Professor Joseph Amankwah-Amoah's Outputs (16)

Navigating Temporary Competitive Advantage: Pandemic‐Driven Strategies in the Global Airline Industry (2024)
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Amankwah‐Amoah, J., Nyame-Asiamah, F., & Ayiine-Etigo, D. (online). Navigating Temporary Competitive Advantage: Pandemic‐Driven Strategies in the Global Airline Industry. Thunderbird International Business Review, https://doi.org/10.1002/tie.22423

The present study examines the evolution and dynamics of temporary competitive advantage (TCA) in the volatile airline industry. This is illustrated by using the context of COVID‐19 pandemic to understand the risk faced by the global airline industry... Read More about Navigating Temporary Competitive Advantage: Pandemic‐Driven Strategies in the Global Airline Industry.

Digital transformation in public-private collaborations: The success of humanitarian supply chain operations (2024)
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Akhtar, P., De Silva, M., Khan, Z., Tarba, S., Amankwah-Amoah, J., & Wood, G. (online). Digital transformation in public-private collaborations: The success of humanitarian supply chain operations. International Journal of Production Economics, Article 109461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2024.109461

Recent years have seen the extensive use of big data analytics, related technological infrastructure, and machine learning applications for digital transformation. The resource dependency related to data-driven applications elicits public-private col... Read More about Digital transformation in public-private collaborations: The success of humanitarian supply chain operations.

Exploring periphery–core dynamics in international management: A review, characterizations, and future research agenda (2024)
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Khan, Z., Wu, J., Khan, H., Amankwah-Amoah, J., Czinkota, M., & Zahoor, N. (2024). Exploring periphery–core dynamics in international management: A review, characterizations, and future research agenda. European Management Journal, 42(5), 653-657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2024.07.004

This Management Focus section aims to provide insights into the concept of periphery–core dynamics in international business and management. In this Management Focus section, we introduce several studies that illuminate various core issues situated w... Read More about Exploring periphery–core dynamics in international management: A review, characterizations, and future research agenda.

Editorial on Doing business in Africa: Navigating opportunities and challenges in Africa's emerging markets (2024)
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Adomako, S., Shenkar, O., Liu, X., Amankwah-Amoah, J., & Ahsan, M. (online). Editorial on Doing business in Africa: Navigating opportunities and challenges in Africa's emerging markets. Journal of International Management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2024.101189

This editorial delves into the evolving context of doing business in Africa, tracing its journey from being dubbed the “hopeless continent” to becoming a beacon of hope and opportunity. Drawing on a wealth of scholarly research, it highlights Africa'... Read More about Editorial on Doing business in Africa: Navigating opportunities and challenges in Africa's emerging markets.

Navigating Borders, Cultivating Innovations: The Dynamic Role of Cross-Border Knowledge Transfer in SMEs (2024)
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Ibidunni, A. S., Amankwah-Amoah, J., & Kolawole, A. I. (online). Navigating Borders, Cultivating Innovations: The Dynamic Role of Cross-Border Knowledge Transfer in SMEs. The Journal of Technology Transfer, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-024-10121-6

While the last two decades have witnessed a burgeoning stream of research on cross-border knowledge transfer (CBKT), the current literature has remained relatively silent on how CBKT impacts innovation of SMEs in developing economies. Drawing on the... Read More about Navigating Borders, Cultivating Innovations: The Dynamic Role of Cross-Border Knowledge Transfer in SMEs.

Scaling Up and Scaling Out of Darkness: Elucidating the Influences of Institutional Dysfunction in Scaling Up Solar PV in Sub-Saharan Africa (2024)
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Amankwah-Amoah, J., & Hinson, R. E. (2024). Scaling Up and Scaling Out of Darkness: Elucidating the Influences of Institutional Dysfunction in Scaling Up Solar PV in Sub-Saharan Africa. World Development, 183, Article 106726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106726

Although researchers increasingly recognize the significant impact of institutional dysfunction on emerging economies, there remains a major gap regarding its influence on firms' upstream and downstream activities in scaling up renewable efforts. Dra... Read More about Scaling Up and Scaling Out of Darkness: Elucidating the Influences of Institutional Dysfunction in Scaling Up Solar PV in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Unlocking the potentials of hybrid business models in the sharing economy: an integrative review and new research agenda (2024)
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Abdalla, S., Amankwah-Amoah, J., Hirekhan, M., & Temerak, M. S. (online). Unlocking the potentials of hybrid business models in the sharing economy: an integrative review and new research agenda. Information Technology for Development, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/02681102.2024.2368536

Based on a review and synthesis of literature on Hybrid Business Models (HBMs) and the sharing economy (SE), this study advances a conceptual framework for HBMs in the context of the SE. The study sheds light on key research themes within the domain... Read More about Unlocking the potentials of hybrid business models in the sharing economy: an integrative review and new research agenda.

Foreign Ownership, Board of Directors, and Environmental Commitment in European International New Ventures (2024)
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Onjewu, A., Nyuur, R., Amankwah‐Amoah, J., Olan, F., & Godwin, E. (2024). Foreign Ownership, Board of Directors, and Environmental Commitment in European International New Ventures. Thunderbird International Business Review, 66(5), 491-503. https://doi.org/10.1002/tie.22396

This study examines the effect of foreign ownership and the presence of a board of directors on commitment to environmental issues and export intensity. Based on a robust path analysis of 181 international new ventures spanning 25 European countries,... Read More about Foreign Ownership, Board of Directors, and Environmental Commitment in European International New Ventures.

Sustainable futures: Toward institutionalizing green industrial policy (2024)
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Amankwah‐Amoah, J. (2024). Sustainable futures: Toward institutionalizing green industrial policy. Sustainable Development, https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.3095

Although there have been substantial accomplishments in understanding environmental sustainability policy, there remains a paucity of research categorizing the mechanisms through which firm ownership architectures can be harnessed to advance green in... Read More about Sustainable futures: Toward institutionalizing green industrial policy.

Editorial to the Special Issue "International Entrepreneurial Behaviors of African Firms: Emerging Issues, Challenges and Opportunities" (2024)
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Amankwah-Amoah, J., Boso, N., Adomako, S., & Danso, A. (2024). Editorial to the Special Issue "International Entrepreneurial Behaviors of African Firms: Emerging Issues, Challenges and Opportunities". Journal of Business Research, 182, Article 114763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114763

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 stepping onto the international... Read More about Editorial to the Special Issue "International Entrepreneurial Behaviors of African Firms: Emerging Issues, Challenges and Opportunities".

Breaking Barriers: How Do the Marketing Capabilities of Emerging-Market Micro-Multinationals Drive Social Innovation? (2024)
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Khan, H., Amankwah-Amoah, J., Lee, R., Knight, G., & Hussain, N. (2024). Breaking Barriers: How Do the Marketing Capabilities of Emerging-Market Micro-Multinationals Drive Social Innovation?. Management International Review, 64(4), 701-726. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-024-00538-4

Despite the increasing importance of social innovation, research seeking to illuminate how firms engage in social innovation in emerging markets is limited. Utilizing survey data from 143 Pakistani micro-multinational firms operating in other emergin... Read More about Breaking Barriers: How Do the Marketing Capabilities of Emerging-Market Micro-Multinationals Drive Social Innovation?.

Institutional voids and new venture performance: The moderating role of founders' political ties (2024)
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Tantawy, A., Amankwah-Amoah, J., & Puthusserry, P. N. (2024). Institutional voids and new venture performance: The moderating role of founders' political ties. European Management Review, https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12644

Building on the institutional voids (IVs) and resource‐dependence perspectives, this study examines the moderating impact of new business founders' political ties on the relationship between IVs and new venture performance (NVP). We developed and tes... Read More about Institutional voids and new venture performance: The moderating role of founders' political ties.

Business failure in post-pandemic era: New challenges for industrial networks, emerging insights and market opportunities (2023)
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Amankwah-Amoah, J., Khan, Z., Adomako, S., & Khan, H. (2024). Business failure in post-pandemic era: New challenges for industrial networks, emerging insights and market opportunities. Industrial Marketing Management, 117, A3-A9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2023.12.014

Business failure has attracted significant scholarly interest. Despite the widespread B2B service failures, there has been limited interdisciplinary studies in the context of industrial networks, especially analyzing business failure in the crisis an... Read More about Business failure in post-pandemic era: New challenges for industrial networks, emerging insights and market opportunities.

Green HRM practices, employee well‐being, and sustainable work behavior: Examining the moderating role of resource commitment (2023)
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Gyensare, M. A., Adomako, S., & Amankwah‐Amoah, J. (2024). Green HRM practices, employee well‐being, and sustainable work behavior: Examining the moderating role of resource commitment. Business Strategy and the Environment, 33(4), 3129-3141. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3642

This study examines how green human resource management (HRM) practices impact employees' subjective well‐being through the mediating mechanism of employees' green behavior (EGB). We further explore the moderating role of resource commitment. Based o... Read More about Green HRM practices, employee well‐being, and sustainable work behavior: Examining the moderating role of resource commitment.

Leveraging business failure to drive eco‐innovation adoption: An integrated conceptual framework (2023)
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Amankwah‐Amoah, J. (2023). Leveraging business failure to drive eco‐innovation adoption: An integrated conceptual framework. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 31(2), 1354-1363. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2639

Despite a growing body of research on business failure and eco-innovation, these two streams of research have developed in isolation, thus lacking an organizing framework to account for how businesses can utilize peer companies' failures as a source... Read More about Leveraging business failure to drive eco‐innovation adoption: An integrated conceptual framework.

Burning issues: Unraveling the nexus between dysfunctional institutions and counterfeiting in developing countries (2023)
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Amankwah-Amoah, J. (2023). Burning issues: Unraveling the nexus between dysfunctional institutions and counterfeiting in developing countries. Social Science & Medicine, 337, 116292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116292

Counterfeit and substandard products continue to bedevil public health in developing countries across the global South. Despite the growing recognition of the importance of this issue, there remains a critical gap in the scholarly discourse on how dy... Read More about Burning issues: Unraveling the nexus between dysfunctional institutions and counterfeiting in developing countries.