Department of Marketing and Corporate StrategySocial Sciences

Samuel Yaw Akomea

20 Publications16 Research Themes8 Open Access

Research Overview & Focus

This researcher conducts a comprehensive study examining the multifaceted impacts on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across various economic contexts, including resilience, sustainability, gender dynamics, entrepreneurship, supply chain management, microfinance, and international business. Their work spans themes such as pandemic effects, sustainable practices, gender diversity, innovation, financial inclusion, and global economic influences, aiming to uncover patterns and mechanisms driving performance, resilience, and social equity across these sectors.

Key Research Themes (16)

Social Sciences

Banking stability, regulation, efficiency

Social Sciences

Business Strategy and Innovation

Social Sciences

Corporate Finance and Governance

Social Sciences

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts

Social Sciences

Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Social Sciences

Family Business Performance and Succession

Social Sciences

Gender Diversity and Inequality

Social Sciences

Innovation and Knowledge Management

Social Sciences

Innovation and Socioeconomic Development

Social Sciences

Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis

Social Sciences

International Business and FDI

Social Sciences

Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

Social Sciences

Quality and Supply Management

Social Sciences

Social Capital and Networks

Social Sciences

Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management

Social Sciences

Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Publications (20)

Green Supply Chain Innovation and Sustainability Performance in a Developing Economy. The Roles of Circular Economy Practices and Green Organizational Climate

Open Access

2025Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5169455

Organizational Capabilities and Resilience of Small and Medium-Sized Construction Firms in Ghana: The Mediating Role of Innovation and Moderating Effect of Environmental Factors

2024Supply Chain Resilience and Risk ManagementDOI: 10.1080/10429247.2023.2295649

Environmental orientation and sustainability performance; the mediated moderation effects of green supply chain management practices and institutional pressure

Open Access

2023Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementDOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139592

Managerial capability, business strategy, and performance: the role of external factors

2023Business Strategy and InnovationDOI: 10.1080/13215906.2023.2270526

The roles of social capital, entrepreneurial orientation and competitive intensity in managerial capability and performance relationship: evidence from an emerging market economy

2023Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesDOI: 10.1108/jsma-04-2022-0073

Does Market Orientation Lead to Firm Performance? Exploring the Mechanisms and Boundary Conditions

2023Innovation and Knowledge ManagementDOI: 10.1080/15228916.2023.2166318

Manager bonding and the technical efficiency of cooperative credit unions‐parametric and non‐parametric analyses

2022Microfinance and Financial InclusionDOI: 10.1111/apce.12402

Social capital and firm performance nexus: The role of new product development capability and environmental dynamism in an emerging economy

2022Social Capital and NetworksDOI: 10.1080/23322373.2022.2106920

Entrepreneurial orientation, sustainability practices and performance of small and medium enterprises: evidence from an emerging economy

2022Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesDOI: 10.1108/ijppm-06-2021-0325

Organizational Capabilities and Export Performance: The Mediating Role of Dynamic Capabilities and Moderating Role of Competitive Intensity

Open Access

2022International Business and FDIDOI: 10.54337/aau532693874

Does managerial capability always drive performance? Empirical examinations of small and medium firms (SMEs) in a developing economy

2021Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesDOI: 10.1108/ijppm-10-2020-0551

Innovation-performance relationship: the moderating role of market dynamism

2021Innovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentDOI: 10.1080/13215906.2021.1967775

The performance implications of strategic responses of SMEs to the covid-19 pandemic: Evidence from an African economy

2021COVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsDOI: 10.1080/23322373.2021.1878810

Does Market Orientation Lead to Firm Performance? Exploring the Mechanisms and Boundary Conditions

Open Access

2021Intellectual Capital and Performance AnalysisDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3892136

Board and management gender diversity and financial performance of microfinance institutions

Open Access

2017Gender Diversity and InequalityDOI: 10.1080/23311975.2017.1360030

Assessment of the Production, Technology and Marketing Challenges Facing Starch Producing Companies in Ghana

Open Access

2017Quality and Supply ManagementDOI: 10.4236/ojbm.2017.53046

MARKETING CAPABILITY, COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES AND PERFORMANCE OF MICRO AND SMALL FAMILY BUSINESSES IN GHANA

2015Family Business Performance and SuccessionDOI: 10.1142/s1084946715500260

EXPORT DRIVERS AND BARRIERS: EVIDENCE FROM GHANAIAN PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING FIRMS

2014International Business and FDI

Predicting Bank Credit Risk: Does Board Structure Matter?

Open Access

2014Corporate Finance and Governance

Bank Recapitalization and Market Concentration in Ghana’s Banking Industry: A Herfindahl-Hirschman Index Analysis

Open Access

2013Banking stability, regulation, efficiency

Academic Metrics

DepartmentDepartment of Marketing and Corporate Strategy

Total Publications20

Research Themes16

Open Access Papers8

Department of Marketing and Corporate Strategy

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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