Ernest Christian Winful

Associate Professor, Accra Technical University, since 2002per ORCID

Publishing since 2014, latest 2026

Prof. Ernest Christian Winful (PhD) is an Astute Researcher, a Certified Research Fellow of Institute of Certified Economists of Ghana and a Member of the Institute of Directors, Ghana, since 2011. He has 20-plus years of experiences in providing comprehensively high-quality teaching and research for Ghana and the world at large. He has several published articles and conference presentations to his credit in the areas of Financial Economics, Social Entrepreneurs and… More on ORCID

Finance
Management of Technology and Innovation
Accounting
Economics and Econometrics
Strategy and Management
Business and International Management

Publications: 212014–2026
Citations: 147to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 1.851.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 38%8 of 21 scored papers
Open access: 86%18 papers free to read

5 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor, Accounting and FinanceAccra Technical Universitysince 2002

Education

Bachelor in Economics, School of EconomicsUniversity of Cape Coast1993–1997
PhD, School of EconomicsUniversity of Cape Coast2017

Honours, memberships and service

Institute of Directors
FellowInstitute of Certified Economist

Publications

21 in all

Setting the Agenda in the Digital Age: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Sustainability: An International Comparison
2026Responsible leadership and sustainable managementBook chapter0 citations10.1007/978-981-95-2717-5_4
The parallel mediation role of social entrepreneurship orientation in the nexus between climate change awareness and green entrepreneurial intention: a hybrid PLS-SEM-NCA approach

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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

Finance943%
Management of Technology and Innovation943%
Accounting733%
Economics and Econometrics733%
Strategy and Management419%
Business and International Management314%
Education210%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance210%
Management Science and Operations Research210%
Marketing210%

Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences8
Banking stability, regulation, efficiency4
Community Development and Social Impact3
Corporate Finance and Governance3
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development3
Islamic Finance and Banking Studies3
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion3
Efficiency Analysis Using DEA2
Environmental Sustainability in Business2
Financial Markets and Investment Strategies2
Higher Education and Employability2
Insurance and Financial Risk Management2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

48% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom8
United States3
India2
Netherlands1
Nepal1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of HuddersfieldGB8 papers
University of Greater ManchesterGB7 papers
University of DelhiIN2 papers
Rollins CollegeUS2 papers
Oxford Brookes UniversityGB2 papers
Cardiff UniversityGB1 paper
Walden UniversityUS1 paper
Manchester CollegeGB1 paper
Pokhara UniversityNP1 paper
The Hague University of Applied SciencesNL1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Economics and International Finance6
European Journal of Business Management and Research2
AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT1
Emerald Open Research1
Entrepreneurship Education1
Environment Development and Sustainability1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

8Decent work and economic growth8
17Partnerships for the goals3
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

Social enterprises and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): a means to an end
Environment Development and Sustainability
202427 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Social enterprise as a model for change: mapping a global cross-disciplinary framework
Entrepreneurship Education8
202225 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Journal of global entrepreneurship research

Social enterprises and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): a means to an end

2024Environment Development and SustainabilityJournalOpen access27 citations10.1007/s10668-024-05359-x

Examining the role of financial characteristics of micro and small enterprises in accessing debt financing: evidence from Ghana

2024International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478)JournalOpen access1 citation10.20525/ijrbs.v13i7.3680

The Relationship Between Capital Structure and Financial Performance of Firms in Ghana and Nigeria

2022European Journal of Business Management and ResearchJournalOpen access22 citations10.24018/ejbmr.2022.7.1.1282

Financial Inclusion and Economic Development in Africa

2022European Journal of Business Management and ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author7 citations10.24018/ejbmr.2022.7.2.1325

Valorization of Plastic Waste in Ghana

2021International Journal of Sustainable Economies ManagementJournal0 citations10.4018/ijsem.2021040103

Financial sector readiness to support economic activities under COVID-19: The case of African continent

2020Journal of Economics and International FinanceJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.5897/jeif2020.1077

Bank efficiency and default risk: The case of Ghana

2017Journal of Economics and International FinanceJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.5897/jeif2017.0846

Bank efficiency and stock returns

2017Journal of Economics and International FinanceJournalOpen access3 citations10.5897/jeif2016.0805

Determinants of efficiency in the Ghanaian banking industry

2017Journal of Economics and International FinanceJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.5897/jeif2017.0854

Relationship between institutional quality and stock market performance: Evidence from emerging economies

2016AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENTJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding19 citations10.5897/ajbm2016.8153

Macroeconomic variables and stock market performance of emerging countries

2016Journal of Economics and International FinanceJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.5897/jeif2016.0743

Assessing the performance of banks listed on Ghana stock exchange: Financial ratio analysis (2005 to 2011)

2014Journal of Economics and International FinanceJournalOpen accessFirst author5 citations10.5897/jeif2013.0562

International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478)1

International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management1

How it can be read

86% free to read

Diamond 11 · 52%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 19%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 14%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 3 · 14%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 21 papers name a funder

British Council1
University of East London1

European Journal of Business Management and Research

202222 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond

Relationship between institutional quality and stock market performance: Evidence from emerging economies

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT17

201619 citationsOpen access · Diamond