Emmanuel Mensah
60 Publications27 Research Themes37 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus
The researcher's research focuses on examining the interplay between earnings management, corporate governance quality, audit integrity, and firm performance or productivity growth across various domains, including social sciences.
Faculty Biography
Emmanuel Mensah is an Adjunct Lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST),Kumasi(2012-Present)He was a former Deputy Director in Charge of Administration of the Ghana Geological Survey Authority(formerly Geological Survey Dept.). He was also a Part-time Lecturer at the University for Development Studies, Navrongo campus (UDS)(2009-2016). Emmanuel has supervised a number of students’ projects work both at UDS and KNUST. He has been a Regional Director of Ghana Geological Survey Authority in fourteen(14) of the sixteen(16) regions in Ghana. He has twenty eight(28)years experience in Geological Mapping and Mineral Exploration and Evaluation.. Emmanuel is also a Member of Ghana Institution of Geoscientists(MGhIG). Emmanuel is also currently the Project Coordinator on the Evaluation of limestone Deposits at Yezesi in the Mamprugu- Moaduri District in the North East region of Ghana, and Evaluation of Iron Ore Deposits at Akpafu and surrounding areas in the Oti region of Ghana. These projects are being funded by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources.
Key Research Themes (27)
Life Sciences
Agricultural Innovations and Practices
Social Sciences
Asian Industrial and Economic Development
Social Sciences
Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
Social Sciences
Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
Physical Sciences
Biofuel production and bioconversion
Health Sciences
Biotechnology and Related Fields
Social Sciences
Corporate Finance and Governance
Social Sciences
Corporate Insolvency and Governance
Social Sciences
Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
Life Sciences
Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
Social Sciences
Economic and Technological Innovation
Physical Sciences
Economic Growth and Development
Social Sciences
Economic Growth and Productivity
Social Sciences
Economic Theory and Policy
Social Sciences
Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
Social Sciences
Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
Social Sciences
Firm Innovation and Growth
Social Sciences
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Social Sciences
Global trade and economics
Social Sciences
Insurance and Financial Risk Management
Social Sciences
International Development and Aid
Social Sciences
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
Health Sciences
Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
Social Sciences
Risk Management in Financial Firms
Social Sciences
Taxation and Compliance Studies
Social Sciences
Urban and Rural Development Challenges
Social Sciences
Working Capital and Financial Performance
Publications (60)
Investment thresholds and trade competitiveness: a comparative study of public, private, and PPP models of emerging economies in SSA
Optimizing foreign direct investment for sustainable trade balance improvement: the case of a developing economy
Integration of artificial intelligence in continuous bioprocessing for enhanced monoclonal antibody production
Open AccessAccess to credit and business growth: the impact of business location and sector
Access to credit and business growth: the impact of business location and sector
THE ROLE OF COST OF CAPITAL IN THE LINK BETWEEN ESG REPORTING AND FIRM PERFORMANCE
Open AccessStructural Change in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Open Economy Perspective
Ownership structure dynamics and firm governance quality: Panel regression evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Open AccessThe Threshold Effects of National Governance Quality on the Earnings Management – Performance Nexus: Evidence From Dynamic Panel Threshold Regression
Open AccessFirms growth opportunities and accruals earnings management nexus: does corporate and national governance systems play a role?
Perception of Maize Farmers’ Financial Inclusion Via Mobile Money. A Case Study of the Dormaa-Ahenkro Municipality, Ghana
Open AccessReview of: "The Effect Credit Monitoring Activities on Financial Reporting Quality of Private Banks in Ethiopia"
Open AccessThreshold effects of inflation on the FDI – growth nexus: evidence from inflation-targeting countries in sub-Saharan Africa
Open AccessGlobal Value Chain and the Innovativeness of Firms in Africa
Open AccessReview of: "Innovative Financial Services and Commercial Banks’ Profitability in Africa"
Open AccessDoes macroeconomic misery index matter in the micro firm-level earnings Management – performance nexus? Evidence from dynamic Panel threshold regression
Open AccessReview of: "Determinants of Corporate Financial Performance in African Insurance Market"
Open AccessIntegration of African countries in regional and global value chains: Static and dynamic patterns
Re-Examining The Financial Literacy – SME Growth Nexus: Fresh Evidence from Causal Mediation Analysis
Open AccessRe-examining the corporate governance – Firm performance nexus: Fresh evidence from a causal mediation analysis
Open AccessAnalysis of the determinants of corporate governance quality: evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
Productive efficiency, structural change, and catch-up within Africa
Open AccessCorporate governance mechanisms and earnings management: The moderating role of female directors
Open AccessWomen on boards, firm earnings management (EM) and performance nexus: does gender diversity moderate the EM–performance relationship?
Review of: "Do investors value higher reporting quality, and can expanded audit reports unlock this value? A sustainability reporting reflection"
Open AccessAccess to and Use of Agricultural Information among Maize Farmers in Ejura Sekyedumase Municipality
Open AccessResource Allocation Strategies for Maintaining Competitiveness and Achieving Innovation Success
Open AccessA Manufacturing (Re)Naissance? Industrialization in the Developing World
Open AccessThe effect of earnings management on firm performance: The moderating role of corporate governance quality
Corrigendum to: Structural Reforms and Labor Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Intra or Inter-Reallocation Channel?
Open AccessStructural Change, Productivity Growth and Labour Market Turbulence in Sub-Saharan Africa
Open AccessStructural Reforms and Labor Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Intra or Inter-Reallocation Channel?
Structural Reforms and Labor Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Intra or Inter-Reallocation Channel?
Structural Reforms and Labor Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Intra or Inter-Reallocation Channel?
Open AccessExamining the Non-monotonic Relationship between Earnings Management and Firm Performance: Evidence from Panel Threshold Regression Approaches
Open AccessStructural Reforms and Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Intra- or Inter-Reallocation Channel?
Many African countries had a surprise manufacturing surge in 2010s – it bodes well for the years ahead
A manufacturing renaissance? Industrialization trends in the developing world
Open AccessThe Economic Transformation Database (ETD): content, sources, and methods
Open AccessThe effect of IFRS adoption on financial reporting quality: evidence from listed manufacturing firms in Ghana
Open AccessReplication Data for Chapter 3: Structural change, productivity growth and labor market turbulence in Sub-Saharan Africa
Open AccessReplication Data for Chapter 4: Productivity efficiency, technological change and catch-up within Africa
Open AccessReplication Data for Chapter 5: Is Sub-Saharan African deindustrializing?
Open AccessReplication Data for Chapter 6: Reforms and productivity growth in developing countries: Intra or Inter- reallocation channel?
Open AccessProductive efficiency, technological change and catch up within Africa
2020Economic Growth and Productivity
Export Variety and Imported Intermediate Inputs: Industry-Level Evidence from Africa
Open Access2020Economic Growth and Development
Is sub-Saharan Africa deindustrializing?
2020Economic Growth and Productivity
Structural change in developing countries
Open AccessThe Extent of GVC Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa
Value chains and comparative advantage assessment of the Ghanaian cashew sector
The Extent of GVC Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa
Open Access2019Global trade and economics
Structural change, productivity growth and labour market turbulence in Africa
2018Economic Growth and Productivity
Africa Sector Database (ASD): Expansion and update
2018International Development and Aid
The Impact of Inventory Management on Profitability: A Case of Distribution and Wholesale Firms in Ghana
Open AccessEnvirоnmental Repоrting Praсtiсes by Listed Manufaсfuring Firms: The Perspeсtive оf an Emerging Eсоnоmy
Open AccessEffect of Silage Quality on Milk Production and Ogallala Aquifer Conservation Potential in the Texas High Plains
Open AccessEffect of Silage Quality on Milk Production and Ogallala Aquifer Conservation Potential in the Texas High Plains
2017Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
Economic evaluation of silage crops under reduced irrigation in the Texas High Plains
2016Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
Bank Efficiency and Financial Development in Africa: An Empirical Study
2015Economic Growth and Development
Infrastructure access and household welfare in rural ghana: the empirics of the nexus
Open Access2011Urban and Rural Development Challenges
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Geological Engineering
Total Publications60
Research Themes27
Open Access Papers37
Department of Geological Engineering
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology