Prof Francis Boadu
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Dean, Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
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Professor
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Department of Entrepreneurship and Finance
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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.

Strategic management; Entrepreneurship
Principles of management; New venture creation
Strategic small business management
Business plan
Human resource management for entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurial marketing; Project management

National & International Appointments (Service to the Community and Nation)

NATIONAL   

  1. Examiner and Moderator: Commission for Technical and Vocational Education Training (CTVET), Entrepreneurship (2015 To Date)

                                  

INTERNATIONAL                                                                

  1. Editorial Board Member: International Journal of Economics and Business Research.                                                                                                                                           (2016 To Date)
  2. Editorial Board Member: SCIREA Journal of Management.                                                                                     (2018 To Date)
  3. Editorial Board Member: Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering Technology                                                                                                                           (2022 To Date)
  4. Reviewer: Top tier international journals (Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) international journals):
  1. Journal of Knowledge Management
  2. European Journal of Innovation Management
  3. Chinese Management Studies
  4. Cross-Cultural and Strategic Management
  5. European Journal of International Management
  6. International Journal of Technology Management
  7. Knowledge Management Research & Practice
  8. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 
  9. Asian Business & Management
  10. Journal of the Knowledge Economy
  11. Sustainability
  12. Frontiers in Psychology; and others
  1. Reviewer: International journals
  1. Journal for Development and Sustainability
  2. Journal of Model-Based Research
  3. Journal of Asian Business Strategy
  4. Issues in Business Management and Economics
  5. Asian Academic Research Journal of Social Science and Humanities

 

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

Conferences Attended:

  1. 13th International Conference of Educational Innovation through Technology (EITT), Macau, China, 8th November, 2024.
  2. International Conference on Digitalization and Management Innovation (DMI), Beijing, China, 26th November, 2022 via onsite/online, hosted and organized by Business School of Beijing Wuzi University.
  3. 3rd International Academic Conference on Frontiers in Social Sciences and Management Innovation (IAFSM 2020), Beijing, China, 20th December, 2020.
  4. 2nd International Academic Conference on Frontiers in Social Sciences and Management Innovation (IAFSM 2020), Beijing, China, 20th December, 2020.
  5. International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR), Wuhan China, 13-17 June, 2018.
  6. International Conference on Innovation Studies (ICIS), Chongqing, China, 20-22 December, 2017

 

  1. Boadu, F., Ran, X., & Tornyesinu, A. (2026), “Dual entrepreneurial opportunities transformation process of industrial internet platforms: structural embeddedness perspective.” Chinese Management Studies, 20(1), 262-289. (SSCI INDEX)
  2. Zhang, G., Boadu, F., & Xie, Y. (2025), “The influence of network position on executives’ preference for imitation over innovation: a scenario-based experimental approach”, Systems 13 (1), 4 (SSCI INDEX)
  3. Zhang, J., Li, Q., Shi, X., & Boadu, F. (2025), “How relative technological size affects innovation performance of cross-border technology M&A enterprises: a configuration perspective.” Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 37(9), 1031-1044. (SSCI INDEX)
  4. Yao, Q., Tang, H., Liu, Y., & Boadu, F. (2024), “The penetration effect of digital leadership on digital transformation: the role of digital strategy consensus and diversity types.” Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 37(3), 903-927. (SSCI INDEX)
  5. Boadu, F., Du, Y., Xie, Y., & Dwomo-Fokuo, E. (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”. Int. J. Technology Management, 92(3), .206–228 (SSCI INDEX)
  6. Tang, H., Xie, Y., Liu, Y., & Boadu, F. (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, 27(10), 2686-2707. (SSCI INDEX)
  7. Li, N., Liu, D., & Boadu, F. (2023), “The impact of digital supply chain capabilities on enterprise sustainable competitive performance: an ambidextrous view.” Industrial Management & Data Systems, 123(6), 1670-1689. (SSCI INDEX)
  8. Xie, Y., Chen, Z., Tang, H., Boadu, F., & Yang, Y. (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. (SSCI INDEX)
  9. Yao, Q., Tang, H., Boadu, F., & Xie, Y. (2023), “Digital transformation and firm sustainable growth: The moderating effects of cross-border search capability and managerial digital concern.” Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 14(4), 4929-4953. (SSCI INDEX)
  10. Tang, H., Yao, Q., Boadu, F., & Xie, Y. (2023), “Distributed innovation, digital entrepreneurial opportunity, IT-enabled capabilities, and enterprises' digital innovation performance: a moderated mediating model.” European Journal of Innovation Management, 26(4), 1106-1128. (SSCI INDEX)
  11. Boadu, F., Du, Y., Xie, Y., & Dwomo-Fokuo, E. (2023), “Knowledge transfer received, entrepreneurial opportunity type, environmental dynamism, and innovative performance by overseas subsidiaries in China.” Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 35(3), 237-254. (SSCI INDEX)
  12. Mo, X., Boadu, F., Liu, Y., Chen, Z., & Ofori, A. S. (2022), "Corporate social responsibility activities and green innovation performance in organizations: Do managerial environmental concerns and green absorptive capacity matter?" Front. Psychol., 13:938682. (SSCI INDEX)
  13. Xie, Y., Chen, Z., Boadu, F., & Tang, H. (2022), "How does digital transformation affect agricultural enterprises’ pro-land behavior: The role of environmental protection cognition and cross-border search." Technology in Society, 101991 (SSCI INDEX).
  14. Xie, Y., Boadu, F., Chen, Z., & Ofori, A. S. (2022), "Multinational Enterprises’ Knowledge Transfer Received Dimensions and Subsidiary Innovation Performance: The Impact of Human Resource Management Practices and Training and Development Types." Front. Psychol., 13, 886724 (SSCI INDEX).
  15. Xie, Y., Boadu, F., & Tang, H. (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, 16(4), 803-829. (SSCI INDEX)
  16. Boadu, F., Xie, Y., Du, Y., & Dwomo-Fokuo, E. (2022), “Management innovation and firm innovation performance: a moderated moderation effects of absorptive capacity and environmental dynamism.” Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 33(13-14), 1588-1604. (SSCI INDEX)
  17. Boadu, F., Tang, H., & Xie, Y. (2021), “R&D investment and patent application: the effects of internationalization and ownership.” In SHS Web of Conferences, 96(04004). EDP Sciences.
  18. Shi, X., Boadu, F., & Du, Y. (2021), “Post-entry growth in scope and scale among Chinese multinational enterprises: a structural embeddedness explanation.” Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, 28(2), 235-264. (SSCI INDEX)
  19. Zhao, R., Tian, Y., Lei, A., Boadu, F., & Ren, Z. (2019), “The effect of local government debt on regional economic growth in China: a nonlinear relationship approach.” Sustainability, 11(11), 3065. (SSCI INDEX)
  20. Xue, M., Boadu, F., & Xie, Y. (2019), “The penetration of green innovation on firm performance: effects of absorptive capacity and managerial environmental concern.” Sustainability, 11 (9), 2455. (SSCI INDEX)
  21. Li, R., Du, Y. F., Tang, H. J., Boadu, F., & Xue, M. (2019), “MNEs’ subsidiary HRM practices and firm innovative performance: a tacit knowledge approach.” Sustainability, 11(5), 1388. (SSCI INDEX)
  22. Boadu, F., Xie, Y., Du, Y. F., & Dwomo-Fokuo, E. (2018), “MNEs subsidiary training and development and firm innovative performance: the moderating effects of tacit and explicit knowledge received from headquarters.” Sustainability, 10(11), 4208. (SSCI INDEX)
  23. Boadu, F., Xie, Y., Du, Y. F., & Dwomo-Fokuo, E. (2018), “MNEs subsidiary training and development and firm innovative performance: the moderating effects of tacit and explicit knowledge received from headquarters.” Sustainability, 10(11), 4208. (SSCI INDEX)
  24. Ze, R., Kun, Z., Boadu, F., & Yu, L. (2018), “The effects of boundary-spanning search, network ties, and absorptive capacity for innovation: a moderated mediation examination.” Sustainability, 10(11), 3980. (SSCI INDEX)
  25. Xie, Y., Du, Y. F., Boadu, F., & Shi, X. Y. (2018), “Executives’ assessments of evolutionary and leapfrog modes: an ambidexterity explanation logic.” Sustainability, 10(8), 2893. (SSCI INDEX)
  26. Yensu, J., Oppong-Peprah, E., Dwomo-Fokuo, E., Boadu, F., & Kusi, A. (2015), “Financing the expansion of family businesses in Ghana: Which way to go, debt or equity.” Journal of Investment and Management, 4(6), 301-310.
  27. Boadu, F., Dwomo-Fokuo, E., Boakye, K. J., & Kwaning, O. C (2014), “Training and development: a tool for employee performance in the district assemblies in Ghana.” International Journal of Education and Research, 2(5), 513-522.
  28. Boadu, F., Dwomoh, G., Sarpong, A., & Dwomo-Fokuo, E (2014), “Venture capital financing: An opportunity for small and medium scale enterprises in Ghana.”  Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, 1(1), 1-15.
  29. Boadu, F., Dwomo-Fokuo, E., Boakye, K. J., & Frimpong, O. A (2014), “Employee appraisal and performance in the hospitality industry.” Research in Business and Management, 1(2), 146-165.
  30. Boadu, F., Dwomo-Fokuo, E., Boakye, K. J., & Frimpong, O. A (2014), “Assessing the life insurance industry in Ghana.” European Journal of Business and Management, 6(21), 14-22
  31. BOOKS:
  32. Boadu, F., & Dwomoh G., & Yensu, J. (2020). Guiding undergraduate business students in dissertation writing’ (1st Edition). ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08JVY676J; Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (27 Sept. 2020) ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8686298361, Pages 290
  33. Boadu, F., & Dwomo-Fokuo, E. (2016). Entrepreneurship skills training: A practical guide for vocational schools and colleges-Certificate 1&2. (1st Edition). Kumasi: EddyGraphics; ISBN (Book) 978-9988-2-3188-0
  34. Dwomo-Fokuo, E., & Boadu, F. (2016). Entrepreneurship skills training: A practical guide for vocational schools and colleges-Foundation. (1st Edition). Kumasi: EddyGraphics; ISBN (Book) 978-9988-2-3189-7
  35. Boadu, F., & Dwomo-Fokuo, E. (2012). Business plan made easy: A guide for entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs. (2nd Edition), Kumasi: Spen and Ben Publishing Ltd; ISBN (Book) 978-9980-1-7329-6
  36. Boadu, F., & Dwomo-Fokuo, E. (2012). Transgenerational entrepreneurship (Essential guide to family businesses in Ghana).  (1st Edition), Kumasi: Spen and Ben Publishing Ltd; ISBN (Book) 978-9980-1-7329-6
  37. Boadu, F., & Dwomo-Fokuo, E. (2012). Entrepreneurship theory and practice.  (1st Edition), Kumasi: Spen and Ben Publishing Ltd; ISBN (Book) 978-9980-1-7329-4