Prof Francis Boadu
Designation
Dean, Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Staff Grade
Associate Professor
Department
Department of Entrepreneurship and Finance
Faculty
Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
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Professor Francis Boadu (PhD), an Associate Professor of the Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development at Kumasi Technical University (KsTU), Kumasi, Ghana, specializes in Strategic Management. He has extensive experience in strategic management and international entrepreneurship policy and research issues. Francis has also participated in numerous knowledge transfer and innovation projects in several areas, such as business, health, and marketing.

Professor Boadu holds a BSc in Tourism Management from the University of Cape Coast, an MPhil in Business Administration (specializing in Strategic Management and Management Consulting) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and a Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China. 

His research interests include digital entrepreneurship, digital transformation, knowledge management, innovation management, international business, and human resource management. He supplements his research expertise with consulting on digital entrepreneurship and digital marketing and promoting entrepreneurism in young people by organizing coaching and mentoring sessions for young people interested in setting up businesses. 

Professor Francis Boadu is an author of more than 30 scientific studies. His works have been published in top-tier journals such as the Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, Technology in Society, European Journal of Innovation Management, International Journal of Technology Management, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, Chinese Management Studies, Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Cross-Cultural & Strategic Management, and Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, among others. Besides, he has published several books on entrepreneurship and research methodology. He holds editorial board positions in prominent international journals. Francis is also a regularly invited reviewer in top-tier journals from Emerald, MDPI, Elsevier, Springer, Taylor and Francis, and Wiley, among others.

Additionally, he is an examiner of several entrepreneurship examination bodies (such as the National Vocational Training Institute and the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training). Throughout his extensive career, he has held significant positions, such as Head of Department (Consulting and Business Incubation Center, KsTU) and currently serving as the Dean of the Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development, KsTU. Professor Francis Boadu has received numerous prestigious honors, including the 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award from Sustainability, a journal by MDPI, the 2020 Academic Achievement Award from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), and the 2019 Academic Excellent Award from UESTC. According to Google Scholar, his work has been cited over 800 times.

  • PhD in Management Science and Engineering (School of Management and Economics)
  • Education, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  • MPhil. Business Administration, Strategic Management and Management Consulting) (2010)
  • B.Sc Tourism Management (Geography and Tourism) Education,  University of Cape Coast, 2003

International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)

Member of Academy of Management

Member of International Association for Chinese Management Researchers

Knowledge management,

Innovation management,

Digital transformation,

Organizational behavior,

International business,

Entrepreneurship,

Human resource management,

Firm innovation performance,

Sustainability.

Awards

  1. MDPI AG: Basel, BS, CH - Outstanding Reviewer Award (Sustainability),
  2. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China: Chengdu, CN - Award for Academic Achievement (School of Management and Economics)
  3. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China: Chengdu, CN -  Award for Excellent Performance (School of Management and Economics)

 

Scholarships

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China: Chengdu, CN - Academic Scholarship to Pursue a Ph.D. (School of Management and Economics)

Distinction

 

 

1. Distributed innovation, knowledge re-orchestration, and digital product innovation performance: the moderated mediation roles of intellectual property protection and knowledge exchange activities

Journal of Knowledge Management

2023 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1108/JKM-07-2022-0592

EID: 2-s2.0-85147516171

Part of ISSN: 17587484 13673270

CONTRIBUTORS: Tang, H.; Xie, Y.; Liu, Y.; Boadu, F.

 

  1. Yao, Qi & Tang, Hongjuan & Liu, Yunqing & Boadu, Francis. (2023). The penetration effect of digital leadership on digital transformation: the role of digital strategy consensus and diversity types. Journal of Enterprise Information Management. 10.1108/JEIM-09-2022-0350. 
  2. Li, Ning & Liu, Dai & Boadu, Francis. (2023). The impact of digital supply chain capabilities on enterprise sustainable competitive performance: an ambidextrous view. Industrial Management & Data Systems. 123. 10.1108/IMDS-11-2022-0699. 
  3. Xie, Yu & Chen, Zhen & Tang, Hongjuan & Boadu, Francis & Yang, Yang. (2023). Effects of executives' pro-environmental education and knowledge sharing activities on eco-friendly agricultural production: Evidence from China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 395. 136469. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136469. 
  4. Boadu, Francis & Du, Yifei & Xie, Yu & Fokuo, Elizabeth. (2023). Is the correlation between knowledge sharing and firm innovation performance contingent on network trust and hierarchical culture Evidence from the Chinese high-tech sector. International Journal of Technology Management. 92. 206. 10.1504/IJTM.2023.128839. 
  5. Tang, Hongjuan & Xie, Yu & Liu, Yunqing & Boadu, Francis. (2023). Distributed innovation, knowledge re-orchestration, and digital product innovation performance: the moderated mediation roles of intellectual property protection and knowledge exchange activities. Journal of Knowledge Management. 10.1108/JKM-07-2022-0592. 
  6. Yao, Qi & Tang, Hongjuan & Boadu, Francis & Xie, Yu. (2022). Digital Transformation and Firm Sustainable Growth: The Moderating Effects of Cross-border Search Capability and Managerial Digital Concern. Journal of the Knowledge Economy. 1-25. 10.1007/s13132-022-01083-x. 
  7. Mo, Xiaoping & Boadu, Francis & Liu, Yunqing & Chen, Zhen & Ofori, Adwoa. (2022). Corporate Social Responsibility Activities and Green Innovation Performance in Organizations: Do Managerial Environmental Concerns and Green Absorptive Capacity Matter?. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 938682. 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.938682. 
  8. Xie, Yu & Boadu, Francis & Chen, Zhen & Ofori, Adwoa. (2022). Multinational Enterprises’ Knowledge Transfer Received Dimensions and Subsidiary Innovation Performance: The Impact of Human Resource Management Practices and Training and Development Types. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 886724. 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.886724. 
  9. Xie, Yu & Chen, Zhen & Boadu, Francis & Tang, HongJuan. (2022). How does digital transformation affect agricultural enterprises’ pro-land behavior: The role of environmental protection cognition and cross-border search. Technology in Society. 70. 101991. 10.1016/j.techsoc.2022.101991. 
  10. Tang, Hongjuan & Yao, Qi & Boadu, Francis & Xie, Yu. (2022). Distributed innovation, digital entrepreneurial opportunity, IT-enabled capabilities, and enterprises' digital innovation performance: a moderated mediating model. European Journal of Innovation Management. 10.1108/EJIM-08-2021-0431. 
  11. Xie, Yu & Boadu, Francis & Tang, Hongjuan. (2022). Does internationalization encourage state-owned enterprises to utilize subsidies to innovate? Evidence from high-tech and automobile manufacturing industries of Chinese listed companies. Chinese Management Studies. ahead-of-print. 10.1108/CMS-06-2021-0250. 
  12. Boadu, Francis & Xie, Yu & Du, Yifei & Dwomo-Fokuo, Elizabeth. (2021). Management innovation and firm innovation performance: a moderated moderation effects of absorptive capacity and environmental dynamism. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence. 33. 1-17. 10.1080/14783363.2021.1981131. 
  13. Boadu, Francis & Du, Yifei & Xie, Yu & Dwomo-Fokuo, Elizabeth. (2021). Knowledge transfer received, entrepreneurial opportunity type, environmental dynamism, and innovative performance by overseas subsidiaries in China. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management. 35. 1-18. 10.1080/09537325.2021.1972964. 
  14. Boadu, Francis & Tang, Hongjuan & Xie, Yu. (2021). R&D Investment and Patent Application: The Effects of Internationalization and Ownership. SHS Web of Conferences. 96. 04004. 10.1051/shsconf/20219604004. 
  15. Shi, Xuanya & Boadu, Francis & Du, Yifei. (2020). Post-entry growth in scope and scale among Chinese multinational enterprises: a structural embeddedness explanation. Cross Cultural & Strategic Management. ahead-of-print. 10.1108/CCSM-12-2019-0231. 
  16. Shi, Xuanya & Boadu, Francis & Du, Yifei. (2020). Post-entry growth in scope and scale among Chinese multinational enterprises: a structural embeddedness explanation. Cross Cultural & Strategic Management. ahead-of-print. 10.1108/CCSM-12-2019-0231. 
  17. Xue, Min & Boadu, Francis & Xie, Yu. (2019). The Penetration of Green Innovation on Firm Performance: Effects of Absorptive Capacity and Managerial Environmental Concern. Sustainability. 11. 2455. 10.3390/su11092455. 
  18. Li, Rong & Du, Yi-Fei & Tang, Hong-Juan & Boadu, Francis & Xue, Min. (2019). MNEs’ Subsidiary HRM Practices and Firm Innovative Performance: A Tacit Knowledge Approach. Sustainability. 11. 1388. 10.3390/su11051388. 
  19. Boadu, Francis & Xie, Yu & Du, Yi-Fei & Dwomo-Fokuo, Elizabeth. (2018). MNEs Subsidiary Training and Development and Firm Innovative Performance: The Moderating Effects of Tacit and Explicit Knowledge Received from Headquarters. Sustainability. 10. 4208. 10.3390/su10114208. 
  20. Ze, Ren & Kun, Zhan & Boadu, Francis & Yu, Liu. (2018). The Effects of Boundary-Spanning Search, Network Ties, and Absorptive Capacity for Innovation: A Moderated Mediation Examination. Sustainability. 10. 3980. 10.3390/su10113980. 
  21. Xie, Yu & Du, Yi-Fei & Boadu, Francis & Shi, Xuan-Ya. (2018). Executives’ Assessments of Evolutionary and Leapfrog Modes: An Ambidexterity Explanation Logic. Sustainability. 10. 2893. 10.3390/su10082893. 
  22. Yensu, Joseph & Oppong-Peprah, Edmond & Dwomo-Fokuo, Elizabeth & Boadu, Francis & Kusi, Anthony. (2015). Financing the Expansion of Family Businesses in Ghana: Which Way to Go, Debt or Equity. The Journal Of Investment and Management. 4. 301-310. 10.11648/j.jim.20150406.13. 
  23. Boadu, Francis & Dwomo-Fokuo, Elizabeth & Boakye, Joseph & Frimpong, Albert. (2014). Assessing the Life Insurance Industry in Ghana. 6. 10. 
  24. Boadu, Francis & Dwomo-Fokuo, Elizabeth & Boakye, Joseph & Kwaning, Collins. (2014). TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT: A TOOL FOR EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN THE DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES IN GHANA.  
  25. Boadu, Francis & Dwomo-Fokuo, Elizabeth & Boakye, Joseph & Frimpong, Albert. (2014). Employee Appraisal and Performance in the Hospitality Industry. Research in Business and Management. 1. 146. 10.5296/rbm.v1i2.5694. 
  26. Boadu, Francis & Dwomoh, Gabriel & Appiah, Sarpong & Dwomo-Fokuo, Elizabeth. (2014). Venture Capital Financing: An Opportunity for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Ghana. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation. 1. 1. 10.5296/jebi.v1i1.5187.