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  1. The value of being second: Exploring the legitimation work of second-mover platform ventures in underdeveloped markets

    Article • Journal of International Management, October 2026, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  2. The local mediation of rural cultural governance: Problematization, asymmetry, and displaced agency in China's rural cultural revitalization

    Article • Journal of Rural Studies, September 2026, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  3. Exploring the practice of business support in resource-constrained contexts

    Article • The Journal of Technology Transfer, August 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Sarpong

  4. The ‘legging up’ burden: Hidden struggles of model minorities in racialized mentoring at work

    Article • Organization Studies, August 2026, SAGE Publications

    Dr David Sarpong

  5. The formalization of artisanal and small-scale mining: Taking stock and charting the future

    Article • Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, August 2026, SAGE Publications

    Dr David Sarpong

  6. ‘Strategies of the strong, tactics of the weak’: Exploring the dynamics of resistance against power and its manifestations on artisanal and small-scale mining

    Article • Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, August 2026, SAGE Publications

    Dr David Sarpong

  7. Climate change, artisanal and small-scale mining, and livelihood diversification: Whither the agrarian workforce?

    Article • Environmental Science & Policy, July 2026, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  8. Adaptive emergence of platform governance in contexts of underdeveloped markets and informality

    Article • Long Range Planning, June 2026, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  9. Sustainability Orientation and Sustainable Innovation: Can Organisational Resilience Clarify the Missing Link?

    Article • Business Strategy and the Environment, April 2026, Wiley

    Dr David Sarpong

  10. Exploring the practice of coping among non-EU migrant care workers in the UK

    Article • Economic and Industrial Democracy, March 2026, SAGE Publications

    Dr David Sarpong

  11. Performance measurement systems, organisational learning, and the sustainability–finance tension

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, February 2026, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  12. The metaverse: a product-service innovation canvas for co-creating and capturing value

    Article • Journal of Business Strategy, December 2025, Emerald

    Dr David Sarpong

  13. Friends or foes: Can large-scale mining companies partner with small-scale miners? Yes, they can?

    Article • Journal of Rural Studies, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  14. Simplicity beyond complexity: a pluralist approach to the practice and teaching of strategy

    Article • Journal of Knowledge Management, September 2025, Emerald

    Dr David Sarpong

  15. Gamifying Green: Sustainable Innovation Through Digital Platform Ecosystems

    Article • Thunderbird International Business Review, July 2025, Wiley

    Dr David Sarpong

  16. From science management to innovation management: New forms of science-industry relations and knowledge transfer

    Article • Technovation, July 2025, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  17. The impact of university-industry engagement and the rise of competency transfer partnerships

    Article • The Journal of Technology Transfer, June 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Sarpong

  18. On the dynamics of intersectional (in)visibility: Women early career researchers negotiating authenticity at work

    Article • Human Relations, March 2025, SAGE Publications

    Professor Mairi Maclean, Dr David Sarpong

  19. How managers ‘make meaning’ of business tournament rituals

    Article • Journal of Business Research, February 2025, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  20. Innovation and internationalisation in a digital world: the focal role of innovation incubators

    Article • European J of International Management, January 2025, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr David Sarpong

  21. Exploring What Makes Business Good? Organizing for Social Good

    Article • Strategic Change, January 2025, Wiley

    Dr David Sarpong

  22. Short-term gain, long-term loss: Exploring the effects of Covid-19 survival strategies on rural livelihoods and the agrarian economy

    Article • Journal of Rural Studies, January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  23. Christianity and entrepreneurship

    Article • Journal of Strategy and Management, December 2024, Emerald

    Dr David Sarpong

  24. On the consequences of AI bias: when moral values supersede algorithm bias

    Article • Journal of Managerial Psychology, October 2024, Emerald

    Dr David Sarpong

  25. Advancing the common good through business excellence awards: A legitimacy‐seeking perspective

    Article • Strategic Change, October 2024, Wiley

    Dr David Sarpong

  26. Exploring the resource mobilization process in social enterprises in China: a bricolage and social exchange perspective

    Article • International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, August 2024, Emerald

    Dr David Sarpong

  27. A meaning-making perspective on digital ridesharing platforms in underdeveloped markets

    Article • International Marketing Review, July 2024, Emerald

    Dr David Sarpong

  28. In Defence of the Indefensible: Exploring Justification Narratives of Corporate Elites Accused of Corruption

    Article • Journal of Business Ethics, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Sarpong

  29. Ban mining, ban dining? Re(examining) the policy and practice of ‘militarised conservationism’ on ASM operations

    Article • The Extractive Industries and Society, March 2024, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  30. ‘Mining women’ and livelihoods: Examining the dominant and emerging issues in the ASM gendered economic space

    Article • Economic and Industrial Democracy, January 2024, SAGE Publications

    Dr David Sarpong

  31. Interactions Between Traditional and Reversed IT Adoption: How Incumbent Devices Affect Cross-Situational Specialization of New Entries

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, January 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr David Sarpong

  32. Rethinking the near collapse of certification programmes in commodity value chains: A temporal myopia perspective

    Article • Journal of Rural Studies, October 2023, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  33. Cocoa production, farmlands, and the galamsey: Examining current and emerging trends in the ASM-agriculture nexus

    Article • Journal of Rural Studies, July 2023, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  34. Industry–University Collaborations in Emerging Economies: A Legitimacy Perspective

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, July 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr David Sarpong

  35. Phoenix rising: Rebounding to venture again post firm-failure

    Article • Industrial Marketing Management, July 2023, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  36. Collaborative closed-loop supply chain framework for sustainable manufacturing: Evidence from the Indian packaging industry

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, June 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Qile He, Dr David Sarpong

  37. How TalkTalk did the walk-walk: strategic reputational repair in a cyber-attack

    Article • Information Technology and People, May 2023, Emerald

    Dr David Sarpong

  38. A phoenix rising? The regeneration of the Ghana garment and textile industry

    Article • Socio-Economic Review, May 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David Sarpong

  39. On the consequences of scarcity mindset: How ‘having too little’ means so much for ethnic venture failure

    Article • European Management Journal, April 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Mairi Maclean, Dr David Sarpong

  40. The three pointers of research and development (R&D) for growth-boosting sustainable innovation system

    Article • Technovation, April 2023, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  41. Coopetition in the platform economy from ethical and firm performance perspectives

    Article • Journal of Business Research, March 2023, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  42. Relational interdependencies and the intra-EU mobility of African European Citizens

    Article • Human Relations, January 2023, SAGE Publications

    Professor Mairi Maclean, Dr David Sarpong

  43. Organizational Digital Literacy and Enterprise Digital Transformation: Evidence From Chinese Listed Companies

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, January 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Qile He, Dr David Sarpong

  44. Defying the gloom: In search of the ‘golden’ practices of small-scale mining operations

    Article • Environmental Science & Policy, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  45. Guest Editorial: Cyber-Attacks, Strategic Cyber-Foresight, and Security

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, December 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Bruno Brandão Fischer, Dr David Sarpong

  46. Gender and artisanal and small-scale mining: Exploring women's livelihood and occupational roles in formalised settings

    Article • Journal of Rural Studies, December 2022, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  47. Crossing the Rubicon: exploring migrants’ transition out of military service into civilian work

    Article • The International Journal of Human Resource Management, November 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David Sarpong

  48. Crafting Organisational Resilience Through Managerial Performance

    Article • October 2022, Emerald

    Dr David Sarpong

  49. Chain upgrading, technology transfer, and legitimacy: The Schumpeterian character of China in the information and communication technology sector in SSA

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, October 2022, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  50. A Notsie narrative perspective on turnover in the UK financial services industry

    Article • Africa Journal of Management, August 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Mairi Maclean, Dr David Sarpong

  51. Beyond the doom: Sustainable water management practices of small-scale mining operations

    Article • Resources Policy, August 2022, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  52. Can university-industry-government collaborations drive a 3D printing revolution in Africa? A triple helix model of technological leapfrogging in additive manufacturing

    Article • Technology in Society, May 2022, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  53. Mineral exhaustion, livelihoods and persistence of vulnerabilities in ASM settings

    Article • Journal of Rural Studies, May 2022, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  54. Collaborative Strategic Foresight and New Product Development in Chinese Pharmaceutical Firms

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, April 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr David Sarpong

  55. Collecting badges: Understanding the gold rush for business excellence awards

    Article • European Management Review, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr David Sarpong

  56. The Airbus bribery scandal: A collective myopia perspective

    Article • European Management Review, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr David Sarpong

  57. Sustainability-driven co-opetition in supply chains as strategic capabilities: drivers, facilitators, and barriers

    Article • International Journal of Production Research, February 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Qile He, Dr David Sarpong

  58. Regulatory review of new product innovation: Conceptual clarity and future research directions

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  59. China in Africa: On the Competing Perspectives of the Value of Sino-Africa Business Relationships

    Article • Journal of Economic Issues, January 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David Sarpong

  60. A review of micro‐practices in commodity value chains in the global south

    Article • Strategic Change, January 2022, Wiley

    Dr David Sarpong

  61. Careers of commercially successful female entrepreneurs in context of underdeveloped markets and weak institutions

    Article • International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, December 2021, Emerald

    Dr David Sarpong

  62. Taking stock and charting the future: the management and implications of DIY laboratories for innovation and society

    Article • Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, September 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David Sarpong

  63. Recalibrating, reconfiguring, and appropriating innovation: a semantic network analysis of China’s mass innovation and mass entrepreneurship (MIME) initiatives

    Article • The Journal of Technology Transfer, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Sarpong

  64. Dynamic exchange capabilities for value co-creation in ecosystems

    Article • Journal of Business Research, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  65. Environments for Joint University-Industry Laboratories (JUIL): Micro-level dimensions and research implications

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  66. The unpowered customer: Co-creation as tactics of the weak

    Article • Journal of Business Research, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  67. The evolving perspectives on the Chinese labour regime in Africa

    Article • Economic and Industrial Democracy, July 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr David Sarpong

  68. Triads in sustainable supply-chain perspective: why is a collaboration mechanism needed?

    Article • International Journal of Production Research, June 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Vikas Kumar , Dr David Sarpong

  69. The rise of do-it-yourself (DiY) laboratories: Implications for science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, April 2021, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  70. Cultural intelligence and managerial relational performance: a resource advantage perspective

    Article • Journal of Intellectual Capital, December 2020, Emerald

    Dr David Sarpong

  71. Network rivalry, Competition and Innovation

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  72. Using an integrated humanitarian supply chain ERP system to improve refugee flow management: a conceptual framework and validation

    Article • Production Planning & Control, October 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David Sarpong

  73. Do-it-yourself (DiY) science: The proliferation, relevance and concerns

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, September 2020, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  74. Capacities of business incubator and regional innovation performance

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, September 2020, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong, Professor Qile He

  75. Corporate Foresight and Innovation Management

    Article • June 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David Sarpong

  76. Introduction

    Article • June 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David Sarpong

  77. Business geo-politics, geo-economics and the fourth Industrial Revolution: An interview with Maxim Shashenkov (Arterial Capital Management)

    Article • South African Journal of Business Management, June 2020, AOSIS Open Journals

    Dr David Sarpong

  78. 23 From Open Labs to DiY Labs – Harnessing ‘the wisdom of crowds’ for Innovation

    Article • April 2020, De Gruyter

    Dr David Sarpong

  79. Business geo-politics, geo-economics and the fourth Industrial Revolution: An interview with Maxim Shashenkov (Arterial Capital Management)

    Article • South African Journal of Business Management, April 2020, AOSIS Open Journals

    Dr David Sarpong

  80. Socio-economic and environmental implications of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) on agriculture and livelihoods

    Article • Environmental Science & Policy, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  81. Understanding cross border innovation activities: The linkages between innovation modes, product architecture and firm boundaries

    Article • Journal of Business Research, February 2020, Elsevier

    Dirk Meissner, Dr David Sarpong

  82. Foreign patents surge and technology spillovers in China (1985–2009): Evidence from the patent and trade markets

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, February 2020, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  83. The role of knowledge creation modes in architectural innovation

    Article • Strategic Change, January 2020, Wiley

    Dr David Sarpong, Professor Qile He

  84. Architectural correspondence, architectural misting, and innovation: New perspectives

    Article • Strategic Change, January 2020, Wiley

    Dr David Sarpong

  85. Product architecture and product market internationalization: A conceptualization and extension

    Article • Strategic Change, January 2020, Wiley

    Dr David Sarpong

  86. Free Zones as the engine of economic growth in Africa

    Article • Regions, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David Sarpong

  87. Social media led co-creation of knowledge in developing societies: SME’s roles in the adoption, use and appropriation of smartphones in South Asia

    Article • Production Planning & Control, June 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David Sarpong

  88. Moving on up? Exploring the career journeys of skilled migrants in the professions

    Article • The International Journal of Human Resource Management, June 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Mairi Maclean, Dr David Sarpong, Mairi Maclean

  89. National systems of innovation, innovation niches, and diversity in university systems

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, June 2019, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  90. Narrating the future: A distentive capability approach to strategic foresight

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, March 2019, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  91. Introduction to the Special Issue on “Innovation in State Owned Enterprises: Implications for Technology Management and Industrial Development”

    Article • Industry and Innovation, December 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dirk Meissner, Dr David Sarpong

  92. Cross-state mobility of European naturalised third-country nationals

    Article • European Urban and Regional Studies, November 2018, SAGE Publications

    Professor Mairi Maclean, Dr David Sarpong

  93. A comparative study of appropriateness and mechanisms of hard and soft technologies transfer

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  94. The Mabey and Johnson bribery scandal: A case of executive hubris

    Article • Thunderbird International Business Review, May 2018, Wiley

    Dr David Sarpong, Dr Kweku Adams

  95. Cloud resource adaptation: A resource based perspective on value creation for corporate growth

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  96. Breaking new grounds: Deployment of electronic data capture (EDC) for clinical trials in China

    Article • Strategic Change, May 2018, Wiley

    Dr David Sarpong

  97. Special issue on ‘corporate foresight and innovation management’

    Article • Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, April 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David Sarpong, Dirk Meissner

  98. What is in a name? Cross-national distances and subsidiary’s corporate visual identity change in emerging-market firms’ cross-border acquisitions

    Article • International Marketing Review, April 2018, Emerald

    Dr David Sarpong, Rekha Nicholson

  99. From Marginal to Mainstream: The Revival, Transformation, and Boom of Plant Medicine

    Article • Science and Public Policy, February 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David Sarpong

  100. Meeting the needs of the Millennials and Generation Z: gamification in tourism through geocaching

    Article • Journal of Tourism Futures, February 2018, Emerald

    Dr David Sarpong

  101. In direct breach of managerial edicts: a practice approach to creative deviance in professional service firms

    Article • R and D Management, February 2018, Wiley

    Dr David Sarpong

  102. Disruptive innovation at the base-of-the-pyramid

    Article • Critical Perspectives on International Business, December 2017, Emerald

    Dr David Sarpong

  103. Fading memories of the future: the dissipation of strategic foresight among middle managers

    Article • Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David Sarpong

  104. Strategic Foresight for Innovation Management: A Review and Research Agenda

    Article • International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, August 2017, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Dr David Sarpong, Dirk Meissner

  105. From imitation to innovation: The discursive processes of knowledge creation in the Chinese space industry

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  106. Dynamic capabilities: towards an organizing framework

    Article • Journal of Strategy and Management, November 2016, Emerald

    Dr David Sarpong

  107. Implementing smart specialisation roadmaps in Lithuania: Lost in translation?

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong, Dr Žilvinas Martinaitis

  108. Cultivating strategic foresight in practise: A relational perspective

    Article • Journal of Business Research, August 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Mairi Maclean, Dr David Sarpong, Mairi Maclean

  109. Service nepotism in cosmopolitan transient social spaces

    Article • Work Employment and Society, May 2016, SAGE Publications

    Professor Mairi Maclean, Mairi Maclean, Dr David Sarpong

  110. Technological inclusiveness: Northern versus Chinese induced technologies in the garment industry

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  111. ‘Vinyl never say die’: The re-incarnation, adoption and diffusion of retro-technologies

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  112. Historical pathways to a green economy: The evolution and scaling-up of solar PV in Ghana, 1980–2010

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  113. On the nurturing of strategic foresight: The Ubuntu perspective

    Article • Futures, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  114. Managerial Engagement with Scenario Planning: A Conceptual Consumption Approach

    Article • Foresight and STI Governance, December 2015, National Research University, Higher School of Economics (HSE)

    Dr David Sarpong

  115. Organizing practices of university, industry and government that facilitate (or impede) the transition to a hybrid triple helix model of innovation

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong, Dirk Meissner

  116. On the influence of organisational routines on strategic foresight

    Article • foresight, September 2015, Emerald

    Dr David Sarpong

  117. Cultivation and management of strategic foresight in contexts of rapid change, greater complexity, and genuine uncertainties

    Article • foresight, September 2015, Emerald

    Dr David Sarpong

  118. Sustainable Packaging

    Article • International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, July 2015, IGI Global

    Dr David Sarpong

  119. Service nepotism in the multi-ethnic marketplace: mentalities and motivations

    Article • International Marketing Review, April 2015, Emerald

    Professor Mairi Maclean, Dr David Sarpong, Mairi Maclean

  120. Scenario planning: 'ways of knowing', methodologies and shifting conceptual landscape

    Article • International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy, January 2015, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr David Sarpong

  121. Conceptualizing Strategic Foresight: An Integrated Framework

    Article • Strategic Change, May 2014, Wiley

    Dr Agne Paliokaite, Dr David Sarpong

  122. The Battle for Brainpower: The Role of Market Intermediaries in Lateral Hiring

    Article • Strategic Change, May 2014, Wiley

    Dr David Sarpong

  123. The Organizing Dimensions of Strategic Foresight in High-Velocity Environments

    Article • Strategic Change, May 2014, Wiley

    Dr David Sarpong

  124. Managerial organizing practices and legitimacy seeking in social enterprises

    Article • Social Enterprise Journal, April 2014, Emerald

    Dr David Sarpong

  125. Unpacking strategic foresight: A practice approach

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Management, March 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Mairi Maclean, Dr David Sarpong, Mairi Maclean

  126. A matter of foresight: How practices enable (or impede) organizational foresightfulness

    Article • European Management Journal, December 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Mairi Maclean, Dr David Sarpong, Mairi Maclean

  127. Organizing strategic foresight: A contextual practice of ‘way finding’

    Article • Futures, September 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Mairi Maclean, Dr David Sarpong, Mairi Maclean

  128. Leaving Behind a Turbulent Past: Insights of Divestments from China

    Article • Strategic Change, August 2013, Wiley

    Dr David Sarpong

  129. The epistemological relevance of the arts in foresight and futures studies

    Article • Futures, March 2013, Elsevier

    Dr David Sarpong

  130. Relational Pluralism: Organizational Foresight in Practice

    Article • Academy of Management Proceedings, January 2013, The Academy of Management

    Dr David Sarpong, Professor Mairi Maclean

  131. Mobilising differential visions for new product innovation

    Article • Technovation, December 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Mairi Maclean, Dr David Sarpong, Mairi Maclean

  132. Scenario thinking: A practice-based approach for the identification of opportunities for innovation

    Article • Futures, December 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Mairi Maclean, Dr David Sarpong, Mairi Maclean

  133. Towards a methodological approach: theorising scenario thinking as a social practice

    Article • foresight, April 2011, Emerald

    Dr David Sarpong

  134. A Practice Centred Approach to Understanding Social Learning and Knowledge Creation in a “Community of Practice”

    Article • International Journal of Business and Management, February 2009, Canadian Center of Science and Education

    Dr David Sarpong