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Dennis Asante
Department of Geological EngineeringHealth SciencesSocial SciencesPhysical Sciences

Dennis Asante

58 Publications28 Research Themes29 Open Access
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Research Overview & Focus

The researcher's work spans multiple domains, focusing on themes such as sustainable energy adoption, environmental sustainability in business, financial literacy, creative innovation, sustainable supply chain management, healthcare outcomes, and historical perspectives in social sciences. Their research delves into frameworks for renewable energy adoption, innovative approaches to sustainability, the role of education and policy in fostering sustainable practices, the intersection of finance with skill development, creativity in educational settings, global trade dynamics, and health disparities.

Key Research Themes (28)
Health Sciences

Chronic Disease Management Strategies

Social Sciences

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts

Social Sciences

Creativity in Education and Neuroscience

Social Sciences

Diverse Academic Research Analysis

Physical Sciences

Energy and Environment Impacts

Physical Sciences

Energy Efficiency and Management

Physical Sciences

Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies

Social Sciences

Energy, Environment, Economic Growth

Physical Sciences

Environmental Education and Sustainability

Social Sciences

Environmental Sustainability in Business

Health Sciences

Epilepsy research and treatment

Social Sciences

Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Social Sciences

Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis

Health Sciences

Global Health Care Issues

Social Sciences

Global trade and economics

Social Sciences

Health disparities and outcomes

Health Sciences

Health, psychology, and well-being

Social Sciences

Healthcare Systems and Reforms

Health Sciences

Historical and Scientific Studies

Social Sciences

Innovation and Knowledge Management

Social Sciences

Innovation and Socioeconomic Development

Social Sciences

Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving

Social Sciences

International Business and FDI

Social Sciences

Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior

Social Sciences

Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

Social Sciences

Multi-Criteria Decision Making

Health Sciences

Primary Care and Health Outcomes

Social Sciences

Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Publications (58)

Family Support, Perceived Physical Activeness and Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases as Determinants of Formal Healthcare Utilization Among Older Adults with Low Income and Health Insurance Subscription in Ghana

2025Global Health Care IssuesDOI: 10.4324/9781003653271-10

Internet and renewable energy adoption nexus in Ghana: Impacts and implications for sustainable development

Open Access
2025Energy and Environment ImpactsDOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101252

Digital transformation in the SME context: The nexus between leadership, digital capabilities and digital strategy

2025Innovation and Knowledge ManagementDOI: 10.1177/02662426251314108

Energy-Saving Tips: Symbolism or Superheroes of Sustainability? Impact of Energy Scarcity Reminders on Employees’ Carbon Footprints

Open Access
2025Environmental Education and SustainabilityDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5381091

The Reaction Mechanism of Consumers' Low-Carbon Purchase Intentions: The Interaction between Low-Carbon Consumption Benefit Appeals and Product Types

Open Access
2025Environmental Sustainability in BusinessDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5374886

Comparative Analysis of Statistical Models for Epilepsy Incidence

Open Access
2024Epilepsy research and treatmentDOI: 10.26437/ajar.v10i2.821

Late-Life Divorce and well-being of older people: A systematic review

Open Access
2024Intergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingDOI: 10.1016/j.aggp.2024.100107

Specialist care visits outside the hospital by South Australian older adults

Open Access
2024Chronic Disease Management StrategiesDOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11268-6

Green innovation dynamics in Chinese manufacturing enterprises: a new institutional and stakeholder theory inquiry

2024Environmental Sustainability in BusinessDOI: 10.1007/s10668-024-05024-3

Energy-Saving Tips: Superheroes of Sustainability or Wall Jokes? The Influence of Energy Scarcity Reminders on Employee Carbon Footprints

Open Access
2024Energy Efficiency and ManagementDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5011526

Evaluating Circular Economy Efficiency in Western China's Logistics Industry Using Slack-Based Measure

Open Access
2024Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5000023

Exploring Low-Carbon Strategy Adoption in Manufacturing: An Evolutionary Game Theory Perspective on Government Oversight and Rent-Seeking by Third-Party Testing Organizations

Open Access
2024Environmental Sustainability in BusinessDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4963326

Exploring Low-Carbon Strategy Adoption in Manufacturing: An Evolutionary Game Theory Perspective on Government Oversight and Rent-Seeking by Third-Party Testing Organizations

Open Access
2024Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5006929

Energy-Saving Tips: Superheroes of Sustainability or Wall Jokes? The Influence of Energy Scarcity Reminders on Employee Carbon Footprints

Open Access
2024Energy Efficiency and ManagementDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5026049

Decoding the shift: Assessing household energy transition and unravelling the reasons for resistance or adoption of solar photovoltaic

2023Energy and Environment ImpactsDOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2023.123030

Equity and Performance Improvement: A Novel Toolkit That Makes Using an Equity Lens the Default

2023Primary Care and Health OutcomesDOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2023.11.003

Family Support, Perceived Physical Activeness and Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases as Determinants of Formal Healthcare Utilization Among Older Adults with Low Income and Health Insurance Subscription in Ghana

Open Access
2023Healthcare Systems and ReformsDOI: 10.1080/08959420.2023.2255488

A systematic review of the measurement properties of aspects of psychological capacity in older adults

Open Access
2023Health, psychology, and well-beingDOI: 10.1093/ageing/afad100

Correction: System, institutional, and client-level factors associated with formal healthcare utilisation among older adults with low income under a social protection scheme in Ghana

Open Access
2023Diverse Academic Research AnalysisDOI: 10.1186/s13690-023-01113-3

System, institutional, and client-level factors associated with formal healthcare utilisation among older adults with low income under a social protection scheme in Ghana

Open Access
2023Global Health Care IssuesDOI: 10.1186/s13690-023-01063-w

Achieving environmental sustainability in Africa: The role of financial institutions development on carbon emissions

Open Access
2023Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthDOI: 10.1002/sd.2584

The Relationship between Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases of Fish Farm Household Members and Production Efficiency: The Case of Ghana

Open Access
2023Microfinance and Financial InclusionDOI: 10.3390/ijerph20054175

Understanding Unmet Care Needs of Rural Older Adults with Chronic Health Conditions: A Qualitative Study

Open Access
2023Chronic Disease Management StrategiesDOI: 10.3390/ijerph20043298

Can the use of the internet improve fish farmers' financial performance? Evidence from Ghana

2023Microfinance and Financial InclusionDOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105494

An investigation on the role of electric vehicles in alleviating environmental pollution: evidence from five leading economies

Open Access
2022Energy, Environment, and Transportation PoliciesDOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23386-x

The effects of simmelian ties on innovation of low-carbon technology: a study of top managers' environmental awareness and stakeholder pressure in China

2022Environmental Sustainability in BusinessDOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-22648-y

The Hotspots and Trends in the Literature on Cleaner Production: A Visualized Analysis Based on Citespace

Open Access
2022Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementDOI: 10.3390/su14159002

Effect of financial services access on health services utilisation among rural older adults in Ghana

2022Intergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingDOI: 10.1111/ijsw.12551

Assessing fish farm economic performance and access to financial services nexus: Empirical evidence from Ghana

2022Microfinance and Financial InclusionDOI: 10.1080/13657305.2022.2099480

Network governance and renewable energy transition in sub-Saharan Africa: Contextual evidence from Ghana

2022Energy and Environment ImpactsDOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2022.06.009

The Hotspots and Trend of Literature on cleaner production: A Visualized Analysis Based on Citespace

Open Access
2022Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1675899/v1

Prioritizing strategies to eliminate barriers to renewable energy adoption and development in Ghana: A CRITIC-fuzzy TOPSIS approach

2022Energy and Environment ImpactsDOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.06.040

The Effects of Simmelian Ties on Innovation of Low-carbon Technology: A study of top managers' environmental awareness and stakeholder pressure in China

Open Access
2022Environmental Sustainability in BusinessDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1614002/v1

Residential renewable energy adoption. Does financial literacy matter?

2022Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement AnalysisDOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132210

Regional heterogeneities in the absorptive capacity of renewable energy deployment in Africa

2022Energy and Environment ImpactsDOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.05.019

Access to financial services and lighting energy consumption: Empirical evidence from rural Ghana

2022Energy and Environment ImpactsDOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.124109

The Effects of Executives' low-carbon cognition on corporate low-carbon performance: A study of managerial discretion in China

2022Environmental Sustainability in BusinessDOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132015

Psychological distress, multimorbidity and health services among older adults in rural South Australia

2022Chronic Disease Management StrategiesDOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.04.140

Paternalistic leadership, employee creativity, and retention: The role of psychological empowerment

2022Creativity in Education and NeuroscienceDOI: 10.1177/14705958221081636

Barriers to green human resources management (GHRM) implementation in developing countries. Evidence from Ghana

2022Environmental Sustainability in BusinessDOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130671

Investigating the Enablers and Barriers to Industrial Clean Energy Adoption: A Qualitative Case Analysis of Ghanaian Small-and-Medium Firms

Open Access
2022Innovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4149318

The Prevalence of Chronic Physical and Mental Health Conditions in Older Adults Across South Australia and Their Independent Effects on General Practitioner Visits

2021Health disparities and outcomesDOI: 10.1177/07334648211049709

The influence of ambidextrous leadership on the employee innovative behavior: an empirical study based on Chinese manufacturing enterprises

2021Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorDOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-02233-1

A socio-geographic perspective of health and economic impacts of COVID-19 on poor households in ghana

Open Access
2021COVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsDOI: 10.1007/s10708-021-10487-2

Implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative in Africa: A Firm-Level Study of Sub-Saharan African SMEs

2021Global trade and economicsDOI: 10.1007/s11366-021-09749-0

Renewable energy technology transition among small-and-medium scale firms in Ghana

2021Environmental Education and SustainabilityDOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.06.111

Determinants of household choice of cooking energy and the effect of clean cooking energy consumption on household members’ health status: The case of rural Ghana

2021Energy and Environment ImpactsDOI: 10.1016/j.spc.2021.06.005

Exploring governments' role in mergers and acquisitions using IVIF MULTIMOORA-COPRAS technique

2021Multi-Criteria Decision MakingDOI: 10.1108/ijoem-11-2020-1405

Making health services more accessible to rural locales. Do conceptualizations matter?

2021Historical and Scientific StudiesDOI: 10.1016/j.jemep.2021.100670

The Belt and Road Initiative and East African small and medium-sized enterprises: benefits, drivers and particular sectors

2021International Business and FDIDOI: 10.1108/ijoem-08-2020-1000

Internet use and farm households food and nutrition security nexus: The case of rural Ghana

2021Microfinance and Financial InclusionDOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101592

Evaluation of Low-Carbon Competitiveness Based on a System Evaluation Method: A Case Study of Three Chinese Steel Companies

Open Access
2021Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementDOI: 10.1155/2021/6664216

The Impact of Cooperative Membership on Fish Farm Households’ Income: The Case of Ghana

Open Access
2021Microfinance and Financial InclusionDOI: 10.3390/su13031059

Prioritizing Renewable Energy Sources for Electrification in Ghana: A Decision Support Framework Using Fuzzy Theory

Open Access
2021Energy and Environment ImpactsDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3941689

The effects of environmental factors on low-carbon innovation strategy: A study of the executive environmental leadership in China

2020Environmental Sustainability in BusinessDOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121998

Exploring the barriers to renewable energy adoption utilising MULTIMOORA- EDAS method

2020Energy and Environment ImpactsDOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111479

Current Issue: May 2019, Volume 9, Number 2/3

Open Access
2019DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3236738

Dynamic evaluation of low-carbon competitiveness(LCC) based on improved Technique for Order Preference by similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method: A case study of Chinese steelworks

Open Access
2019Innovation and Knowledge ManagementDOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.01.054
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DepartmentDepartment of Geological Engineering
Total Publications58
Research Themes28
Open Access Papers29

Department of Geological Engineering

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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