David Asamoah

Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science and Technology | KNUST · Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems

Due to the increasing importance of and the need for green and environmental practices in global supply chains, this study investigates the relationships between institutional forces (coercive, normative and mimetic forces) and green manufacturing practices (GMP) in a sub-Saharan African country context. Additionally, we propose and investigate the...

Purpose The study examines the intricate interplay between supplier relationship management (SRM), procurement performance, supply chain responsiveness (SCR) and competitive advantage. Additionally, the study examines the mediating role of procurement performance and SCR in the link between SRM and competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approac...

Purpose This study examines green absorptive capacity as an important intervening variable that elucidates the relationship between green supply chain management (GSCM) practices (specifically, green purchasing, customer cooperation and investment recovery) and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach Drawing from the theoretical underpinning...

Purpose This paper examines the nexus between supply chain social capital (relational social capital and structural social capital), supply chain responsiveness (operations system responsiveness and supplier network responsiveness) and firm performance. Additionally, the study examines the mediating role of supply chain responsiveness on the relati...

Purpose This study provides new insights into antecedents and outcomes of reverse logistics practices by examining green customer salience as the driver of reverse logistics practices and examining environmental performance and green firm reputation as the outcomes of reverse logistics practices. Design/methodology/approach A research model examin...

Smart service ecosystems (SSEs) struggle a lot with interoperability. Interoperability consists of many types but two are of interest in this paper: - (1) syntactic and semantic interoperability, and (2) organizational interoperability. While both have received a fair amount of attention in the literature, there’s little discussion on the alignment...

Online romance fraud (ORF) is a growing concern with such serious negative consequences as financial loss or suicide to the victim. Majority of empirical studies on online romance fraud using attachment, deception, protection motivation and relation theories focus on the victim. While neutralization offers insights into how individuals justify thei...

Purpose-The study aims to examine the relationship between dimensions of supply chain integration (SCI), operational performance and firm performance of firms. The study proposes that internal integration serves as the basis for supplier integration and customer integration and all three dimensions directly enhance operational performance and firm...

Despite the growth of continuous process improvement as an important quality management and improvement paradigm, publication of process improvement studies in top operations management journals have been very limited. In this study, we propose a design science research approach to guide the conduct, presentation and publication of continuous proce...

The research examines the drivers of supply chain integration (SCI) from the competing theoretical perspectives of the relational view and resource-based view theories. Two competing models-a relationship factors model (model 1) and an organizational factors model (model 2) are developed and examined using data from 83 manufacturing and service fir...

Firms seeking to maximize the benefits of data analytics have begun adopting data driven culture. Data driven culture is expected to enhance firm performance outcomes. However, the mechanism through which data driven culture enhances firm performance has received little empirical attention and is little understood. This study proposes that data dri...

This study examines the mechanisms through which IOS-enabled business intelligence enhances supply chain performance of organizations. The study proposes that IOS-enabled business intelligence first impacts information exchange, coordination and integration capabilities, which subsequently enhance supply chain responsiveness and supply chain perfor...

Self-service technologies (SSTs) refer to technological interfaces that enable customers to produce a service independent of direct employee involvement. The use of SSTs in air-travel in African countries has seen remarkable growth in recent years, yet little is known about the factors that account for this. Using the unified theory of acceptance a...

This study draws on the tenets of transaction cost economics to examine the moderating effect of supply chain complexity on the relationship between formal control and social control mechanisms, and operational performance. The study argues that under conditions of increased supply chain complexity, the effect of formal control mechanism on operati...

This paper examines whether supply chain capabilities (i.e., collaboration and coordination) mediate the relationships between interfirm governance mechanisms (i.e., formal control and social control) and supply chain responsiveness in the context of small businesses. Using survey data from 331 small businesses in Ghana, we find that interfirm gove...

Purpose The study examines organizational security culture as the driver of supply chain security (SCS) practices (information management security, facility management security and human resource security). Additionally, the study examines the minimization of occurrence of supply chain disruption as the outcome of SCS practices. Design/methodology...

Inter-organizational Systems (IOS) are network-enabled information systems that extend boundaries of an organization. There is a growing interest among researchers and practitioners to understand how the use of IOS enhances firm performance. In this study, we examine how IOS use impacts an organization’s supply chain management (SCM) capabilities a...

Purpose The study examines how supply chain responsiveness (logistics process responsiveness, operations systems responsiveness and supplier network responsiveness) impacts the ability of firms to attract, satisfy and retain customers. Design/methodology/approach Using a quantitative approach, a total of 250 questionnaires were distributed to firm...

Purpose While there is a growing pool of literature on the drivers of adoption of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices, the literature has not properly explored the role of green capabilities as drivers of GSCM adoption. This study aims to examine four green capabilities (green supplier development, green marketing, green manufacturing an...

Purpose While the concept of supply chain resilience has received lots of scholarly and policy interest over the past few years, empirical research examining its sources and outcomes remains inadequate, particularly, in the context of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Grounded in the resource-based view and social capital frameworks, the study e...

Purpose The number of entrepreneurial start-ups operating in developing countries has grown tremendously in recent years. However, research suggests that most start-ups in developing countries fail shortly after becoming operational. The purpose of this paper explores how supply chain management (SCM) practices may enhance the performance of start-...

Inter-Organizational Systems (IOS), which are information systems that extend beyond organizational borders, have seen growing use in linking companies to their supply chain partners. This paper empirically explores the relationship between IOS use, Supply Chain Capabilities, and Supply Chain Performance. The research model proposes that IOS use di...

Internet fraud has become a global problem attracting the attention of researchers, practitioners and policy makers. Existing empirical theoretical studies on internet crimes have mostly used neutralization and deterrence theories. Despite the insights from these theories, we are still observing an increase in the number of internet crimes. We argu...

Mobile money transfer (MMT) has been one of the success stories of mobile phone services in developing countries, especially in the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region. Studies into the impact of MMT capabilities on microenterprise in the region are still nascent and most have focused on MMT diffusion. The study specifically examines the effect of MMT...

The importance of public procurement cannot be overemphasised, as this is a tool for achieving efficiency and value in acquisition of goods, works and services. Public sector bodies are required to conduct public procurement according to public procurement law. However, user resistance to the compliance of the procurement regulations have been repo...

This paper employs the resource-based view as a theoretical lens to empirically explore how the information technology (IT) outsourcing orientation of an organization impacts its competitive advantage. The study develops a research model to explore the impact of five IT outsourcing orientations (Cost, Flexibility, Innovation, Quality, and Time) on...

Inter-Organizational Systems (IOS) are technologies that facilitate the transfer of information across the borders of an organization. This paper empirically explores the drivers and effects of IOS use in a Sub-Saharan African country, a context not empirically explored in previous studies. The paper proposes that IOS use is driven by institutional...

Most research on the impact of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems implementation on business process outcomes have focused on developed nations. However, Sub-Saharan Africa, a developing region, is a growing ERP market and provides a new context for theory development. We examine the antecedent and outcomes of extent of ERP systems implemen...

The need for firms to collaborate effectively with supply chain partners is a subject of interest to researchers. We conduct an extension study to explore the impact of supply chain collaboration on the logistics performance using firms in Ghana’s petroleum downstream. The results showed relatively higher levels of external collaboration than inter...

Existing literature has suggested that business environment exerts an influence on the successful adoption and use of IT. The factors that impact success of IT implementation in developed countries could be significantly different from those of the developing economies. The present study extends a study by Karimi et al. (2007) that explored the eff...

Healthcare organisations all over the world are looking for ways to improve operational efficiencies at reduced costs without affecting their services. This study was undertaken to first and foremost examine the supply chain practices at KATH Pharmacy, and secondly to assess those practices in the light of industrially accepted best practices. Prim...

The study is a comprehensive evaluation to explore current systems and practice regarding the Patient Flow and resource utilization in an outpatient clinic in both a government and private owned hospitals in Ghana. Currently we are witnessing unprecedented queues in these hospitals. the general information was analyzed by a single-phase queuing sys...

In this study, the researcher developed a modified research model to examine the antecedents and impact of extent of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems implementation on Process Management Capability, and its subsequent impact on firm performance. The existing model was extended by the addition of the following constructs: Ethical Factors,...

This paper examined the cocoa supply chain in Ghana using Transroyal (GH) Ltd as well as producing a supply chain model that is peculiar to transroyal Ghana limited. The paper conducted with strong data reliability and found to address some pertinent factors affecting the logistical drivers of transroyal Ghana Limited. Some of the logistical driver...

Electricity demand is measured by the metered final consumption of end users.Therefore to supply power to consumers, electricity meter become a primary driver for measuring the amount of energy consumed by either industries, small and medium scale enterprises and homes.Due to the continuous demand for meters by client of the electricity company of...

The Mobile Telecommunications industry in Ghana has over the years seen telecommunication firms such as Ghana Telecom (GT) now Vodafone Ghanahas faced a lot of competition from the its competitors. Even though Vodafone the then Ghana telecom was the incumbent but was over taken by Scancom Ghana (now trading under the brand name MTN).Due to the incr...

The cocoa sector in Ghana is of strategic importance to the socio-economic development of the nation. Cocoa has been described as the backbone of Ghana's economy. Finding appropriate solutions to the challenges facing the cocoa industry will assist the country to increase its performance and prevent farmers from smuggling cocoa to neighbouring nati...

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is increasingly becoming the preferred choice of fuel in the world. The increase in patronage could be attributed to its affordability, efficiency and environmental friendliness. Like other energy sources, there are challenges that impede the smooth supply of LPG resulting in shortage. Several factors are involved whic...

In today's highly competitive environment, improper evaluation and selection of the right suppliers can hinder an organizations supply chain performance. The aim of this study is to present a suitable methodology for the evaluation and selection of suppliers in a pharmaceutical manufacturing firm in Ghana. Specifically, the study sought to use the...

Purpose: this study seeks to find the role and impact of transport's intervention in the achievement of the maternal mortality reduction in Ghana. The study used a number of approaches including case study, descriptive and exploratory approaches, and all these were adopted to gain a better understanding on the role of transport in the achievement o...

The study sought among other things to examine the detailed map of Ghana's cocoa value chain (GCVC), the major constraints and opportunities to growth and expansion of GCVC, and proposes strategies to at least mitigate the identified constraints. Questionnaires were used to collect primary data from respondents, mainly smallholder farmers and also...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the pharmaceutical supply chain for artemisinin‐based combination therapies (ACT) in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach This study employed an inductive approach in examining the dynamics of the pharmaceutical supply chain. The study also used analytical hierarchical process in identifying factors th...

In the current system of medical logistics supply chain in Ghana, and especially in the Adansi South District Health Administration, there is little or no evidence of the assessment of users ' perspective and satisfaction with the procurement procedure and importantly of the effectiveness and use of medical items supplied to the hospital. This stud...

Packing or arrangement problems form an integral part in a man's life and cannot be out rightly ignored. Items need to be well arranged and protected to survive the move unscathed. When it is done efficiently, at least to its optimal level, space is saved. A room may become spacious when furniture, bags and other household items are arranged very w...

In this paper the modeling problem we focused on has to do with the transportation of assorted commodities by means of appropriate modes of travel from a set of locations which are supply/ demand points of relief supply chain to/from a single location which represents the theatre of a disaster or humanitarian emergency. Our model deals with the sim...