Prof. Daniel Agyapong

• PhD
• Head of Programmes at University of Cape Coast

Introduction This study examined the effects of circular economy practices on the integrated waste management industry, drawing on the stakeholder theory. This study examined how the performance of Ghanaian waste management companies is affected by circular economy strategies, particularly upcycling and was recovery. Methods About 7,190 firms regi...

This study focused on developing an insight into the decision making process which lenders employ in granting loans to SME borrowers. Questionnaires were administered on selected bank branch managers of conventional banks, rural banks and savings and loans companies. Findings from this study has brought to the fore some interesting revelations. The...

The purpose of this research was to examine how monitoring and evaluation systems affect small and medium-sized businesses in selected Ghanaian metropolises. The research design used was explanatory. The population for this study comprised owner-managers of SMEs in Ghana captured in the GEA and the AGI databases. From these two sources, a sampling...

Issues relating to Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) have been established as a key and fundamental tool for the successful implementation of projects regardless of the industry. The study therefore sought to address the following questions: what effect do monitoring and evaluation practices have on tech start-ups project outcomes, as well as the rol...

This paper examined the mediating role of emotional intelligence in the relationship between psychological empowerment and job performance. The quantitative approach was employed using a survey research design with a sample of 289 respondents from the star-rated hotels in the Central Region, Ghana. The explanatory research design was adopted to exp...

Developing nations face institutional impediments in the implementation of sustainable procurement strategies. However, in the right institutional environment, these countries can overcome any hindrance and successfully implement sustainable procurement strategies to promote economic growth and environmental stewardship. Accordingly, this study exa...

The study examines the antecedents of circular economy financing and investment supply and the role of the financial environment in Ghana. It employed the survey technique to solicit the views of owners/managers of integrated waste management firms. PLS-SEM was used to analyse the data obtained. The results revealed financial readiness, and investm...

This paper expands on financial literacy, access to digital finance, and SME performance in the Central Region of Ghana. First, the study analysed SMEs’ digital platform knowledge and utilisation. It examined the relationship between financial literacy, access to digital finance, and SME performance. The paper discussed the mediating influence of a...

The study analysed the dynamics of necessity-driven entrepreneurs, using the sociological approach to start-ups. The paper explored the risk appetite and the entrepreneurial potential of those involved in the street hawking business. Utilising the sequential transformative design, structured interviews were used to collect data from 306 street hawk...

The negative impact of mining activities on mining communities has received increased calls for mining firms to engage in management practices that are deemed to be environmentally friendly. Using the ecological modernisation theory, the study sought to examine which of the environmentally accepted supply chain management practices should be encour...

This study provides an analysis of chaotic information transmission from the COVID-19 pandemic to global equity markets in a novel denoised frequency domain entropy framework. The current length of the pandemic data offers the opportunity to examine its role in the asymmetric behaviour patterns of investors according to time horizons and the divers...

This paper employed wavelet coherence and partial wavelet coherence to investigate the time-frequency effect of global economic policy uncertainty on the comovement of five agricultural commodities such as maize, oat, rice, soybean, and wheat using monthly data from January 1997 to December 2019. In general, we observed heterogeneity in comovement...

Teacher motivation influences teachers' actions in the classroom and student achievement. Grounded in the FIT-Choice model, the study investigated the perception of preservice teachers about accounting teaching profession. Again, the study examined the motivational factors that attract preservice teachers to the accounting teaching profession. Desc...

This study explores how global economic policy uncertainty (EPU) shocks comove with stock returns (SR) of eight African countries—Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zambia. The study employed daily data from December 2010 to December 2019 using wavelet coherence analysis. The results showed that global EPU comoves...

The digital economy has revolutionised financial service provision and compelled financial services institutions to adopt technologies that help deliver quality service at a minimal cost. Due to the recent disturbance in the financial sector in the country, there is an urgent need for financial service providers to adopt relevant technologies to he...

Financial literacy enables owner-managers of SMEs to understand and assess their own financial needs and make rational financial decisions. The paper explores the financial literacy of owner-managers of SMEs in the Cape Coast Metropolis and how such literacy influences the performance of their businesses. The study population were owner-managers of...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role external debt and foreign direct investment play in influencing financial development in Africa. Design/methodology/approach Annual data on external debt, foreign direct investment and financial development were extracted from the World Bank World Development Indicators from 2002 to 2015. Th...

The study examines the effect of capital inflows on financial development in Ghana. The study employs the Johansen and Juselius multivariate cointegration approach in analysing the interactions between the variables using annual data spanning 1970 to 2014. The results show foreign direct investment (FDI), external debt, and remittance inflows have...

The paper analyses the compensation-intention to quit relationship in one of the technical universities in Ghana. Employing a descriptive survey design, data on the variables are collected using one hundred self-administered valid questionnaires. Data collected were analysed by means of structural equation modelling. The results show there is no si...

For the purpose of withstanding the fierce competition in the banking sector, various banks in Ghana requires employees to display emotions whenever dealing with customers. However, these emotions come with their own consequences. The question is could social support provided by these banks serve as a way to mitigate the negative outcomes of such b...

Purpose The purpose of the study was to examine tax stamp evasion at Twifu Atti-Morkwa and Hemang Lower Denkyira Districts in the Central Region of Ghana. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design to sample 305 micro-taxpayers through the use of multi-stage sampling technique. Primary data was collected from t...

This issue offers the last instalment of the special issue focusing on African entrepreneurship. The call has produced 24 published manuscripts which is a reflection of the considerable interest in the area as a research focus. The initial instalment entitled “Entrepreneurial Dynamics in Africa”, explored various aspects of entrepreneurial behaviou...

The book aims to explore the future opportunities, challenges, growth areas and key themes which will shape entrepreneurship over the next decade in the African continent. The book explores entrepreneurship as an enabler for socio-economic growth and development in Africa, especially in the context of youth unemployment and increasing youth populat...

This issue represents part of the special issue exploring Entrepreneurial dynamics in Africa. The first issue explored entrepreneurial behaviour and small business practice (Jones et al, 2018). This issue presents eight papers examining entrepreneurial and eco-systems issues in an African context. The growth of effective entrepreneurship in Africa...

This special issue was motivated by the desire to offer fresh and current insights into African Entrepreneurship and to provide a voice for African scholars doing research in entrepreneurship and small business development. The phenomenon of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial behaviour in the developed world is well represented in the academic li...

The sustainability of water facilities is one of the major challenges in the delivery of safe water to rural communities and small towns in Ghana. This study therefore aimed at assessing the financial sustainability of the small towns water systems in the Eastern Region based on the level of cost recovery. Secondary Data collected from various STWS...

The Centre for Entrepreneurship and Small Enterprise Development (CESED) grows and supports entrepreneurial thinking and practice through education, training and research. These objectives are achieved through three interrelated activities: entrepreneurship education, research and publications, and business incubation. CESED has also established li...

The waste of electrical and electronic equipment pose an environmental and human health challenge for some developing countries, including Ghana. Despite such challenges, it contributes to job creation and income generation if properly collected and processed. This type of waste may contain precious minerals including gold and mercury. However, the...

The paper investigates the effect of gender diversity in the boardroom on the financial performance of non-financial listed firms in Ghana using panel data between 2007 and 2011. The fixed and random effects approaches were used in analysing the data. The findings revealed that the percentage of women on board have no statistically significant rela...

The quest of introducing a single currency in West Africa seems to be long overdue. Already, there have been three postponements and a fourth postponement is likely according to experts, simply because member countries continue to struggle to achieve the convergence criteria that were set at their initial meeting. The criteria include a single digi...

The merging and sustenance of the economies of different countries require the integration of several aspects of those economies, including price levels and money market activities. The member countries within the West African Monetary Zone have resolved to introduce a single currency, the ECO. It is therefore, necessary to assess their readiness b...

The capital market plays a significant role in the development of an economy and hence an important determinant of regionalisation and single currency area formation. Stock and other capital markets have been found to predict and promote economic activities. The equity markets have been found to predict recession. As the Anglophone countries in Wes...

The role of small and medium enterprises in Ghana cannot be overemphasized. They provide the bulk of income for people in most of the deprived communities in the country. In rural Ghana, SMEs are the main source of employment, contribute to community and national development, and serve as a basis of entrepreneurial development. Although statistics...

The paper empirically investigates the issue of macroeconomic convergence in the West Africa Monetary Zone (WAMZ) using monthly data from 1990:01 to 2010:05 as part of the ongoing discussion on the single currency for West Africa, The ECO initiative. The study specifically examines exchange and inflation rates convergence and finds no evidence of c...

The role of SMEs in the economic development of a country cannot be overemphasized. They contribute to employment, GDP, innovations, human resource development and poverty alleviation. However, they are constrained by access to credit. The main objective of this paper was to develop an alternative model for raising funds. It also looked at why lend...

As West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ), in Africa is working hard to achieve convergence criteria as a sign of readiness of the five aspiring member states. The issue of similarity of behaviour of macroeconomic indicators has become very important. This paper examines the long term sustainability of the union by examining the dynamics of exchange rat...

The goal of ECOWAS is to introduce a common currency by 2020 by integrating the CFA franc currently used by the Francophone countries and the ECO of the Anglophone countries of West Africa. The approach to introducing the ECO is similar to that used to introduce the EURO within the European Union. The euzone is going through a period of crises and...

The debate as to whether the developments in the foreign exchange markets have repercussions for the stock markets have become one of the tenets in financial economics. This paper argues that although some empirical studies found no relationship between these two important markets, recent developments in the financial world such as the effect of th...

The paper empirically investigates the relationship between bank competition, stock market and economic growth in Ghana using time series data for the period between 1992 and 2009. Short and long run relationship were established within the frameworks of Granger causality and the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL)/ Dynamic Ordinary Least Square...

The study looked at the relationship between Stock Markets and Foreign Exchange market, and determined whether movements in exchange rates have an effect on stock market in Ghana. The Exponential Generalised Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedascity (EGARCH) model was used in establishing the relationship between exchange rate volatility and stoc...

The critical role small enterprises play in economic growth of developing economies has been recognised. Policy makers have therefore initiated policies and programmes to promote their growth and sustainability. Despite the important roles they play in the Ghanaian economy their financial performance has not been impressive due to the orientation o...