MSc (KNUST);

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