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In this Editorial, we synthesise the articles in the Special Issue with unique insights into sustainable waste management innovations and sustainable business practices
Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Frederick Ahen. Editorial: Sustainable Waste Management Innovations: Developing New Ventures for Improved Health and Environmental Wellbeing. Sustainability 2021, 13, 7132 .
AMA StyleJoseph Amankwah-Amoah, Frederick Ahen. Editorial: Sustainable Waste Management Innovations: Developing New Ventures for Improved Health and Environmental Wellbeing. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (13):7132.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoseph Amankwah-Amoah; Frederick Ahen. 2021. "Editorial: Sustainable Waste Management Innovations: Developing New Ventures for Improved Health and Environmental Wellbeing." Sustainability 13, no. 13: 7132.
The need for green business practices and green innovations underscores a growing recognition that climate change is now an existential threat not just to population health but also to the survival of businesses that are unable to embrace green practices with a sense of urgency. This paper contributes to the literature on market violence as an inhibitor of green innovations for sustainable waste management to curb the unneeded health effects of wastes in Africa. Our purpose is to problematize received wisdom, unquestioned assumptions, and incorrect diagnosis of the sources and health consequences of various forms of wastes in Africa. Much of the discourse on this issue remains ahistorical, and that risks leaving aside a vital question of exploitative extraction. By including this ‘out-of-the-box’ explanation through major case references, we are able to shed light on the critical issues that have hitherto received limited attention, thus enabling us to propose useful research questions for future enquiries. We propose a framework that delineates the structural composition of costs imposed by market violence that ranges from extraction to e-waste disposal. We advocate for the engineering of policies that create conditions for doing more with less resources, eliminating waste, and recycling as crucial steps in creating sustainable waste management innovations. Additionally, we highlight a set of fundamental issues regarding enablers and inhibitors of sustainable innovations and policies for waste management worth considering for future research. These include programmed obsolescence, irresponsible extraction, production, and consumption, all seen through the theoretical lens of market violence.
Frederick Ahen; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah. Sustainable Waste Management Innovations in Africa: New Perspectives and Research Agenda for Improving Global Health. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6646 .
AMA StyleFrederick Ahen, Joseph Amankwah-Amoah. Sustainable Waste Management Innovations in Africa: New Perspectives and Research Agenda for Improving Global Health. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (12):6646.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrederick Ahen; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah. 2021. "Sustainable Waste Management Innovations in Africa: New Perspectives and Research Agenda for Improving Global Health." Sustainability 13, no. 12: 6646.
This research explores firms' digital presence in an online interactive network. Anchored in the literature on firm engagement and firm-generated content, this study discusses and empirically examines the impact of managerial response to online reviews on future ratings. A big data approach coupled with text analytics is employed on a large field dataset to analyse both structured review/response metrics and unstructured response text. Results show that an increase in future review valence is positively associated with the intensity, promptness, and sentiment of managerial responses, and the magnitude of effects is contingent upon firms' rating status and market position. Mixed evidence is obtained for comprehensiveness and standardisation of response content. These findings reveal that the influence of firm engagement in the online review network is likely to be shaped by the goodwill signalled by managerial responses.
Jie Sheng; Xiaojun Wang; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah. The value of firm engagement: How do ratings benefit from managerial responses? Decision Support Systems 2021, 147, 113578 .
AMA StyleJie Sheng, Xiaojun Wang, Joseph Amankwah-Amoah. The value of firm engagement: How do ratings benefit from managerial responses? Decision Support Systems. 2021; 147 ():113578.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJie Sheng; Xiaojun Wang; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah. 2021. "The value of firm engagement: How do ratings benefit from managerial responses?" Decision Support Systems 147, no. : 113578.
Samuel Adomako; Kwabena Frimpong; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Francis Donbesuur; Robert A. Opoku. Strategic Decision Speed and International Performance: The Roles of Competitive Intensity, Resource Flexibility, and Structural Organicity. Management International Review 2021, 61, 27 -55.
AMA StyleSamuel Adomako, Kwabena Frimpong, Joseph Amankwah-Amoah, Francis Donbesuur, Robert A. Opoku. Strategic Decision Speed and International Performance: The Roles of Competitive Intensity, Resource Flexibility, and Structural Organicity. Management International Review. 2021; 61 (1):27-55.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSamuel Adomako; Kwabena Frimpong; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Francis Donbesuur; Robert A. Opoku. 2021. "Strategic Decision Speed and International Performance: The Roles of Competitive Intensity, Resource Flexibility, and Structural Organicity." Management International Review 61, no. 1: 27-55.
This paper utilizes insights from the knowledge-based view and ambidexterity literature to examine the effects of knowledge integration (KI) on innovation via contextual ambidexterity (CA). The paper also investigates the potential moderating role of human resource (HR) slack on the relationship between KI and CA. Using survey data collected from 245 entrepreneurial firms operating in Ghana, the findings show that KI positively relates to CA, and this relationship is moderated by HR slack. In addition, we observed that CA mediates KI and innovation. The broader theoretical and practical implications of the study are outlined.
Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Samuel Adomako. The effects of knowledge integration and contextual ambidexterity on innovation in entrepreneurial ventures. Journal of Business Research 2021, 127, 312 -321.
AMA StyleJoseph Amankwah-Amoah, Samuel Adomako. The effects of knowledge integration and contextual ambidexterity on innovation in entrepreneurial ventures. Journal of Business Research. 2021; 127 ():312-321.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoseph Amankwah-Amoah; Samuel Adomako. 2021. "The effects of knowledge integration and contextual ambidexterity on innovation in entrepreneurial ventures." Journal of Business Research 127, no. : 312-321.
Drawing on the awareness of consequence literature, this paper unpacks how the awareness of the consequences of full-sun cocoa production can encourage farmers to adopt shaded cocoa agroforestry that preserves the land and favours better cocoa farm waste management. Using Ghana as a case study, the paper provides distinctive insights on how shaded cocoa agroforestry systems provide sustainable yields in the medium- to long-term, relative to unshaded systems. We also find that cocoa farmers’ awareness of consequences about the effects of undertaking unshaded cocoa production could make individual farmers exhibit pro-environmental behaviour, leading to the adoption of cocoa agroforestry systems that help preserve soil fertility and improve waste management. We recommend that the utilization of awareness of consequence protocols, coupled with the efficient diffusion of information on the benefits of agroforestry in terms of waste management and environmental improvements to the cocoa farmers, could increase the adoption of shaded cocoa production regimes in Ghana.
Fred Yamoah; James Kaba; David Botchie; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah. Working towards Sustainable Innovation for Green Waste Benefits: The Role of Awareness of Consequences in the Adoption of Shaded Cocoa Agroforestry in Ghana. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1453 .
AMA StyleFred Yamoah, James Kaba, David Botchie, Joseph Amankwah-Amoah. Working towards Sustainable Innovation for Green Waste Benefits: The Role of Awareness of Consequences in the Adoption of Shaded Cocoa Agroforestry in Ghana. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (3):1453.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFred Yamoah; James Kaba; David Botchie; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah. 2021. "Working towards Sustainable Innovation for Green Waste Benefits: The Role of Awareness of Consequences in the Adoption of Shaded Cocoa Agroforestry in Ghana." Sustainability 13, no. 3: 1453.
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the fortunes of multiple companies around the globe. Accordingly, questions are increasingly being asked about how organizations can revitalize during and after a crisis. Yet, we have limited understanding of how organizations renew themselves during crises over time. We explore this question through the lens and examination of two South-Asian airlines: Pakistan International Airlines and Sri Lankan Airlines. The cases offer important insights into the reasons behind underperformance of state-controlled enterprises and renewal activities. We shed light on strategic renewal (SR) in the wake of increasing liberalization and deregulations in the global airline industry. To this end, we propose a four-stage approach towards renewing such underperforming organizations to respond effectively to black swan events and external shocks.
Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Zaheer Khan; Ellis L.C. Osabutey. COVID-19 and business renewal: Lessons and insights from the global airline industry. International Business Review 2021, 30, 101802 .
AMA StyleJoseph Amankwah-Amoah, Zaheer Khan, Ellis L.C. Osabutey. COVID-19 and business renewal: Lessons and insights from the global airline industry. International Business Review. 2021; 30 (3):101802.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoseph Amankwah-Amoah; Zaheer Khan; Ellis L.C. Osabutey. 2021. "COVID-19 and business renewal: Lessons and insights from the global airline industry." International Business Review 30, no. 3: 101802.
The COVID-19 pandemic in 2019/2020 ushered in a new turbulent and chaotic global environment where governments not only placed temporary restrictions on people’s movements, but also mandated limits on business activities. However, lacking in the contemporary scholarly discourse is a deeper understanding of how businesses respond to such pandemics. In this research note (RN), a conceptual framework of firms’ responses is advanced. Using the global airline industry, the analysis delineates a host of internally generated and externally imposed firms’ strategic and tactical responses to the pandemic including in-flight service changes, flight cancellations, seeking emergency aids and financial supports, and firm closures. The analysis demonstrates that in responding to the crisis, many airlines sought to minimise erosion of long-developed knowledge, market capabilities, route networks, access to airports, customer base and relationships/trust with customers prior to COVID-19 to equip them for recovery. The wider implications for academics, managers and governments are outlined as the effects of COVID-19 continue to unfold.
Joseph Amankwah-Amoah. Note: Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! Responding to environmental shocks: Insights on global airlines’ responses to COVID-19. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 2020, 143, 102098 -102098.
AMA StyleJoseph Amankwah-Amoah. Note: Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! Responding to environmental shocks: Insights on global airlines’ responses to COVID-19. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. 2020; 143 ():102098-102098.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoseph Amankwah-Amoah. 2020. "Note: Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! Responding to environmental shocks: Insights on global airlines’ responses to COVID-19." Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 143, no. : 102098-102098.
In light of growing scholarly works on business failure, across the social science domains, it is surprising that past studies have largely overlooked how extreme environmental shocks and ‘black swan’ events such as those caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and other global crises, can precipitate business failures. Drawing insights from the current literature on business failure and the unfolding event of COVID-19, we highlight the paradoxes posed by novel exogenous shocks (that is, shocks that transcend past experiences) and the implications for SMEs. The pandemic has accelerated the reconfiguration of the relationship between states and markets, increasing the divide between those with political connections and those without, and it may pose new legitimacy challenges for some players even as others seem less concerned by such matters, whilst experiential knowledge resources may be both an advantage and a burden.
Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Zaheer Khan; Geoffrey Wood. COVID-19 and business failures: The paradoxes of experience, scale, and scope for theory and practice. European Management Journal 2020, 39, 179 -184.
AMA StyleJoseph Amankwah-Amoah, Zaheer Khan, Geoffrey Wood. COVID-19 and business failures: The paradoxes of experience, scale, and scope for theory and practice. European Management Journal. 2020; 39 (2):179-184.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoseph Amankwah-Amoah; Zaheer Khan; Geoffrey Wood. 2020. "COVID-19 and business failures: The paradoxes of experience, scale, and scope for theory and practice." European Management Journal 39, no. 2: 179-184.
The allure for businesses to jettison short-term costly processes, regulatory demands and green business practices (GBPs) in the turbulent times of COVID-19 remains sky high. Although GBPs and eco-friendly policies deliver results in the long term in terms of market competitiveness (MC), in many industries firms have sought to jettison well-rooted practices in the face of the existential threats stemming from COVID-19. In this paper, we examine the new contemporary challenges of adopting and implementing environmental sustainability policies in the global airline industry in the wake of COVID-19. The analysis sheds light on firms’ level sustainability initiatives such as upgrading to environmentally friendly aircraft and offsetting emission footprint, and institutional initiatives such as the European Union Emissions Trading System and the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for Aviation. Our analysis demonstrates that some airlines and industrial bodies sought to sidestep environmentally friendly commitments and practices to overcome new challenges such as cost pressures, survival threat and deprioritising environmental sustainability initiatives. We establish and examine the implications of the analysis.
Joseph Amankwah-Amoah. Stepping up and stepping out of COVID-19: New challenges for environmental sustainability policies in the global airline industry. Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 271, 123000 -123000.
AMA StyleJoseph Amankwah-Amoah. Stepping up and stepping out of COVID-19: New challenges for environmental sustainability policies in the global airline industry. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020; 271 ():123000-123000.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoseph Amankwah-Amoah. 2020. "Stepping up and stepping out of COVID-19: New challenges for environmental sustainability policies in the global airline industry." Journal of Cleaner Production 271, no. : 123000-123000.
Though institutional contexts are critical drivers of firms’ international expansion, very limited research efforts have focused on how and when these factors facilitate developing country firms’ outward market activities. This study derives insights from the institution-based view and activity theory to test how perceived environmental uncertainty mediates the link between institutional impediments and international expansion. Using data from small and medium-sized firms from Ghana (N = 222) and Ethiopia (N = 203), the findings suggest that high levels of perceived regulatory and cognitive impediments amplify the mediation effect of perceived environmental uncertainty on the degree of SME’s international expansion. Additionally, the findings suggest that, when political connections are well-developed and deployed, the potency of perceived environmental uncertainty as a driver of international expansion is attenuated. Moreover, the study finds that varying levels of home-country industry competition moderate the relationship between perceived environmental uncertainty and the degree of international expansion. Implications relating to theory and practice are discussed.
Samuel Adomako; Kwabena Frimpong; Albert Danso; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Moshfique Uddin; Kwabena Kesse. Home country institutional impediments and international expansion of developing country SMEs. International Business Review 2020, 29, 101716 .
AMA StyleSamuel Adomako, Kwabena Frimpong, Albert Danso, Joseph Amankwah-Amoah, Moshfique Uddin, Kwabena Kesse. Home country institutional impediments and international expansion of developing country SMEs. International Business Review. 2020; 29 (5):101716.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSamuel Adomako; Kwabena Frimpong; Albert Danso; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Moshfique Uddin; Kwabena Kesse. 2020. "Home country institutional impediments and international expansion of developing country SMEs." International Business Review 29, no. 5: 101716.
Joseph Amankwah-Amoah. Talent management and global competition for top talent: A co‐opetition‐based perspective. Thunderbird International Business Review 2020, 62, 343 -352.
AMA StyleJoseph Amankwah-Amoah. Talent management and global competition for top talent: A co‐opetition‐based perspective. Thunderbird International Business Review. 2020; 62 (4):343-352.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoseph Amankwah-Amoah. 2020. "Talent management and global competition for top talent: A co‐opetition‐based perspective." Thunderbird International Business Review 62, no. 4: 343-352.
The international entrepreneurship literature has revealed that entrepreneurs’ psychological characteristics drive a firm’s degree of internationalization. However, drivers that relate to entrepreneurs’ passion are not well developed in the international entrepreneurship literature. To fill this gap, this study uses a sample of 233 small firms to examine how entrepreneurs’ passion is related to small firms’ degree of internationalization and it also investigates whether this relationship is affected by levels of the home country’s institutional voids. The results show that passion is positively related to firms’ degree of internationalization and this relationship is positively moderated by levels of institutional voids. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
Samuel Adomako; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Irene Chu. Entrepreneurs’ passion, home country’s institutional voids and small firm internationalization. Research in International Business and Finance 2020, 53, 101178 .
AMA StyleSamuel Adomako, Joseph Amankwah-Amoah, Irene Chu. Entrepreneurs’ passion, home country’s institutional voids and small firm internationalization. Research in International Business and Finance. 2020; 53 ():101178.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSamuel Adomako; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Irene Chu. 2020. "Entrepreneurs’ passion, home country’s institutional voids and small firm internationalization." Research in International Business and Finance 53, no. : 101178.
Applying the institution-based views, this article conceptualises how diaspora entrepreneurs take stimuli from the push and pull institutional factors to develop business enterprises in their countries of origin. Using cases of African diaspora entrepreneurs in the UK and the grounded theory methodological approach, our conceptualised model demonstrates that the diasporas use the new knowledge, skills and wealth they have gained in the UK in tandem with support from trusted family, kinship and business ties at home to develop enterprises. It further demonstrates that diaspora entrepreneurs foster resilience to withstand weak formal institutions in their countries of origin and the discriminatory obstacles in the UK. We also found that institutional barriers which served as push factors that encouraged or forced migrants to leave their home countries to seek greener pastures abroad may later become pull factors that enable them to engage in diaspora entrepreneurship which is often characterised by paradoxes. Particularly, the informal institutions that constrain foreign investors can become assets for African diaspora entrepreneurs and help them set up new businesses and exploit market opportunities in Africa. The implications of the study for diaspora entrepreneurship literature are outlined.
Frank Nyame-Asiamah; Isaac Oduro Amoako; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Yaw A. Debrah. Diaspora entrepreneurs’ push and pull institutional factors for investing in Africa: Insights from African returnees from the United Kingdom. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2020, 152, 119876 .
AMA StyleFrank Nyame-Asiamah, Isaac Oduro Amoako, Joseph Amankwah-Amoah, Yaw A. Debrah. Diaspora entrepreneurs’ push and pull institutional factors for investing in Africa: Insights from African returnees from the United Kingdom. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2020; 152 ():119876.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrank Nyame-Asiamah; Isaac Oduro Amoako; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Yaw A. Debrah. 2020. "Diaspora entrepreneurs’ push and pull institutional factors for investing in Africa: Insights from African returnees from the United Kingdom." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 152, no. : 119876.
In this article, we integrate the attention-based view of the firm and the organizational ambidexterity literature to develop a perspective on the effects of unbalanced attention to both domestic and foreign expansion. We utilize the case of British supermarket Tesco’s expansions in the UK and USA to demonstrate divestment as an unintended outcome of unbalanced attention to both domestic and foreign markets. We demonstrate how emerging-market multinationals could learn from historical international expansion strategic failures by developed-country multinationals.
Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Ellis L. C. Osabutey. New challenges and opportunities in the global marketplace: learning from developed-country multinationals’ failures. International Studies of Management & Organization 2019, 50, 43 -56.
AMA StyleJoseph Amankwah-Amoah, Ellis L. C. Osabutey. New challenges and opportunities in the global marketplace: learning from developed-country multinationals’ failures. International Studies of Management & Organization. 2019; 50 (1):43-56.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoseph Amankwah-Amoah; Ellis L. C. Osabutey. 2019. "New challenges and opportunities in the global marketplace: learning from developed-country multinationals’ failures." International Studies of Management & Organization 50, no. 1: 43-56.
This paper builds on prior scholarly works by examining the relationship between organizing paradox (formalization and decentralization), and organizational levels of learning paradoxes, i.e. exploration and exploitation, and firms’ outcomes (organizational creativity, organizational resilience and organizational energy). Using data from 98 executives and 325 senior employees working across a diverse range of firms operating in the Middle East, the findings suggest that organizing paradox (formalization and decentralization) has a positive impact on learning ambidexterity. In addition, we also found that learning ambidexterity has a positive impact on both organizational resilience and organizational energy. Furthermore, the results indicate that learning ambidexterity mediates the relationship between organizing paradox and organizational creativity. These findings provide important insights into the micro-foundation aspects of organizational ambidexterity.
Amer Ali Al-Atwi; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Zaheer Khan. Micro-foundations of organizational design and sustainability: The mediating role of learning ambidexterity. International Business Review 2019, 30, 101656 .
AMA StyleAmer Ali Al-Atwi, Joseph Amankwah-Amoah, Zaheer Khan. Micro-foundations of organizational design and sustainability: The mediating role of learning ambidexterity. International Business Review. 2019; 30 (1):101656.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAmer Ali Al-Atwi; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Zaheer Khan. 2019. "Micro-foundations of organizational design and sustainability: The mediating role of learning ambidexterity." International Business Review 30, no. 1: 101656.
This paper has a three-fold purpose: to challenge the current conceptualization of firm-stakeholder engagement, to popularize ‘allemansrätten’, the Scandinavian social innovation tradition for environmental value creation and environmental governance for ensuring ecological balance, and to introduce the concept of usufructual rights and the tutelage of natural resources for promoting human dignity. We underscore the deficiencies in the current stakeholder paradigm by pinpointing the specific essential catalysts that move the stakeholder theory to a new paradigm of a universal stakeownership. This is a quest to ensure the preservation and sustainability of natural resources and life support systems within specific institutional orders. We employ an adaptive research approach based on the Finnish/Nordic ecological case with a focus on the concept of ‘everyman’s right’: Everyone has the freedom to enjoy Finland’s/Scandinavia’s forests and lakes but with that also comes everyman’s responsibility to preserve the country’s nature for future generations. We argue that uncritically valorizing the universalized position of the current understanding of stakeholdership, with its flourish of contradictory and inaccurate characterization of global sustainability, retroactively aborts our ecological ideals from the uterus of preferred futures at the expense of humanity as a whole for the benefit of a few speculators and profiteers. Thus, we are woven into an ecological and economic tapestry whose present and future the current generation is accountable for in the era of universal stakeownership for a crucial evolutionary adaptation. This, however, cannot come about without fundamentally ‘democratizing’ resource democracy from the grassroots and questioning the global power structure that decides on the distributive effects of resources.
Frederick Ahen. Making Resource Democracy Radically Meaningful for Stakeowners: Our World, Our Rules? Sustainability 2019, 11, 5150 .
AMA StyleFrederick Ahen. Making Resource Democracy Radically Meaningful for Stakeowners: Our World, Our Rules? Sustainability. 2019; 11 (19):5150.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrederick Ahen. 2019. "Making Resource Democracy Radically Meaningful for Stakeowners: Our World, Our Rules?" Sustainability 11, no. 19: 5150.
Although previous studies have shown the positive effect of research and development (R&D) intensity on new product performance (NPP), our understanding about the mechanisms through which R&D intensity influence NPP is less understood. In this paper, we focus on the mediating role of international R&D teams in explaining the effect of R&D intensity on NPP. Since R&D teams are dispersed across the globe, thus examining the role of international R&D teams will provide a more nuanced understanding of the mechanisms through which R&D intensity contributes to NPP. Using survey data from 201 Ghanaian firms engaged in internationalization activities, the results suggest that the use of international R&D teams mediates the relationship between R&D intensity and NPP. Moreover, the findings indicate that the use of international R&D teams improves NPP and that this linkage is amplified when the knowledge creation process inside the firm is stronger. We discuss the implications of these findings for theory and practice.
Samuel Adomako; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Albert Danso; Joseph Kwadwo Danquah; Zahid Hussain; Zaheer Khan. R&D intensity, knowledge creation process and new product performance: The mediating role of international R&D teams. Journal of Business Research 2019, 128, 719 -727.
AMA StyleSamuel Adomako, Joseph Amankwah-Amoah, Albert Danso, Joseph Kwadwo Danquah, Zahid Hussain, Zaheer Khan. R&D intensity, knowledge creation process and new product performance: The mediating role of international R&D teams. Journal of Business Research. 2019; 128 ():719-727.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSamuel Adomako; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Albert Danso; Joseph Kwadwo Danquah; Zahid Hussain; Zaheer Khan. 2019. "R&D intensity, knowledge creation process and new product performance: The mediating role of international R&D teams." Journal of Business Research 128, no. : 719-727.
This study builds on prior scholarly works on institutions and entrepreneurship by examining the process of transitions and institutional obstacles that force serial entrepreneurs’ shift to operate in the formal or informal sector after entrepreneurial business failures. Using insights from 32 serial entrepreneurs in Ghana, a framework was developed and utilized to explicate how the pull and push motivations for the transition into or persisting with formality or informality after business failure unfolds over time. Our analysis sheds light on the processes and effects of the motivations on the persistently high level of entrepreneurial activities in the informal sector for many emerging economies.
Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Robert E. Hinson; Ben Honyenuga; Yingfa Lu. Accounting for the transitions after entrepreneurial business failure: An emerging market perspective. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 2019, 50, 148 -158.
AMA StyleJoseph Amankwah-Amoah, Robert E. Hinson, Ben Honyenuga, Yingfa Lu. Accounting for the transitions after entrepreneurial business failure: An emerging market perspective. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. 2019; 50 ():148-158.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoseph Amankwah-Amoah; Robert E. Hinson; Ben Honyenuga; Yingfa Lu. 2019. "Accounting for the transitions after entrepreneurial business failure: An emerging market perspective." Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 50, no. : 148-158.
The complex structure of the tragic aspects of globalization has been accounted for in extant literature. What remains unclear is how deglobalization, isolationism and all the radically disruptive movements and politics in-between will shape transnational corporations’ (TNCs) organizational practices. The purpose of this study is to interrogate and problematize the implications of anarchic ‘globalisolationism’ vis-à-vis the atlas of insurrection and the TNCs’ global responsibility towards human-centric management practices. We situate our analysis in the heavily politicized and contested discursive space of emergent global geopolitical and environmental tensions and the global quest to reclaim dignity, freedoms, right to resources and decisions—stakeownership. ‘Globalisolationism’ is conceptualized as a radically non-compromising coexistence of globalization and isolationism by design, aided by new information technologies, reactivated mass consciousness and slack political resources. It is characterized by the radical pursuit of new deals within the global geopolitical and economic order; renegotiation of existing deals for resource appropriation and democratic space for the marginalized; the collapse of the old political order via auto-implosion as a beneficial constraint; and the defence of the status quo in global resource and environmental governance due to ‘translocal’ insurrection. Therefore, the paper suggests how TNCs’ current modus operandi could be transformed into responsible human/environment-centric organisational practices to accommodate emerging sociopolitical and environmental challenges. It further highlights the implications for novel game-changing policies and political action by ‘subaltern’ societies and their metamorphosis from victims of planetary vandalism to stakeowners with sovereignty over their resources.
Frederick Ahen. Globalisolationism and its Implications for TNCs’ Global Responsibility. Humanistic Management Journal 2019, 4, 33 -54.
AMA StyleFrederick Ahen. Globalisolationism and its Implications for TNCs’ Global Responsibility. Humanistic Management Journal. 2019; 4 (1):33-54.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrederick Ahen. 2019. "Globalisolationism and its Implications for TNCs’ Global Responsibility." Humanistic Management Journal 4, no. 1: 33-54.