• Leveraging governance and accountability for advancing sustainable development goals in Africa 

  Oppong, Clement (Wiley, 2025-06)

  BACKGROUND : The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Agenda 2030 is bent on achieving sustainable development with a key focus on governance and accountability. African countries are among the many other ...
• Knightian uncertain violence and the challenge of FDI-assisted development : policy recommendations where civilian lives are at risk 

  Thakur‑Wernz, Pooja; Barnard, Helena; Matthee, Marianne (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024-09)

  In this interdisciplinary paper, reviewing scholarship on both politically motivated and social violence, we use the Knightian distinction between (measurable) risk and (unknowable) uncertainty to examine how international ...
• SMEs’ perspective on how ethical leadership supports community engagement in buyer–supplier power asymmetric relationships 

  Mamabolo, Anastacia.; Myres, Kerrin; Pogrud, Gideon (MDPI, 2025-03)

  The increasing moral challenges facing organizations flag the significance of ethical leadership. Despite the significance of promoting moral behavior, the existing literature has scarcely looked at ethical leadership in ...
• Constructing an organizational identity with political ideology : the case of Huawei, 1987-2020 

  Lai, Keyan; Fortwengel, Johann (Sage, 2025)

  Leveraging archival data, we study how Huawei used Chinese communist political ideology to construct its organizational identity. Covering the time from its founding in 1987 to 2020, we show how Huawei appropriated Fen Dou ...
• Aligning multiple mandates and mission simultaneously : a case of small and medium-sized social enterprises in South Africa 

  Osembo, Emmanuel Simiyu; Myres, Kerrin; Jankelowitz, Lauren (Routledge, 2025)

  Research has shown that social enterprises balance dual-mandated goals emanating from the respective social and commercial logics, to avoid mission drift. However, little is known about the practical ways to simultaneously ...
• From social movements to organizational roles : a study of evolving occupational mandates of ESG analysts 

  Khamidullina, Gulnaz; Brock, David M. (Oxford University Press, 2025-06)

  This study investigates the professionalization processes that accompany the integration of external mandates into mainstream organizations. In response to evolving societal pressures, organizations often create roles ...
• Millennials' brand legitimacy judgements amid a global crisis : a deeply rooted affair 

  Nkuna, Khanyisa; Erasmus, Alet C. (Aletta Catharina); Olivier, Johan (Wiley, 2024-07)

  Many established clothing brands did not survive the global COVID-19 pandemic, while some unexpectedly departed from countries such as South Africa which is a gateway for clothing imports in Africa. This raised questions ...
• Staff bonding and accounting fraud tendency : does cost of living matter? 

  Seudib, Ezekiel Nibenong; Oppong, Clement (Emerald, 2025)

  PURPOSE : The paper explores the ramifications of rising costs of living on accounting fraud (ACF) as well as how it disrupts the effect of staff bonding (SB) on ACF tendencies. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH : Data were ...
• Editorial to the special issue “International entrepreneurial behaviors of African firms : emerging issues, challenges and opportunities” 

  Amankwah-Amoah, Joseph; Boso, Nathaniel; Adomako, Samuel; Danso, Albert (Elsevier, 2024-09)

  In recent years, the international entrepreneurial behaviors of African firms have garnered considerable attention within the global business context. As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, African firms are ...
• Township entrepreneurship, unemployment and economic development : myth or reality in Sub-Saharan African countries 

  Oppong, Clement; Mathibe, Motshedisi Sina (Centre for Business & Economic Research, 2024-05)

  This study aims to perform a comparative analysis of the influence of township entrepreneurship on unemployment and economic development among the Francophone and Anglophone countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The study ...
• Understanding Gen Z shoppers' interaction with customer-service robots : a cognitive-affective-normative perspective 

  Osakwe, Christian Nedu; Rıha, David; Elgammal, Islam Mahmoud Yousef; Ramayah, T. (Emerald, 2024-08)

  PURPOSE – Large supermarket chains are adopting customer-service robots to improve service delivery in physical stores. Successful deployment of these robots depends on shoppers’ willingness to interact with them, requiring ...
• The intervening role of absorptive capacity in the nexus of effectual actions and performance in small businesses 

  Osuigwe, Ubochioma U.S.; Eresia-Eke, Chukuakadibia E. (Narotama University, 2024-01)

  PURPOSE : This study interrogates the interfering role of absorptive capacity in the relationship between the effectual actions of small businesses and their performance. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH : Structured ...
• Conceptualising franchise success and failure in the South African quick service restaurant sector 

  Marks, Jonathan T.; Kirtland-Ashford, Amy (Africa Journals, 2024)

  The ability of a franchisor to sustain a productive working relationship with its franchisees over time has been shown to ensure the continued success of the franchise system. This involves developing a strong and mutually ...
• The effect of experiential learning on entrepreneurial competencies and business performance 

  Koape, Matshepo; Mamabolo, Anastacia. (World Scientific Publishing, 2024-06)

  The study’s purpose is to examine the effect of experiential learning on business performance through the mediating role of entrepreneurial competencies. Quantitative research was conducted with 123 entrepreneurs in the ...
• The impact of mass media entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial mindset and intentions 

  Seoke, Seipati; Mamabolo, Anastacia.; Mtotywa, Matolwandile M. (Sage, 2024-10)

  The existing research has focused on the role of traditional entrepreneurial education in promoting entrepreneurship. This study suggests that mass media radio entrepreneurial education, which is underexplored, fosters the ...
• Green process innovation and financial performance in small and medium-sized enterprises in a developing country : role of resource orchestration 

  Appiah, Listowel Owusu; Essuman, Dominic; Forson, Cassiel Ato; Boso, Nathaniel; Annan, Jonathan (Elsevier, 2025-02)

  While existing resource-based theorizations consider green process innovation as an important internal firm resource, this research utilizes the resource orchestration logic to argue that a greater capability to manage and ...
• Enhancing international business competence : how cognitive and exposure training approaches matter 

  Boafo, Christopher; Dornberger, Utz; Boso, Nathaniel (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2025)

  This study draws insights from knowledge acquisition theory to examine how cognitive and exposure training approaches explain differences in international business competence (IBC). Following an interpretive phenomenological ...
• From rivals to allies : building and benefiting from coopetition capability 

  Zulu-Chisanga, Stella; Nalmpanti, Athanasia D.; Boso, Nathaniel; Hultman, Magnus; Leonidou, Constantinos N. (Elsevier, 2025-04)

  Cooperating with competing firms, a phenomenon also known as coopetition is increasingly seen as a viable resource-pooling strategy that enhances competitiveness and growth. The role of coopetition is particularly important ...
• Pygmalion leadership and innovative work behavior of hotel employees in Ghana : the mediating roles of supervisor developmental feedback and supervisor supportive behavior 

  Andoh, Raphael Papa Kweku; Acquah, Innocent Senyo Kwasi; Ennin, Ethel Esi; Ansong, Abraham (Routledge, 2025)

  Scholars believe that exploration of the factors that mediate Pygmalion leadership (PL) and follower performance contribute a great deal to the understanding of PL. However, mediation studies involving PL and innovative ...
• Management of global value chains and risk : an application to emerging markets 

  Kalala, Seraphin; Grosse, Robert; Wocke, Albert (Springer, 2024-12)

  Management of global value chains by manufacturing firms requires detailed consideration of the relationships with partner firms and the risks involved in operating in different countries, especially emerging markets. Value ...

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