David Sarpong
Biographic Data
| ID | 381287 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Sarpong |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Sarpong |
| SIGNATURE | SARPONG D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brunel University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1533-4332 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 113 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The local mediation of rural cultural governance: Problematization, asymmetry, and displaced agency in China's rural cultural revitalization
This paper examines how rural cultural revitalization in China is shaped through the local implementation of national policy, development agendas, and commercial investment. Rather than viewing national policy as a uniform force, it explores how policy goals related to cultural protection, public cultural services, and rural development are translated into local projects. The study combines critical discourse analysis of major national policy doc…
Climate change, artisanal and small-scale mining, and livelihood diversification: Whither the agrarian workforce?
This article explores the dynamics of climate change and artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), and its manifestations in livelihood diversification in the agriculture sector. Integrating the concept of ‘livelihood diversification’ with discussions on ‘cocoa-climate variations’ in Ghana, we empirically examine how climate effects have created a space and conditions for labour shifts from the agrarian to the ASM economy. The article offers explan…
Sustainability Orientation and Sustainable Innovation: Can Organisational Resilience Clarify the Missing Link?
Although firms that integrate a sustainability orientation (SO) may experience a significant improvement in their resource efficiency, many, particularly small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), still struggle with the complexities of incorporating sustainability into their business models. SMEs, particularly those in resource‐constrained regions, struggle to depend on their sustainability approaches to achieve better sustainable innovation (S…
Performance measurement systems, organisational learning, and the sustainability–finance tension
On the dynamics of intersectional (in)visibility: Women early career researchers negotiating authenticity at work
How do women negotiate and express authenticity in professional contexts where their presence and identities are largely rendered (in)visible? We draw on intersectional invisibility as our conceptual lens to explore how women early career researchers subjectively negotiate authenticity given prevailing conditions of visibility, invisibility and hypervisibility at work. Based on semi-structured interviews with recipients of the Organisation for Wo…
In Defence of the Indefensible: Exploring Justification Narratives of Corporate Elites Accused of Corruption
Drawing on the pragmatic turn in contemporary social theory, we explore how corporate elites accused of corruption in the context of weak institutions engage in their justification works. Empirically, we focus on three high-profile corruption scandals that shook Ghana between 2010 and 2020 and inspired widespread public condemnation. Publicly accessible archival documents, such as court reporting, newspaper stories, press conferences, and the dig…
Friends or foes: Can large-scale mining companies partner with small-scale miners? Yes, they can
This paper (re)examines the nexus between large-scale mining (LSM) activities and artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operations. Broadly speaking, the existing combative resource politics between the two mining entities has created room for the emergence of divergent opinions on sustainable solutions encapsulated in standpoints of ‘cohabitation’ vis-à-vis ‘autonomy’. Employing ‘partnership’ as an analytical lens, this study provides a refresh…
How TalkTalk did the walk-walk: Strategic reputational repair in a cyber-attack
Purpose Cyber-attacks that generate technical disruptions in organisational operations and damage the reputation of organisations have become all too common in the contemporary organisation. This paper explores the reputation repair strategies undertaken by organisations in the event of becoming victims of cyber-attacks. Design/methodology/approach For developing the authors’ contribution in the context of the Internet service providers' industry…
Ban mining, ban dining? Re(examining) the policy and practice of ‘militarised conservationism’ on ASM operations
The artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) frontier continues to advance in most mineral-endowed countries due to rising unemployment and general economic decline particularly in rural communities. The sector, however, is often viewed in a negative light because it is highly environmentally destructive. In seeking to address the environmental challenges, many governments have, on occasion, actioned military strategies aimed at presenting facets o…
Relational interdependencies and the intra-EU mobility of African European Citizens
How can we better understand the puzzle of low-skilled migrants who have acquired citizenship in a European Union country, often with generous social security provision, choosing to relocate to the United Kingdom? Drawing on Elias’s figurational theory as a lens, we explore how relational interdependencies foster the mobility of low-skilled African European Citizens from European Union states to the United Kingdom. We found that African European …
Short-term gain, long-term loss: Exploring the effects of Covid-19 survival strategies on rural livelihoods and the agrarian economy
A phoenix rising? The regeneration of the Ghana garment and textile industry
Some African countries' premier industries, such as textiles, garments and agro-processing, which floundered in the face of market liberalization and stiff competition from cheap imports, are now going through regenerative changes, with some beginning to tell a cautionary tale of a leap upwards. Focusing on the Ghana garment and textile industry, we draw on a framework that integrates social practices and everyday general-purpose technologies to …
Collaborative closed-loop supply chain framework for sustainable manufacturing: Evidence from the Indian packaging industry
Businesses reeling from the impact of COVID are struggling to achieve sustainability, amidst many other challenges, including finance and capacity shortfalls. One of the pathways to achieving 3BL in businesses is to create closed-loop supply chains (CLSC) covering the entire lifecycle of products. CLSC have proven to be important for sustainable supply chain (SC) operations, given the shortage of materials and labour globally following the COVID-…
Cocoa production, farmlands, and the galamsey: Examining current and emerging trends in the ASM-agriculture nexus
In this paper, we build on the diverse discussions on the nexus between artisanal and small-scale mining and agriculture to examine emerging relationships between mining operators, smallholder cocoa farmers, and landowners in rural cocoa-growing communities. Empirically, we draw on fresh insights from in-depth interviews with loosely coupled chain actors in Ghana's cocoa and mining sectors, we found what we call ‘coerced to sell’ strategies deplo…
Chain upgrading, technology transfer, and legitimacy: The Schumpeterian character of China in the information and communication technology sector in SSA
Drawing on technical change and technology transfer theories, we explore the Schumpeterian character of China in the information and communications technology (ICT) value chain in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using data collected from various online sources, including the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and World Integrated Trade Solutions (WITS) databases, we establish three key findings. First, relative to the traditional Global North …
Regulatory review of new product innovation: Conceptual clarity and future research directions
Defying the gloom: In search of the ‘golden’ practices of small-scale mining operations
Dominant narratives on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) often portray mining regions as ‘informal’ zones that suffer massively from environmental degradation problems. Such insistence on the poor environmental performance of ASM zones has dovetailed with a lack of scholarly attention to some of the ‘golden’ environmental management practices taking place in some of these mining areas. In this paper, we explore how the operations of a formal…
Gender and artisanal and small-scale mining: Exploring women's livelihood and occupational roles in formalised settings
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has often been touted as an employment-creation avenue for millions of operators worldwide, including women. This employment-generation narrative has, however, been occasioned by the immense scholarly focus on the informal and labour-intensive segments of ASM operations. Exploring the livelihood and occupational roles of women in formalised ASM settings, data for our inquiry comes mainly from employees of tw…
Mineral exhaustion, livelihoods and persistence of vulnerabilities in ASM settings
Can university-industry-government collaborations drive a 3D printing revolution in Africa? A triple helix model of technological leapfrogging in additive manufacturing
The protracted disruption of Covid-19 pandemic on global supply chains has renewed calls for a new model of manufacturing that removes the need for centralised high-volume production and large inventory stocking. Drawing ideas from the Triple Helix model of university-industry-government innovation, this paper analyses the prospects for a 3D manufacturing revolution in Africa, a continent which was was disproportionately affected in the rounds of…
Environments for Joint University-Industry Laboratories (Juil): Micro-level dimensions and research implications
The rise of do-it-yourself (DiY) laboratories: Implications for science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy
Network rivalry, Competition and Innovation
Strategy, structure and rivalry across an industry has an impact upon innovation outcomes at the industry level. However, when patterns of rivalry are altered through the presence of strategic networks (sets of firms that cooperate closely on the basis of their web of strategic alliances) it is not clear what impact this has upon product market (price) competition and in factor markets (patents). Using data from the motor vehicle industry, we fin…
Do-it-yourself (DiY) science: The proliferation, relevance and concerns
Foreign patents surge and technology spillovers in China (1985–2009): Evidence from the patent and trade markets
Socio-economic and environmental implications of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) on agriculture and livelihoods
Mineral exhaustion, livelihoods and persistence of vulnerabilities in ASM settings
Organizing strategic foresight: A contextual practice of ‘way finding’
Cocoa production, farmlands, and the galamsey: Examining current and emerging trends in the ASM-agriculture nexus
In this paper, we build on the diverse discussions on the nexus between artisanal and small-scale mining and agriculture to examine emerging relationships between mining operators, smallholder cocoa farmers, and landowners in rural cocoa-growing communities. Empirically, we draw on fresh insights from in-depth interviews with loosely coupled chain actors in Ghana's cocoa and mining sectors, we found what we call ‘coerced to sell’ strategies deplo…
Service nepotism in cosmopolitan transient social spaces
This article examines service nepotism, the practice of bestowing gifts or benefits on customers by frontline service staff based on a perceived shared socio-collective identity. Adopting a micro-sociological approach, it explores the practice as played out in multi-cultural transient service encounters. Given the dearth of existing research and low visibility of service nepotism operating 'under the radar', the article assumes an exploratory qua…
Gender and artisanal and small-scale mining: Exploring women's livelihood and occupational roles in formalised settings
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has often been touted as an employment-creation avenue for millions of operators worldwide, including women. This employment-generation narrative has, however, been occasioned by the immense scholarly focus on the informal and labour-intensive segments of ASM operations. Exploring the livelihood and occupational roles of women in formalised ASM settings, data for our inquiry comes mainly from employees of tw…
Short-term gain, long-term loss: Exploring the effects of Covid-19 survival strategies on rural livelihoods and the agrarian economy
Cross-state mobility of European naturalised third-country nationals
Drawing on a framework that integrates discursive practices and relationalism, we explore the relevance of relational ties for the cross-state mobility of naturalised third-country nationals (NTCNs) within the European Union, examining how relational ties facilitate their mobility to the UK. Our data derive from in-depth interviews with NTCNs of West African origin living and working in the UK. Emphasising how co-ethnic diaspora-based networks pr…
Friends or foes: Can large-scale mining companies partner with small-scale miners? Yes, they can
This paper (re)examines the nexus between large-scale mining (LSM) activities and artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operations. Broadly speaking, the existing combative resource politics between the two mining entities has created room for the emergence of divergent opinions on sustainable solutions encapsulated in standpoints of ‘cohabitation’ vis-à-vis ‘autonomy’. Employing ‘partnership’ as an analytical lens, this study provides a refresh…
The epistemological relevance of the arts in foresight and futures studies
Scenario thinking: A practice-based approach for the identification of opportunities for innovation
On the nurturing of strategic foresight: The Ubuntu perspective
Defying the gloom: In search of the ‘golden’ practices of small-scale mining operations
Dominant narratives on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) often portray mining regions as ‘informal’ zones that suffer massively from environmental degradation problems. Such insistence on the poor environmental performance of ASM zones has dovetailed with a lack of scholarly attention to some of the ‘golden’ environmental management practices taking place in some of these mining areas. In this paper, we explore how the operations of a formal…
Can university-industry-government collaborations drive a 3D printing revolution in Africa? A triple helix model of technological leapfrogging in additive manufacturing
The protracted disruption of Covid-19 pandemic on global supply chains has renewed calls for a new model of manufacturing that removes the need for centralised high-volume production and large inventory stocking. Drawing ideas from the Triple Helix model of university-industry-government innovation, this paper analyses the prospects for a 3D manufacturing revolution in Africa, a continent which was was disproportionately affected in the rounds of…
Relational interdependencies and the intra-EU mobility of African European Citizens
How can we better understand the puzzle of low-skilled migrants who have acquired citizenship in a European Union country, often with generous social security provision, choosing to relocate to the United Kingdom? Drawing on Elias’s figurational theory as a lens, we explore how relational interdependencies foster the mobility of low-skilled African European Citizens from European Union states to the United Kingdom. We found that African European …
Scenario thinking: A practice-based approach for the identification of opportunities for innovation
The epistemological relevance of the arts in foresight and futures studies
Organizing strategic foresight: A contextual practice of ‘way finding’
On the nurturing of strategic foresight: The Ubuntu perspective
Disruptive innovation at the base-of-the-pyramid: Opportunities, and challenges for multinationals in African emerging markets
Purpose The authors aim to examine the potential opportunities and challenges multinationals operating in Africa are likely to encounter when they seek to pioneer disruptive innovations at the base of the pyramid (BoP) in African emerging markets. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on the extant literature on the BoP, disruptive innovation and the African business context, the authors explore the pioneering of disruptive innovations in the Afric…
Service nepotism in cosmopolitan transient social spaces
This article examines service nepotism, the practice of bestowing gifts or benefits on customers by frontline service staff based on a perceived shared socio-collective identity. Adopting a micro-sociological approach, it explores the practice as played out in multi-cultural transient service encounters. Given the dearth of existing research and low visibility of service nepotism operating 'under the radar', the article assumes an exploratory qua…
Meeting the needs of the Millennials and Generation Z: Gamification in tourism through geocaching
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual framework based on an understanding of the principles of popular mobile-enabled games, indicating how organisations in the tourism sector could meet the needs of Millennials and Generation Z through engaging with the existing gamified location-based practice of geocaching as an information and communication technology enabled gamified enhancement to the destination experience. Design/me…
Cross-state mobility of European naturalised third-country nationals
Drawing on a framework that integrates discursive practices and relationalism, we explore the relevance of relational ties for the cross-state mobility of naturalised third-country nationals (NTCNs) within the European Union, examining how relational ties facilitate their mobility to the UK. Our data derive from in-depth interviews with NTCNs of West African origin living and working in the UK. Emphasising how co-ethnic diaspora-based networks pr…
Network rivalry, Competition and Innovation
Strategy, structure and rivalry across an industry has an impact upon innovation outcomes at the industry level. However, when patterns of rivalry are altered through the presence of strategic networks (sets of firms that cooperate closely on the basis of their web of strategic alliances) it is not clear what impact this has upon product market (price) competition and in factor markets (patents). Using data from the motor vehicle industry, we fin…
Do-it-yourself (DiY) science: The proliferation, relevance and concerns
Foreign patents surge and technology spillovers in China (1985–2009): Evidence from the patent and trade markets
Socio-economic and environmental implications of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) on agriculture and livelihoods
Environments for Joint University-Industry Laboratories (Juil): Micro-level dimensions and research implications
The rise of do-it-yourself (DiY) laboratories: Implications for science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy
Chain upgrading, technology transfer, and legitimacy: The Schumpeterian character of China in the information and communication technology sector in SSA
Drawing on technical change and technology transfer theories, we explore the Schumpeterian character of China in the information and communications technology (ICT) value chain in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using data collected from various online sources, including the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and World Integrated Trade Solutions (WITS) databases, we establish three key findings. First, relative to the traditional Global North …
Regulatory review of new product innovation: Conceptual clarity and future research directions
Defying the gloom: In search of the ‘golden’ practices of small-scale mining operations
Dominant narratives on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) often portray mining regions as ‘informal’ zones that suffer massively from environmental degradation problems. Such insistence on the poor environmental performance of ASM zones has dovetailed with a lack of scholarly attention to some of the ‘golden’ environmental management practices taking place in some of these mining areas. In this paper, we explore how the operations of a formal…
Gender and artisanal and small-scale mining: Exploring women's livelihood and occupational roles in formalised settings
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has often been touted as an employment-creation avenue for millions of operators worldwide, including women. This employment-generation narrative has, however, been occasioned by the immense scholarly focus on the informal and labour-intensive segments of ASM operations. Exploring the livelihood and occupational roles of women in formalised ASM settings, data for our inquiry comes mainly from employees of tw…
Mineral exhaustion, livelihoods and persistence of vulnerabilities in ASM settings
Can university-industry-government collaborations drive a 3D printing revolution in Africa? A triple helix model of technological leapfrogging in additive manufacturing
The protracted disruption of Covid-19 pandemic on global supply chains has renewed calls for a new model of manufacturing that removes the need for centralised high-volume production and large inventory stocking. Drawing ideas from the Triple Helix model of university-industry-government innovation, this paper analyses the prospects for a 3D manufacturing revolution in Africa, a continent which was was disproportionately affected in the rounds of…
Collaborative closed-loop supply chain framework for sustainable manufacturing: Evidence from the Indian packaging industry
Businesses reeling from the impact of COVID are struggling to achieve sustainability, amidst many other challenges, including finance and capacity shortfalls. One of the pathways to achieving 3BL in businesses is to create closed-loop supply chains (CLSC) covering the entire lifecycle of products. CLSC have proven to be important for sustainable supply chain (SC) operations, given the shortage of materials and labour globally following the COVID-…
Cocoa production, farmlands, and the galamsey: Examining current and emerging trends in the ASM-agriculture nexus
In this paper, we build on the diverse discussions on the nexus between artisanal and small-scale mining and agriculture to examine emerging relationships between mining operators, smallholder cocoa farmers, and landowners in rural cocoa-growing communities. Empirically, we draw on fresh insights from in-depth interviews with loosely coupled chain actors in Ghana's cocoa and mining sectors, we found what we call ‘coerced to sell’ strategies deplo…
How TalkTalk did the walk-walk: Strategic reputational repair in a cyber-attack
Purpose Cyber-attacks that generate technical disruptions in organisational operations and damage the reputation of organisations have become all too common in the contemporary organisation. This paper explores the reputation repair strategies undertaken by organisations in the event of becoming victims of cyber-attacks. Design/methodology/approach For developing the authors’ contribution in the context of the Internet service providers' industry…
Ban mining, ban dining? Re(examining) the policy and practice of ‘militarised conservationism’ on ASM operations
The artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) frontier continues to advance in most mineral-endowed countries due to rising unemployment and general economic decline particularly in rural communities. The sector, however, is often viewed in a negative light because it is highly environmentally destructive. In seeking to address the environmental challenges, many governments have, on occasion, actioned military strategies aimed at presenting facets o…
Relational interdependencies and the intra-EU mobility of African European Citizens
How can we better understand the puzzle of low-skilled migrants who have acquired citizenship in a European Union country, often with generous social security provision, choosing to relocate to the United Kingdom? Drawing on Elias’s figurational theory as a lens, we explore how relational interdependencies foster the mobility of low-skilled African European Citizens from European Union states to the United Kingdom. We found that African European …
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