Isaac Adjei Mensah

Verified

Isaac verified their affiliation via an institutional email.

Learn more

Verified

Isaac verified their affiliation via an institutional email.

Learn more

• Bsc. Mphil. Ph.D
• LECTURER/RESEARCHER at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Growing economic development and substantial demographic shifts may have a momentous consequence on environmental quality in a number of African countries. Consequently, this recent study offers the opportunity to explore the nexus among unobserved influential economic indicators and environmental quality (measured through CO2 emissions) in a panel...

Large-scale population migration entails changes in productive and consumptive activities, which has enormous implications on the spatial relocation of carbon emissions. This study uses multiple methods to empirically assess the impact of interprovincial population migration of China on its trade-induced carbon transfers from a spatial view over 20...

Green technological innovation and institutional quality are identified as effective mechanisms to mitigate carbon emissions and promote sustainable development. However, few studies have analyzed the role of technological innovation and institutions in reducing emissions from the African perspective. Therefore, this study examines the long-run eff...

The study emphasizes on the impact of online retailers' recovery policies on consumer empowerment and gratification together with repurchase intentions. The research surveyed online shoppers who experienced service failure after which subsequent recovery efforts were made by retailers. The first stage of the study which involved a structural model...

Introduction The global pandemic disease known as the obesity epidemic has spread throughout the planet. Particularly, Africa is facing a growing problem of obesity, and the trend is rising. This is a result of a ticking time bomb. Given the claim that multiple socio-economic factors significantly affect the diversity in obesity rates between natio...

The hybridization of the Multiple Decrement Model (MDM) and the Markov Process Model (MPM) has been explored to estimate the Actuarial Present Value (APV) of benefits for a micro-pension scheme designed for Ghanaian commercial drivers. The challenge of extending pension coverage to the informal sector, characterized by irregular income and limited...

This study introduces a novel bivariate distribution combining the Clayton Archimedean copula and the Dagum distribution, addressing challenges in modeling complex dependencies, skewness, heavy tails, and multimodal distributions. The proposed NBCDagE distribution leverages the Clayton copula’s ability to capture asymmetric dependencies and the Dag...

It has been established that steady supply of energy to various sectors of the economy is critical for societal growth and development. According to recent figures, barely one-third of the whole population in Sub-Saharan Africa has access to electricity, making the region the poorest in the world in terms of access to electrical power today. This s...

In this extant paper, a multivariate time series model using the seemingly unrelated times series equation (SUTSE) framework is proposed to forecast the peak and short-term electricity demand using time series data from February 2, 2014, to August 2, 2018. Further the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method, Gibbs Sampler, together with the Kalman F...

International monitoring organizations call for child mortality indicators to be disaggregated by gender. However, there remains a paucity of studies, especially, from the sub-Saharan region aimed at producing accurate forecasts of child mortality indicators with their sex variations. This study aims at investigating disparities in indicators of ch...

International monitoring organizations call for child mortality indicators to be disaggregated by gender. However, there remains a paucity of studies, especially, from the sub-Saharan region aimed at producing accurate forecasts of child mortality indicators with their sex variations. This study aims at investigating disparities in indicators of ch...

Energy trade has been a hot topic in countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), while cooperation and competition are two elementary modes of international trade. This study examines the cooperation relations in terms of renewable energy trade among BRI countries by constructing a two-layer network model for 1996–2018. We examin...

The study differs substantially from earlier studies, by probing the environmental consequences of foreign aid and selected key economic indicators with a special focus on Sino-Africa. The study focused on China and its top foreign aid recipients in Africa in the last decade. This paper utilizes the Dynamic Augmented Mean Group Estimator (AMG), a r...

This study investigates how inclusive growth is affected by carbon emission, renewable energy, and the new financial development index using 48 African countries categorized into low-income countries (LIC) and middle-income countries (MIC) spanning 2000 to 2018. Bearing in mind the presence of residual cross-sectional reliance and heterogeneity in...

Background Burnout is evidenced to have adverse effect on the well-being of health workers. Although several risk factors of burnout have been found, only a hand full of studies have examined the role of teamwork quality. This study therefore sought to explore the relationship between the sub-dimensions of burnout and teamwork quality. Method This...

Accurate implementation of eco-innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to mitigate climate change and related environmental turmoil emanating from economic activities is always ignored. The study seeks to investigate the role of eco-innovation in enhancing environmental sustainability; the effect of eco-innovation on carbon dioxide (CO[Formula: see...

One of the most commonly debated concerns regarding foreign direct investment inflows is the associated environmental adversities that accompany the influx of foreign funds. As a result, assessing the environmental impacts generated from foreign direct investment inflows is necessary for achieving environmentally-friendly economic growth in the con...

A growing body of literature has highlighted the importance of green innovation and institutional quality in sustainability transitions. However, there is little empirical research knowledge about green innovation and institutional quality as significant factors for sustainable development, particularly in Africa. In this context, the study examine...

This study investigated the link between energy consumption (EC), foreign direct investments (FDI), urbanization (URB) and CO2 emissions in the emerging seven (E7) countries for the period 1991 to 2014. The exploration made a methodological contribution by employing modern econometric methods that are robust to the issues of cross-sectional depende...

Considering the advancement of economic globalization, the reasons for migration together with the lifestyles of migrants will change the use of energy, environment of origin and destination. This study therefore explores the patterns of global trade-induced carbon emission transfers using “center-of-gravity” and complex network analysis. We furthe...

Reliable forecasting of crude oil price has received a prodigious attention by both investment companies and governments. Motivated by this issue, this paper seeks to propose a new hybrid forecasting model for crude oil price trend prediction. For this purpose, the crude oil price series is initially decomposed by variational mode decomposition alg...

The hospitality industry of Ghana has seen massive improvements in the past decade. However, literature on the nexus between innovation and the performance of this industry remain scanty. Therefore, this study examines the relationship between innovation (technological and non-technological innovation) and the performance of star-rated hotels in Gh...

As corporations expand, the owners (principals) delegate managers (agents) to manage their wealth on their behalf. Ceding the management authority to others means shareholders must institute mechanisms that keep their interests aligned with those of managers. One of such corporate governance mechanism that helps with the interest alignment goal is...

This paper explored the link between energy consumption and carbon emissions in North Africa through an Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) framework. Panel data extracted from the data base of the World Development Indicators (WDI) for the period 1990–2015 were used for the study. In the analytical process, more modern econometric techniques that ar...

he paper examines the association between health expenditure, carbon emission, economic growth, natural resources, and population in developing countries for 2000–2018. It further explores the relationship between these variables over the same period. The study applied Pooled mean group (PMG) and Dynamic ordinary least square (DOLS) estimations to...

This study examined the nexus between urbanization and carbon emissions in West Africa. Second-generation econometric techniques that are robust to cross-sectional dependence and slope heterogeneity were used for the study. From the Pesaran–Yamagata homogeneity test, the slope coefficients were heterogeneous in nature. Also, the Breusch–Pagan LM te...

With the rapid development of economies, the problem of water resources availability particularly in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) has increased significantly. Specifically, in recent times, addressing the challenge of access to water resources has become a global issue of which countries in SSA are not exceptional since the adequate supply of potable wa...

Burnout is an important issue which has attracted the attention of physicians and health practitioners. Several studies have reported the negative effect of physician burnout and the adverse effect it has on the individual and health institutions. This study therefore examined the moderating effect of perceived organizational support on the relatio...

The Southern African Development Community is lagging behind in terms of knowledge economy relative to other regions worldwide. This dramatically reduces the chances of keeping up with their economically established counterparts in terms of sustainable development. This paper therefore, applies multivariate panel data analysis which is predicted on...

Strategic decisions like supply chain integration and interfirm value co-creation are significant to SMEs' performance. Therefore, this paper aims to find out the relationships between supply chain integration, interfirm value co-creation, and firm performance in Ghanaian SMEs. We employed a structural equation model (SEM) to estimate the responses...

Heat exposure studies over the last decade have shown little attention in assessing and reporting the psychometric properties of the various scales used to measure impacts of occupational heat stress on workers. A descriptive cross-sectional survey including 320 small- and large-scale mining workers was employed to assess the construct validity of...

This study focuses on the evaluation of the green procurement practices among 7 mining hospitals in Ghana via qualitative analysis techniques. Thus, in this study, based on a 5-year case study, the practices of procurement officers in 7 hospitals belonging to mining companies in Ghana are explored. Within this period, interviews were conducted with...

Innovation, which leads to process changes and product development, tends to increase the sustenance of companies and helps firms to expand faster and more effectively, eventually more profitably than non-innovators. Innovation is commonly seen as a key source of sustainable competitive advantage in a changing environment. However, the success of t...

Despite the potency of Financial Technology (FinTech) in facilitating financial inclusion, the determinants of the diffusion in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) remain intricate. Consequently, the study assesses the determinants of the diffusion of FinTech Payment Services (mobile money, card, and online payments) by SMEs in the context of...

The dissipation kinetics, pre-harvest residue limits, and hazard quotient (HQ) assessments of the pesticides flubendiamide and fluopicolide were conducted for Korean melon (Cucumis melo L. var. makuwa) cultivated at two different sites. A single extraction and cleanup procedure was carried out using acetone (partitioned with dichloromethane) and am...

Trade openness is one of the main channels of globalization and technological transfers. In environmental economic literature, the implications of trade openness remain controversial and still could be potential drivers of carbon dioxide emissions. This study therefore explores the effect of trade openness in developed countries using EU-18 economi...

The aim of this research was to establish the nexus between liquidity and the viability of quoted non-financial establishments in Ghana. Panel data deduced from the published annual reports of 15 entities for the period 2008 to 2017 was employed for the study. Preliminarily, cross-sectional reliance, unit root, serial correlation, heteroscedasticit...

This study examined the nexus between carbon emissions, renewable energy consumption, and the economic growth of West African countries for the period 1990 to 2018. To be able to uncover reliable and valid findings, more robust panel estimation methods were employed for the study. From the heterogeneity and cross-sectional dependence tests, the stu...

In the context of global warming, increasing carbon productivity is an important way to balance environmental goals with economic growth and development. In this study, we measure the provincial industrial carbon productivity (ICP) in China. Employing spatial production-theoretical decomposition analysis and data from the industrial sector in each...

Recognizing the recent pace of globalization and greenhouse gas emissions growth, this study compares the dynamic nexus amid carbon emissions, trade, energy usage, urbanization, and output via panels from the OECD and Belt and Road economies over the period 1992-2015. The observed countries are group into three economies for policy perspective (Ful...

This research seeks to confirm the achievement of sustainable development goals in Sub-Sahara Africa. In view of this, a series for 35 Sub-Saharan Africa countries divided into two sub-panels based on their income groupings, namely low income, and middle-income countries, from 2000 to 2014 with a cross-sectional dependence among the series was used...

This study determines the relationship between economic growth, foreign direct investment, energy intensity, and carbon dioxide emissions along the Belt and Road initiative considering their income classification. The study employs data from 1995 to 2015, the panel unit root test, Westerlund cointegration test, augmented mean group estimation, and...

The financial landscape of sub-Sahara Africa is undergoing major changes due to the advent of FinTech, which has seen mobile payments boom in the region. This paper examines the salient role of mobile payments in traditional banks' drive toward financial accessibility in sub-Sahara Africa by using panel econometric approaches that consider the issu...

Education reform has led to the replacement of public senior high schools by the governing council, which is responsible for handling and managing the flow of resources in Ghana. Notwithstanding these lawful necessities and government financial provision for schools, it is unfortunate that poor facilities, poor performance and low morale among both...

The main focus of this current paper is to investigate the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on growth of total factor productivity (TFP) of Sierra Leone using financial development (FD) and trade openness (TR) as intermittent variables for the period 1990-2016. Further, this paper intends to identify the direction of causal affiliations am...

This current paper explores the nexus amid human resource management practices and employee turnover intentions in private organizations in an evolving economy, Ghana. Particularly, the study is centered on the mediating role of job satisfaction within the relationship between human resource management and employee turnover intentions. The study de...

The rapid progress in GDP of China has rendered it the second fastest bourgeoning economies in the world in recent time. This is as an aftereffect of the economic restructurings the administration of China introduced in 1978 which allowed for both private and state institutions to operate locally and universally. This paper explores the relationshi...

This present study uses a panel of 24 countries over the period of 1990-2015 to analyze proposed determinants of energy consumption in Africa. The panel is categorized into LI, LMI and UMI African economies. Applying econometric tests and DCCE estimator through a specified DHPD model, issues of heterogeneity and cross-sectional reliance were consid...

In every aspect of life, management has become a crosscutting tool and the axis of performance. There is a broad and ongoing discussion in our academic institutions about the impact of effective management on academic performance. This study, therefore, sought to analyze the effects of school management functions on the likelihood to enhance the ac...

The purpose of this study was to explore the link between operational efficiency and the financial performance of non-financial firms listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). Specifically, the study sought to determine the association between operational efficiency and the firms' financial performance as measured by ROA; examine the connection bet...

This research seeks to enhance the current literature by exploring the nexus among environmental contamination, economic growth, energy use and foreign direct investment in 6 Selected Sub-Saharan-African-nations for a time of 34 years (1980-2014). By applying, panel unit root (CADF and CIPS, Cross-sectional independence test), panel cointegration (...

This study seeks to improve the process of managing and securing personal information (name, age, place of residence, telephone number, disease and so on) of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) subscribers of Ghana. Data was collected from the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in Kumasi, Ghana on claims dating from 2010 to 2016. Bi...

For stochastic time series modelling, an essential property is the underlying statistical model that is assumed to govern the number of defective parts of PCBs in a production process in the manufacturing industries in Ghana. The data points were assumed to exhibit Markov dependency with respective state transition probabilities matrices following...

As an important kind of renewable energy, China's photovoltaic (PV) industry has experienced many challenges in different historical stages. Many PV enterprises emerge in the stock market, correlate with each other, and form China's PV stock market network. However, the mutual influence between any two companies in the stock market is impacted by o...

Business to business electronic commerce (B2B EC) adoption has experienced rapid growth in recent times and has become one of the fastest technology adoptions among small and medium-sized enterprises to gain and sustain competitive advantage. A firm’s resource capabilities and endowments influence the different levels of B2B EC adoption that leads...

The emergence of information technologies has impacted on hospitality organisations, product-related processes and consumers’ experiences of the hospitality industry. Our study sought to examine the extent to which tourists patronizing hospitality facilities in selected cities in Ghana, use social media platforms, the period they utilize these plat...

This paper develops and investigates a model of boundary decisions of inter-organisational relationship governance mechanisms in the mobile communication industry. The measurement variables of the framework were obtained from Williamson’s transaction cost analysis and modelled through canonical correlation analysis, which is estimated with empirica...

Dental carries is a disease with both high prevalence and severity in adults’ worldwide population. Dental carries affect over half of the population in both developed and developing countries globally. Since the outcomes from dental carries are mostly discrete, they are often modelled using count regression models. It is therefore the purpose of t...

According to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (2007), Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite that lives part of its life in humans and part in mosquitoes. Malaria remains one of the major killers of humans worldwide, threatening the lives of more than one-third of the world’s population. It thrives in the tropical areas of A...

The aim of this research was to examine the relationship between the direct major causes of maternal mortality and some indirect factors (Age, Parity and Gravida) through a canonical correlation analysis-in which a relational model was used. The canonical correlation analysis was conducted using the direct major causes of maternal mortality which i...

and superstitions. Since the occurrences of these accidents are discrete, they are often modelled using count regression models. It is therefore the purpose of this study to determine an appropriate count regression model that adequately fits road accidents in Ghana and determine the key predictors using the appropriate model with respect to the ex...

Maternal mortality in Ghana continues to be a major public health problem despite many strategies devised by the international community to reduce it. The United Nations (UN, 2009) report indicates that more than 1500 women die each day from pregnancy related causes resulting in an estimated figure of 550,000 maternal deaths annually. This paper ap...