Joseph Amankwah-Amoah
Biographic Data
| ID | 2085495 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Amankwah-Amoah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Amankwah-Amoah |
| SIGNATURE | AMANKWAH-AMOAH J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kent |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0383-5831 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Sustainable technology evolution in innovation ecosystems: A regulatory framework for (non)-convergent technologies
Technological convergence is a critical driver of technological evolution and industrial transformation, yet, convergence also generates complex ethical, sustainability, and regulatory challenges that remain poorly understood and insufficiently theorized. This study advances a conceptual framework that explains the regulatory mechanisms shaping convergence and non-convergence dynamics across three ecosystem layers: components, products and applic…
Idea readability and complexity in online user innovation communities: Effects on implementation and advocacy
Despite the importance of online user innovation communities (OUICs) as venues for capturing novel ideas for innovation and new product development, little research has examined how idea characteristics, such as readability and complexity, interplay with firms’ implementation decisions and the advocacy of other community members. Drawing on stakeholder engagement theory and leveraging data from 11,985 ideas collected and 657 ideas implemented, th…
Reconceptualizing ethical leadership for the global south: An institutional logics perspective
Sustainable futures: Toward institutionalizing green industrial policy
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 industrial policy (GIP). The purpose of this study is to examine how different types of ownership structures can be utilized as mechanisms for capitalizing on and championing GIP. By integrating the fra…
Scaling up and scaling out of darkness: Elucidating the influences of institutional dysfunction in scaling up solar PV in Sub-Saharan Africa
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. Drawing on data from solar photovoltaic (PV) intermediary business owners/entrepreneurs and regulators in Ghana, this paper examines the mechanisms through which these activities interact to facilitate t…
Configuring political relationships to navigate host-country institutional complexity: Insights from Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa
Burning issues: Unraveling the nexus between dysfunctional institutions and counterfeiting in developing countries
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 dysfunctional institutions in developing countries can create conditions that lead to the detrimental public health effects of counterfeiting. Drawing on insights from key stakeholders in Ghana, this re…
Regional development, innovation systems and service companies’ performance
The relationship between citizen readiness and the intention to continuously use smart city services: Mediating effects of satisfaction and discomfort
Covid-19 and digitalization: The great acceleration
Technology strategies in emerging economies: Emerging issues, challenges and new research agenda
Diaspora entrepreneurs’ push and pull institutional factors for investing in Africa: Insights from African returnees from the United Kingdom
Closing Technological Gaps to Alleviate Poverty: Evidence from 17 Sub-Saharan African Countries
The Effects of Politics on the Implementation of Government Programs/Projects: Insights from a Developing Economy
Over the years, Ghanaian governments have invested huge sums of money in programs and projects for socioeconomic development to improve their citizens' well-being. However, the implementation of most of these programs and projects have failed and been abandoned. There is a lack of research addressing this issue and the specific causal mechanism through which politics and culture shapes these failed implementations and program abandonments. Partis…
Institutional Legitimacy, Cross-Border Trade and Institutional Voids: Insights from the Cocoa Industry in Ghana
Meeting the 21st century challenges of doing business in Africa
Newly independent nations and large engineering projects: The case of the Volta River Project
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explicate how newly independent nations combined local and international resources to plan and build large engineering projects aimed at enhancing economic development. It discusses the key factors and issues related to the planning and building of the Akosombo Dam and related townships from 1962 to 1967. Design/methodology/approach The assessment is based on the archival information from the Volta River Au…
Coming of age, seeking legitimacy: The historical trajectory of African management research
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the historical trajectory of African management research and managerial thinking. Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws from a review and synthesis of the literature from 1960 - 2012. Findings – The analysis led to the identification of three distinct phases which reflect the difficult and uncertain beginning of a promising future. The historical pathway model also accounts for the evolut…
On the nurturing of strategic foresight: The Ubuntu perspective
Governments, airlines and employees: An evolving relationship from 1940 to 2010
Although lateral hiring (LH) has increasingly come to characterize today's global labor market, past studies have largely overlooked how the practice unfolds as industry structure evolves. This article draws on the human capital theory to examine the evolution of LH and skills formations in the global airline industry from 1940 to 2010. This historical narrative identifies and distinguishes four distinct phases (i.e. golden, human-factor, embryon…
Air Afrique: The demise of a continental icon
Although the rationale for multi-flag airlines' formation is rooted in contemporary strategic thinking, our understanding of their emergence and subsequent mass disappearances in the twentieth century remains an elusive issue. This article seeks to fill this void by examining the emergence, ascendency and demise of Air Afrique, an airline once seen as a symbol of regional integration in Africa. This examination takes a historical perspective and …
Air Afrique: The demise of a continental icon
Although the rationale for multi-flag airlines' formation is rooted in contemporary strategic thinking, our understanding of their emergence and subsequent mass disappearances in the twentieth century remains an elusive issue. This article seeks to fill this void by examining the emergence, ascendency and demise of Air Afrique, an airline once seen as a symbol of regional integration in Africa. This examination takes a historical perspective and …
Coming of age, seeking legitimacy: The historical trajectory of African management research
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the historical trajectory of African management research and managerial thinking. Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws from a review and synthesis of the literature from 1960 - 2012. Findings – The analysis led to the identification of three distinct phases which reflect the difficult and uncertain beginning of a promising future. The historical pathway model also accounts for the evolut…
Institutional Legitimacy, Cross-Border Trade and Institutional Voids: Insights from the Cocoa Industry in Ghana
On the nurturing of strategic foresight: The Ubuntu perspective
The relationship between citizen readiness and the intention to continuously use smart city services: Mediating effects of satisfaction and discomfort
The Effects of Politics on the Implementation of Government Programs/Projects: Insights from a Developing Economy
Over the years, Ghanaian governments have invested huge sums of money in programs and projects for socioeconomic development to improve their citizens' well-being. However, the implementation of most of these programs and projects have failed and been abandoned. There is a lack of research addressing this issue and the specific causal mechanism through which politics and culture shapes these failed implementations and program abandonments. Partis…
Scaling up and scaling out of darkness: Elucidating the influences of institutional dysfunction in scaling up solar PV in Sub-Saharan Africa
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. Drawing on data from solar photovoltaic (PV) intermediary business owners/entrepreneurs and regulators in Ghana, this paper examines the mechanisms through which these activities interact to facilitate t…
Burning issues: Unraveling the nexus between dysfunctional institutions and counterfeiting in developing countries
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 dysfunctional institutions in developing countries can create conditions that lead to the detrimental public health effects of counterfeiting. Drawing on insights from key stakeholders in Ghana, this re…
Meeting the 21st century challenges of doing business in Africa
Governments, airlines and employees: An evolving relationship from 1940 to 2010
Although lateral hiring (LH) has increasingly come to characterize today's global labor market, past studies have largely overlooked how the practice unfolds as industry structure evolves. This article draws on the human capital theory to examine the evolution of LH and skills formations in the global airline industry from 1940 to 2010. This historical narrative identifies and distinguishes four distinct phases (i.e. golden, human-factor, embryon…
Governments, airlines and employees: An evolving relationship from 1940 to 2010
Although lateral hiring (LH) has increasingly come to characterize today's global labor market, past studies have largely overlooked how the practice unfolds as industry structure evolves. This article draws on the human capital theory to examine the evolution of LH and skills formations in the global airline industry from 1940 to 2010. This historical narrative identifies and distinguishes four distinct phases (i.e. golden, human-factor, embryon…
Air Afrique: The demise of a continental icon
Although the rationale for multi-flag airlines' formation is rooted in contemporary strategic thinking, our understanding of their emergence and subsequent mass disappearances in the twentieth century remains an elusive issue. This article seeks to fill this void by examining the emergence, ascendency and demise of Air Afrique, an airline once seen as a symbol of regional integration in Africa. This examination takes a historical perspective and …
On the nurturing of strategic foresight: The Ubuntu perspective
Coming of age, seeking legitimacy: The historical trajectory of African management research
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the historical trajectory of African management research and managerial thinking. Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws from a review and synthesis of the literature from 1960 - 2012. Findings – The analysis led to the identification of three distinct phases which reflect the difficult and uncertain beginning of a promising future. The historical pathway model also accounts for the evolut…
Newly independent nations and large engineering projects: The case of the Volta River Project
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explicate how newly independent nations combined local and international resources to plan and build large engineering projects aimed at enhancing economic development. It discusses the key factors and issues related to the planning and building of the Akosombo Dam and related townships from 1962 to 1967. Design/methodology/approach The assessment is based on the archival information from the Volta River Au…
Institutional Legitimacy, Cross-Border Trade and Institutional Voids: Insights from the Cocoa Industry in Ghana
Meeting the 21st century challenges of doing business in Africa
Diaspora entrepreneurs’ push and pull institutional factors for investing in Africa: Insights from African returnees from the United Kingdom
Closing Technological Gaps to Alleviate Poverty: Evidence from 17 Sub-Saharan African Countries
The Effects of Politics on the Implementation of Government Programs/Projects: Insights from a Developing Economy
Over the years, Ghanaian governments have invested huge sums of money in programs and projects for socioeconomic development to improve their citizens' well-being. However, the implementation of most of these programs and projects have failed and been abandoned. There is a lack of research addressing this issue and the specific causal mechanism through which politics and culture shapes these failed implementations and program abandonments. Partis…
Covid-19 and digitalization: The great acceleration
Technology strategies in emerging economies: Emerging issues, challenges and new research agenda
Regional development, innovation systems and service companies’ performance
The relationship between citizen readiness and the intention to continuously use smart city services: Mediating effects of satisfaction and discomfort
Configuring political relationships to navigate host-country institutional complexity: Insights from Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa
Burning issues: Unraveling the nexus between dysfunctional institutions and counterfeiting in developing countries
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 dysfunctional institutions in developing countries can create conditions that lead to the detrimental public health effects of counterfeiting. Drawing on insights from key stakeholders in Ghana, this re…
Sustainable futures: Toward institutionalizing green industrial policy
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 industrial policy (GIP). The purpose of this study is to examine how different types of ownership structures can be utilized as mechanisms for capitalizing on and championing GIP. By integrating the fra…
Scaling up and scaling out of darkness: Elucidating the influences of institutional dysfunction in scaling up solar PV in Sub-Saharan Africa
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. Drawing on data from solar photovoltaic (PV) intermediary business owners/entrepreneurs and regulators in Ghana, this paper examines the mechanisms through which these activities interact to facilitate t…
Reconceptualizing ethical leadership for the global south: An institutional logics perspective
Sustainable technology evolution in innovation ecosystems: A regulatory framework for (non)-convergent technologies
Technological convergence is a critical driver of technological evolution and industrial transformation, yet, convergence also generates complex ethical, sustainability, and regulatory challenges that remain poorly understood and insufficiently theorized. This study advances a conceptual framework that explains the regulatory mechanisms shaping convergence and non-convergence dynamics across three ecosystem layers: components, products and applic…
Idea readability and complexity in online user innovation communities: Effects on implementation and advocacy
Despite the importance of online user innovation communities (OUICs) as venues for capturing novel ideas for innovation and new product development, little research has examined how idea characteristics, such as readability and complexity, interplay with firms’ implementation decisions and the advocacy of other community members. Drawing on stakeholder engagement theory and leveraging data from 11,985 ideas collected and 657 ideas implemented, th…
Political science (15 works) · Economics (13 works) · Business (11 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Marketing (6 works) · Engineering (5 works)