Dr. Kofi Mintah Oware
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Head of Department
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Senior Lecturer
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Dr Kofi Mintah Oware is a Senior lecturer in the Department of Banking Technology and Finance, Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) and a Fellow member of the Institute of Cost Executives and Accountants (FCEA), UK; Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICA) Ghana. He obtained his PhD in Business Administration, specializing in sustainability management and finance, from Mangalore University, India, in 2020. He completed a Master in Business Administration in 2006 from Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen Business School) in Scotland, UK. His research interest covers various aspects of sustainability management and finance, which include environmental reporting, social performance reporting, corporate governance and minority issues in business performance. He has 32 publications in several peer-reviewed international journals associated with publishing houses, including Emerald publication, Sage publication, and Wiley publication. His research visibility and detailed publications are below.

  • PhD in Business Administration, specializing in sustainability management and finance, from Mangalore University, India, in 2020
  • Master in Business Administration in 2006 from Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen Business School) in Scotland, UK
  • Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants-GH (ICA-GH)
  • Fellow of Cost Executive & Accountants-UK
  • Association of Accredited MBAs (AMBA)
  • Integrated Reporting
  • Sustainability Management & Finance
  • CSR
  • Corporate Governance

Financial Management

  • Appointment as Chairman to serve on the Audit Committee of Bosome Freho District Assembly, March 4, 2022 to Date.
  • Appointed as a chairman to a technical session in a two days International Conference on Commerce, Management & Interdisciplinary Subjects, conducted by Department of Commerce and International Business School of Business Studies, Central University of Kerala, India, October 28 and 29 2021.
  • Appointed as an organising committee member in a two days International Conference on Commerce, Management & Interdisciplinary Subjects, conducted by Department of Commerce and International Business School of Business Studies, Central University of Kerala, India, October 28 and 29 2021.
  • Appointed as an international resource person in a three days international conference on the "Economic Tools for business and finance" organised by Department of Commerce, St Joseph College (Autonomous), Devagiri, Kozhikode Dist, Kerala, 4th, 5th and 6th December 2019.
  • Appointed as an international resource person in two days International Conference on Advanced in Financial Markets and Services, organised by Research and Post Graduate Department of Commerce School, St Thomas College (Autonomous) Thrissur, Kerala, India, January 15 to January 16 2019

Conferences Attended:

  • Oware K.M. (2021). “Does the implementation of mandatory CSR reporting improve disability employment of family(non) management firms? Evidence from India” at a two days International Conference on Commerce, Management & Interdisciplinary Subjects, conducted by Department of Commerce and International Business School of Business Studies, Central University of Kerala, India, October 28 and 29 2021.
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2018) “The effect of Corporate Social responsibility Investments and Third-party Assurance reporting on Firm Performance in India” at one day International Conference on Global Economy, Finance, Accounting and Banking-A New Paradigm, conducted by Department of Management Studies, Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, March 15 2018.
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2018) “Community Social Initiatives, Sustainability Assurance and Financial Performance: Implications of Philanthropy and Charity giving for listed firms in India” at 12th Annual ISDSI Conference: "Data-Driven Decision Making in the Digital Age", held at S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai, 27th to December 30 2018.
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2019), "Social inclusion and 4th Industrial Revolution: The impact of employee disability on the financial performance of listed firms in India", International level conference on A Decade of Global Financial Crises: Antecedents, Aftermath and Challenges Ahead, St Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology (AIMIT), April 9.
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2019), “Legitimacy Theory and CSR: The Impact of Philanthropy & Charity Giving and Sustainability Assurance on Financial Performance of Listed Firms in India”, International level conference on Excellence in Research and Education, Indian Institute of Management, Indore, May 5.
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2019), "An interactive effect of financial performance and firm behaviour on the employee gender diversity of listed firms in India. A decade attempt", International level conference on Emerging Trends in Management, Information Technology and Education, Srinivas University, Mangaluru, August 17.
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2019), "Does investment in corporate social responsibility influences women employment and its contribution to the financial performance of listed firms? An Indian context", National level conference on Emerging Trends in Business Management, Department of Business Administration, Mangalore University, Mangaluru, December 31.
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2020), "A decade attempt: An interactive effect of financial performance and firm behaviour on the employee gender diversity of listed firms in India", Six Biennial Conference of the Indian Academy of Management, held at the Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, January 2-4.
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2020), “The effect of mandatory CSR policy on financial distress likelihood and social performance disclosure”, A two-day national level conference on Emerging Business Trends, Department of Business in Commerce, Mangalore University, Mangaluru, March 4-5.
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2020), “Technological innovation and job employment in listed firms in India. A competition or complementary as a resource dependency”, A two-day national level conference on Rethinking of Indian Development Experience, Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Economics, Mangalore University, Mangaluru, March 12-13.

 

Workshops and Seminars attended

  • Have a attended a one-day workshop on the “Excellence in Peer review: How to be an effective peer reviewer” organized by Taylor and Francis Reviewer Training Network, 19th April 2021
  • Have a attended a one-day workshop on the “Excellence in Peer review: How to be an effective peer reviewer” organized by Taylor and Francis Reviewer Training Network, 22nd Oct.  2020
  • Have participated in the International Webinar and faculty Development Program “Writing Effective Management Case Studies” organized by Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Department of Commerce, 27th September 2020.
  • Have participated in the International Webinar and faculty Development Program “Corporate Social Responsibility” organized by Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Department of Commerce, 20th September 2020.
  • Have participated in the International Webinar and faculty Development Program “Strategies to Write Good Research Article-Part II ” organized by Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Department of Commerce, 20th September 2020.
  • Have participated in the Webinar on “Plagiarism in Research” organized by Anjuman Institute of Technology and Management, Department of Civil Engineering, 10th November 2020.
  • Have attended a two days national workshop on the "Data Analytics using SPSS" organised by IBM & Nihon Communication Solutions Pvt. Bangalore and held at Mangalore University, Mangalagaangothri, 26th and 27th September 2019.
  • Have attended one day workshop on Research Methodology conducted by Srinivas University, Mangaluru, August 10 2019
  • Have attended three days International workshop on “Research, Writing, and Publishing in reputed journals”, organised by Centre of Excellence for Research Innovation & Entrepreneurship, P.A. College of Engineering, near Mangalore University, Konaje, Mangaluru, 7th to August 9 2019.
  • Have attended one day workshop on the “Art of Thesis Writing”, organised by Rehoboth Academic Services, Rosario College of Management Studies, Mangaluru, 3rd August 2019.
  • Have attended seven days Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN) on "Contemporary Finance Tools", organised by Department of Business Administration, Mangalore University, from June 10 to June 17 2019.
  • Have participated in Seven Days National Level Skill Development Workshop on Data Analysis Using Excel and SPSS, organised by the Department of Business Administration, Mangalore University, from April 23 to April 29 2019.
  • Have participated in ICSSR Sponsored Ten-day Research Methodology Course for M.Phil/PhD/PDF Scholars in Social Sciences, organised by Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Commerce, Mangalore University, April 8 to April 17 2019.
  • Have attended seven days Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN) on "Global Sourcing Strategies and Applications", organised by Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Commerce, Mangalore University, Mangalagangotri, February 11 to February 16 2019
  • Have attended one day International Workshop on SDG: Interlinkages workshop held SDG Academy in conjunction with Telangana Jagruthi, Hyderabad, India, 20th January 2019.
  • Have attended three days Telangana Jagruthi International Youth Leadership Conference on Gandhian Path to Sustainability and Innovation, Hyderabad, India, January 18 to 20th January 2019.
  • Have attended six days workshop on the statistical analysis of big data using R, organized by Global Initiatives for Academic Networks (GIAN) and held at Mangalore University, Mangalagaangothri, 3rd to December 8 2018.
  • Have attended three days National Workshop on Advanced Research Techniques using Panel Data, organised by Fortune Institute of International Business, New Delhi, October25 to October 27 2018.
  • Have attended a two days’ workshop on Responsibility: Challenges and New Initiatives, conducted by Department of Post-Graduate Studies and Research in Commerce, Mangalore University, Mangalagaangothri, 14th to September 15 2018.
  • Have attended one-month National Workshop on Econometrics, conducted by Research and Post Graduate Department of Commerce and Management Studies, Farook College-Kerala, May 2 to May 30 2018.
  • Have attended two days National Level Workshop on Panel Data Analysis, organised by Narayan Zantye College of Commerce, Bicholim-GOA, March 27 to March 28 2018
  • Attended two days Faculty Development Programme on Multivariate Data Analysis for Advanced Management Research, organised by School of Management, Kristu Jayanti College, Bengaluru, November 29 to November 30 2017
  • Oware, K.M., Mallikarjunappa, T. and Praveena, A. (2023). Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Expenditure and Debt Financing. Do the Unspent CSR Expenditure and Firm Age of Public Sector Enterprises in India Matter? Public Organisation Review, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-023-00702-8
  • Oware, K.M. and Worae, T.A (2023). Sustainability (disclosure and report format) and firm performance in India. Effects of mandatory CSR reporting. Cogent Business & Management, 10:1, 2170075, DOI: 10.1080/23311975.2023.2170075
  • Oware, K.M. and Amoako, G.A. (2022). CEO Characteristics and disability employment of listed firms. Evidence from India. Cogent Business and Management, Vol.9(1),  https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2022.2119826
  • Oware, K.M. (2022). Mandatory CSR expenditure and firm performance in lag periods: Evidence from India. Cogent Business & Management, Vol.9(1), 2147126, DOI: 10.1080/23311975.2022.2147126
  • Oware, K.M., Moulya, H., and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2022). Corporate social responsibility assurance, board characteristics and social performance disclosure. Evidence of listed firms in India. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2753
  • Oware, K.M. and Appiah, K. (2022). Female directors and corporate innovation in family firms in India. Do leverage ratios and mandatory CSR expenditure matter? Journal of Global Responsibility, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print, DOI 10.1108/JGR-05-2022-0047
  • Oware, K.M., and Moulya, H. (2022). The outloook of sustainability assurance in global trends: bibliometric review and research agenda. South Asia Journal of Marketing, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print, DOI 10.1108/SAJM-06-2022-0039
  • Oware, K.M. and Donkor, F. (2022).  Does the Practice of Employee Volunteerism Affect Workforce Reduction and Defective Product Issues? Evidence from India. Public Organisation Review, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print,  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-022-00674-1
  • Oware, K.M., Amoako, G.A., and Halidu, O.B. (2022). Does the gender of board members influence the choice of sustainability report format of listed firms? Empirical evidence from India. Managerial Finance, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print, https://doi.org/10.1108/MF-05-2022-0242
  • Oware, K.M. and Botchway, K.D.K. (2022). Exchange and moral capital of CSR disclosure and financial distress likelihood of family management firms: evidence from India. Management Research Review, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-09-2021-0694 , Emerald publications.
  • Oware, K.M. and Appiah, K. (2022). CEO Characteristics, Family-controlled Firms and Employer-support volunteerism: Evidence from India. FIIB Business Review, pp. 1-14, Sage publications.
  • Oware, K.M. and Oware Mintah, A. (2022). Fe (Male) Global Leaders and Crisis Management: Evidence from COVID-19 in European Countries. International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management. Vol.10(7).
  • Adaletey, J.E., Alkadash, T.M., Achiyaale, R.A. and Oware, K.M. (2022). Property tax and tax system for revenue mobilization. SPECIALUSIS UGDYMAS, Vol.1(43), pp.429-449.
  • Amoako, G.K., Asafo-Adjei, E., and Oware, K.M. (2022). Do volatilities matter in the interconnectedness between world energy commodities and stock markets of BRICS? Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, article ID 1030567, https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/1030567
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2021). Does technological innovation compete or complement job employment? Effect of Innovation and financial performance. The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 64(4), pp. 899-922, DOI: 10.1007/S41027-021-00340-Y, Springer Nature
  • Oware, K.M., Iddrisu, A.A, Worae, T.T and Adaletey, J.E. (2022), “Female and environment disclosure of family and non-family firms. Evidence from India”, Management Research Review, Vol. 45 No. 6, pp. 760-780, DOI 10.1108/MRR-05-2021-0376, Emerald publications
  • Oware, K.M., and Appiah, K. (2021), “CSR assurance practice and financial distress likelihood. Evidence from India”, Meditari Accountancy Research, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of print, DOI 10.1108/MEDAR-10-2020-1055, Emerald publications.
  • Oware, K.M., and Iddrisu, A.A. (2022), “Moral capital of CSR and firm performance: Does a shift from voluntary to mandatory policy matter in an Indian context?”, Society and Business Review, Vol.17(1), pp. 3-21, DOI 10.1108/SBR-03-2021-0041, Emerald publications.
  • Immurana, M., Dalaba, M.A., Mathew, T.J., Yusif, H.M., Boachie, M.K., Oware, K.M. and Ayanore, M.A (2021). An empirical analysis of the effect of tobacco taxation on economic growth in 38 African countries. Journal of International Development, Vol.33 (8), pp.1257-1269. DOI: 10.1002/jid.3574, Wiley
  • Oware, K.M., Valancherry, A.K. and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2021), “Do third-party assurance and mandatory CSR reporting matter to philanthropic and performance nexus? Evidence from India” Social Responsibility Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/SRJ-10-2020-0411, Emerald publications
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa. (2020), “Does employee volunteerism contribute to CSR legitimacy? Effect of third-party assurance and firm performance on employee volunteerism of listed”, Social Responsibility Journal, Vol.17(4),pp.469-488, https://doi.org/10.1108/SRJ-09-2019-0297, Emerald publication
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa T. (2021), “The effect of technological innovation on firm performance and employee disability. Evidence from India”, Social Responsibility Journal, Vol.17(3), pp.384-398, https://doi.org/10.1108/SRJ-09-2019-0299, Emerald publication
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2021), “Assurance service and performance. Effect of CEO characteristics”, Meditari Accountancy Research, Vol.29 (1), pp.39-59, https://doi.org/10.1108/MEDAR-03-2020-0802, Emerald publication
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2021), Corporate social responsibility and debt financing: a quantile regression approach. Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting, Vol.19 No. 4, pp. 615-639. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFRA-07-2020-0202, Emerald publication
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2021), Financial performance and gender diversity. The effect of family management after a decade attempt. Society and Business Review, Vol.16 (1), pp.94-112,  https://doi.org/10.1108/SBR-05-2020-0072, Emerald publication
  • Appiah, K, Appiah R., Oware, K.M., and Yeboah, B. (2021). Economic Growth, Industrialization, Trade, Electricity Production and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Evidence from Ghana. Journal of Economic Science Research, Vol.04(1), http://ojs.bilpublishing.com/index.php/jesr
  • Oware, K.M. and Awunyo-Vitor, D. (2021). CEO characteristics and environmental disclosure of listed firms in an emerging economy: Does sustainability reporting format matter? Business Strategy and Development, Vol. 4(4), pp.399-410, DOI: 10.1002/bsd2.166, Wiley publication
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2022), CSR expenditure, mandatory CSR reporting and financial performance of listed firms in India: an institutional theory perspective. Meditari Accountancy Research, Vol. 30(1), pp. 1-21,  https://doi.org/10.1108/MEDAR-05-2020-0896, Emerald publication
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2020), Disability employment and financial performance: the effect of technological innovation of listed Firms in India. Social Responsibility Journal, Vol.17 (3), pp.384-398, Emerald publications.
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2020), Financial performance and Gender Diversity: The Moderating and Mediating Effect of CSR Disclosure and Expenditure of Listed Firms in India. Vision, DOI: 10.1177/09722629211001985, Sage publications
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2020), “Financial distress likelihood and social performance of listed firms. The effect of mandatory CSR policy” International Journal of advanced science and technology, Vol.29 (4), pp.10349-10363
  • Oware, K.M. and Mallikarjunappa, T. (2019), “Corporate social responsibility investment, third-party assurance and firm performance in India: The moderating effect of financial leverage”, South Asian Journal of Business Studies, Vol. 8 (3), pp.303-324.  https://doi.org/10.1108/SAJBS-08-2018-0091, Emerald publication.        
  • Oware K. M., Samanhyia S., and Ampong G.O.A. (2016), “Public procurement in teaching hospital in Ghana” Int. Journal of Supply Chan and Operations Resilience Vol. 2, No. 3.
  • Samanhyia S.,Oware K. M.,and  Anisom-Yaansah F. (2016), “Financial Distress and Bankruptcy Prediction: Evidence from Ghana” Expert Journal of Finance Volume 4, pp.52-65
  • Oware K. M., Samanhyia S., and Ampong G.O.A. (2015), “Elimination of waste and inefficiencies through lean maintenance management in mining industries, Ghana” International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management. Vol. 3, 836-845.
  • Oware K. M., Samanhyia S., and Ampong G.O.A. (2015), “Assessment of the Risk and Challenges of Debt Management Practices in Organization (A case study of Ghana Water Company Limited)” International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management. Vol. 3,691-701.
  • Oware K. M. and Nkansah E. (2014), “Housing Finance in Ghana: Determinants of Mortgage Demand” International Research Journal of Finance and Economics. Vol. 118, 56-64.
  • Nkansah E., and Oware K. M. (2013), “Impact of ICT on the Financial Performance of Rural banks in Ghana: A case study of selected rural banks in Ashanti Region” Research Journal of Economics & Business Studies. Vol. 2(10).
  • Nkansah E., and Oware K. M. (2013), “Innovation and Creativity and Production in Machine Efficiency in Ghanaian Mining Industries” Research Journal of Economics & Business Studies. Vol. 3(1).