George Acheampong

Also at University of the Witwatersrandfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2010, latest 2026

Management of Technology and Innovation
Accounting
Strategy and Management
Business and International Management
Economics and Econometrics
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

In their own words

Productive Entrepreneurship

Publications: 632010–2026
Citations: 1,120to those papers
h-index: 19i10-index 27
Field-weighted impact: 3.421.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 39%19 of 49 scored papers
Open access: 27%13 of the 49 whose access is recorded

4 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 1,601 citations, h-index 21 and i10-index 30 (1,149 citations and h-index 19 since 2021), as of October 12, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

63 in all

Agglomeration dynamics and firm typologies in African port-industrial clusters: Evidence from the port of Tema, Ghana
2026Journal of Transport GeographyJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2026.104548
Effective and sustainable shipping and port development in Africa
2026WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Management of Technology and Innovation1829%
Accounting1422%
Strategy and Management1321%
Business and International Management1219%
Economics and Econometrics1117%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management1016%
Sociology and Political Science610%
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering58%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance46%
Building and Construction35%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences18
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development12
Corporate Finance and Governance10
International Business and FDI8
Family Business Performance and Succession7
Digital Marketing and Social Media5
Maritime Ports and Logistics5
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion5
Firm Innovation and Growth4
Agricultural Innovations and Practices3
Economic Growth and Development3
Consumer Retail Behavior Studies2

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

39% of their 49 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Denmark10
South Africa7
United Kingdom6
Côte d’Ivoire2
Burkina Faso1
Benin1
Canada1
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Aarhus UniversityDK7 papers
University of the WitwatersrandZA5 papers
University of PlymouthGB3 papers
University of CopenhagenDK3 papers
Africa Rice CenterCI2 papers
University of JohannesburgZA2 papers
Regional Maritime UniversityGH2 papers
Montpellier Business SchoolFR1 paper
Natural Resources InstituteGB1 paper
University of BonnDE1 paper

Where they publish

Thunderbird International Business Review4
European Journal of Business and Management2
International Journal of Business and Globalisation2
Journal of African Business2
Journal of Creativity and Business Innovation2
Management Science Letters2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

8Decent work and economic growth15
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure5
17Partnerships for the goals5
16Peace, justice and strong institutions3
10Reduced inequalities2
1No poverty1
2Zero hunger1
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Most cited

Antecedents of social media usage and performance benefits in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Journal of Enterprise Information Management16
2017269 citationsWorld top 10%
Export promotion programmes and export performanceA study of selected SMEs in the manufacturing sector of Ghana
Review of International Business and Strategy
201786 citations
Liability of foreignness in fast‐expanding markets: evidence from Ghana
Thunderbird International Business Review

Brokering permission under uncertainty: How regulatory sandboxes architect innovation governance

2026Technological Forecasting and Social ChangeJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1016/j.techfore.2026.124812

Towards large scale solar panel adoption: understanding the role of context-specific reasons

2025Journal of responsible production and consumption.JournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1108/jrpc-05-2024-0029

A historical review of the nature, relevance, and challenges of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Africa

2025African Journal of Management ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.4314/ajmr.v32i1.11

Revisiting Entrepreneurship Education in Ghana: Institutional Dynamics, Implications, and the Way Forward

2024Palgrave studies of entrepreneurship and social challenges in developing economiesBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-50128-9_2

Effectuation, business group affiliation and R&D adoption of new ventures in Africa

2023International Journal of Technology Transfer and CommercialisationJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1504/ijttc.2023.130270

Crowdfunding and sustainable enterprises in developing markets

2023Sustainable and responsible investment in developing marketsBook chapterFirst author1 citation

Stakeholder legitimacy and efficiency: the case of innovation at the Port of Tema, Ghana

2022International Journal of Business and GlobalisationJournalOpen accessFirst author5 citations10.1504/ijbg.2022.122317

Personality, Acculturation and Performance of Artisan Entrepreneurs in Ghana

2021Studies on entrepreneurship, structural change and industrial dynamicsBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1007/978-981-16-4795-6_10

The Nature of Corporate Digital Agricultural Entrepreneurship in Ghana

2019Palgrave studies of entrepreneurship in AfricaBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1007/978-3-030-04924-9_8

On the Nature of Non-Farm Household Enterprises and Family Welfare in Ghana

20195TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE - Nigeria 2020PublicationFirst author1 citation

Investment climate constraints, network isomorphism and survival among small commercial poultry farms in Ghana

2019World Review of Entrepreneurship Management and Sustainable DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1504/wremsd.2019.10024110

Africa-to-Africa internationalization: Key issues and outcomes.

2019THUNDERBIRD INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEWJournalFirst author0 citations

Benefitting from alter resources: network diffusion and SME survival

2018Journal of Small Business & EntrepreneurshipJournalFirst authorCorresponding34 citations10.1080/08276331.2018.1462620

Microfinance, gender and entrepreneurial behaviour of families in Ghana

2018Journal of Family Business ManagementJournalFirst authorCorresponding25 citations10.1108/jfbm-09-2017-0028

Resource access mechanisms in networks and SME survival in Ghana

2018Journal of Enterprising Communities People and Places in the Global EconomyJournalFirst author19 citations10.1108/jec-08-2017-0072

Financial institution ties and survival of small commercial poultry farms (SCPFs) in Ghana

2018Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging EconomiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.1108/jeee-08-2017-0061

Explaining Intra‐Africa Internationalization

2018Thunderbird International Business ReviewJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1002/tie.21973

Does past failure inhibit future entrepreneurial intent? Evidence from Ghana

2017Journal of Small Business and Enterprise DevelopmentJournalFirst author48 citations10.1108/jsbed-03-2017-0128

Export promotion programmes and export performance

2017Review of International Business and StrategyJournalSenior author43 citations10.1108/ribs-03-2017-0021

Network ties and survival

2017The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and InnovationJournalFirst authorCorresponding38 citations10.1177/1465750316685337

Innovation and organizational development: the role of organizational leadership

2017African Journal of Economic and Management StudiesJournal30 citations10.1108/ajems-06-2016-0091

Beyond the EJ model: entrepreneurial orientation and industry choice of Ghanaian entrepreneurs

2017Journal of global entrepreneurship researchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.1186/s40497-017-0086-y

Liability of foreignness in fast‐expanding markets: evidence from Ghana

2017Thunderbird International Business ReviewJournalFirst author58 citations

Innovation platform: A tool for sustainable rice production in Ghana

2017Agricultural and Food Science Journal of GhanaJournal2 citations

Export promotion programmes and export performanceA study of selected SMEs in the manufacturing sector of Ghana

2017Review of International Business and StrategyJournalSenior author86 citations

Sustainable Enterprise in Ghana

2016The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise-Volume 1: Africa and Middle EastBook chapterFirst author0 citations

Review of International Business and Strategy

WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs2

How it can be read

27% free to read, of the 49 recorded

Diamond 5 · 8%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 2%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 5 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 36 · 57%Behind a paywall
Unknown 14 · 22%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

8 of 63 papers name a funder

Udenrigsministeriet4
University of Ghana3
University of Ghana Business School2
Aarhus Universitet1
Ministry of Foreign Affairs1

Are SME owner-managers entrepreneurs? Evidence from Ghana

European Journal of Business and Management

201351 citations

Does past failure inhibit future entrepreneurial intent? Evidence from Ghana

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development8

201748 citationsWorld top 10%