Alhassan Musah

Ghana Project Manager, YouthSave Consortiumper ORCID
University for Development Studiesper ORCID

Publishing since 2015, latest 2026

Alhassan Musah is an interdisciplinary development professional and researcher with over 20 years of experience in strategy and programme development; in organisational development; in SMEs and Financial Inclusion, Financial Management and Accountability; in development evaluation and sustainability; and in policy research and analysis. Alhassan is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK) and a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants,… More on ORCID

Accounting
Economics and Econometrics
Strategy and Management
Information Systems
Finance
Marketing

Publications: 772015–2026
Citations: 874to those papers
h-index: 18i10-index 26
Field-weighted impact: 5.401.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 45%35 of 77 scored papers
Open access: 74%57 papers free to read

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

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Citations received each year

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Ghana Project ManagerYouthSave Consortium
Department of Sustainable Development StudiesUniversity for Development Studies
Executive DirectorRAINS2003–2010

Education

PhD (Endogenous Development)University for Development Studies
BComUniversity of Cape Coast
MSc Microfinance

Publications

77 in all

Audit committee characteristics and audit quality on risk-taking behaviour of banks in an emerging economy
2022Corporate Ownership and ControlJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.22495/cocv20i1art12
Financial Literacy: A Peep into the Literature and Note for Policy
2022ADVANCES IN BUSINESS RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Accounting4153%
Economics and Econometrics3343%
Strategy and Management1925%
Information Systems1013%
Finance68%
Marketing68%
Information Systems and Management56%
Management of Technology and Innovation56%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management45%
Business and International Management34%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Islamic Finance and Banking Studies12
Corporate Finance and Governance11
Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting10
Economic Growth and Development10
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth9
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion9
Taxation and Compliance Studies8
Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance7
Corporate Taxation and Avoidance7
Environmental Sustainability in Business6
Risk Management in Financial Firms5
Technology Adoption and User Behaviour5

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

17% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom3
Canada2
Denmark1
Ireland1
Bangladesh1
Turkey1
China1
Niger1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Takoradi Technical UniversityGH37 papers
Dominion University CollegeGH13 papers
Ho Technical UniversityGH13 papers
University of GhanaGH12 papers
Academic City College UniversityGH6 papers
University of Education, WinnebaGH5 papers
Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development StudiesGH4 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH4 papers
University of Cape CoastGH3 papers
SOAS University of LondonGB2 papers

Where they publish

Social Sciences & Humanities Open4
Discover Global Society3
Jurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan dan Pembangunan Daerah3
Asian Journal of Economic Modelling2
Cogent Business & Management2
Discover Sustainability2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

17Partnerships for the goals15
8Decent work and economic growth11
4Quality education5
5Gender equality4
16Peace, justice and strong institutions4
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure3
10Reduced inequalities3
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Most cited

Corporate social responsibility disclosures (CSRD), corporate governance and the degree of multinational activities
Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies17
201764 citationsWorld top 10%
Beyond enforcement: what drives tax morale in Ghana?
International Journal of Ethics and Systems
201558 citationsWorld top 10%
The Impact of Capital Structure on Profitability of Commercial Banks in Ghana

, Economics and Business Administration

Universita Degli Studi Di Bergamo

FCCAAssociation of Chartered Certified Accountants

The effect of corporate governance on financial performance of rural banks in Ghana

2021International Journal of Financial Accounting and ManagementJournalOpen accessFirst author33 citations10.35912/ijfam.v2i4.336

The Effect of Ownership Structures on Audit Fees of Listed Firms in Ghana

2021Journal of Accounting and InvestmentJournalOpen accessFirst author7 citations10.18196/jai.v22i2.11337

The Effects of ICT Adoption on Public Sector Performance

2021International Journal of E-AdoptionJournal5 citations10.4018/ijea.2021070103

E-Government Development at the Global Level

2021International Journal of Technology DiffusionJournalSenior author5 citations10.4018/ijtd.2021040102

Determinants of Share Price of Listed Firms in Ghana

2021Economic Insights – Trends and ChallengesJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.51865/eitc.2021.01.06

The Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions on Bank Performance in Ghana

2020Asian Journal of Economics and Empirical ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author21 citations10.20448/journal.501.2020.71.36.45

The Effect of IFRS Adoption on Foreign Direct Investment in Africa

2020Journal of Applied Accounting and TaxationJournalOpen accessFirst author11 citations10.30871/jaat.v5i2.1481

Corporate social responsibility spending of commercial banks: determinants and consequence

2020Jurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan dan Pembangunan DaerahJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.22437/ppd.v8i5.10507

Determinants of Tax Compliance in Ghana:

2019Journal of Applied Accounting and TaxationJournalOpen access47 citations10.30871/jaat.v4i1.935

Factors that influence bond markets development in Ghana

2019Jurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan dan Pembangunan DaerahJournalOpen accessFirst author7 citations10.22437/ppd.v6i4.6075

Accessing Market Entry Strategy in Emerging Markets: A Case Study of Edel Technology Consulting Limited

2019International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.6007/ijarbss/v9-i1/5465

Application of Altman Bankruptcy prediction model in Ghana

2019Jurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan dan Pembangunan DaerahJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.22437/ppd.v7i1.7558

Environmental Reporting in Ghana: Issues and Determinants

2019The International Journal of Humanities & Social StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.24940/10.24940/theijhss/2019/v7/i3/hs1903-020

Financial Management Practices, Firm Growth and Profitability of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs)

2018Information Management and Business ReviewJournalOpen accessFirst author49 citations10.22610/imbr.v10i3.2461

The Impact of Capital Structure on Profitability of Commercial Banks in Ghana

2018Asian Journal of Economic ModellingJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding57 citations10.18488/journal.8.2018.61.21.36

The Impact of Capital Structure Decisions on Firm Performance: The Case of Listed Non-Financial Institutions in Ghana

2018International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting Finance and Management SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding23 citations10.6007/ijarafms/v8-i4/5050

The effects of IFRS adoption and Big 4 audit firms on audit and non-audit fees: Evidence from Ghana

2018Journal of Accounting and Management Information SystemsJournalOpen accessFirst author18 citations10.24818/jamis.2018.03002

Determinants of Audit fees in a Developing Economy: Evidence from Ghana

2017International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding30 citations10.6007/ijarbss/v7-i11/3510