Nathaniel Boso, PhD, is Oliver R. Tambo Africa Professorial Research Chair in Technology Entrepreneurship and a Professor of International Marketing and Strategy at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He is also the Dean of KNUST School of Business. Nathaniel also serves as a visiting Professor to Strathmore University (Kenya), University of Kigali (Rwanda), and University of Pretoria (South Africa). Prior to joining KNUST, he was an Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Leeds in the UK and a visiting research scholar at the University of Sydney (Australia).
In 2019, he became the first marketing scholar located in sub-Saharan Africa to win the S. Tamer Cavusgil Award from the American Marketing Association Foundation, which recognizes the “Journal of International Marketing article published in the calendar year that has made the most significant contribution to the advancement of the practice of international marketing management.” In the same year, his article published in the Journal of International Marketing in 2013 was a finalist for the 2019 Hans B. Thorelli Award, which “honors an article that has made the most significant and long-term contribution to international marketing theory or practice.” His research also won the 2017 Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy Best Conference paper and the Best Empirical Paper Award at the 25th United States Association of Small Business & Entrepreneurship Annual Conference.
As a leading scholar in the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation and global supply chain strategy, Nathaniel has published in high impact journals including the Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of International Marketing, International Small Business Journal and International Journal of Production Economics. Nathaniel serves as the Associate Editor of the Journal of International Marketing and African Journal of Management. He also serves as the vice president of the Academy of International Business African Chapter. He received his bachelor of science degree in business administration from the University of Ghana in 2002, a master of science degree in marketing from Umea University (AACSB accredited) in Sweden in 2004 and a Ph.D. in international entrepreneurship and marketing from Loughborough University (AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA accredited) in the United Kingdom in 2011.
Published Articles |
1. Nwoba, A., Boso, N & Robson, M.J. (2020). Corporate sustainability strategies in institutional adversity: antecedent, outcome, and contingency effects, Business Strategy and the Environment, https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2654, AJG Rating: 3
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2. Donbesuur, F., Boso, N., & Hultman, M. (2020). The effect of entrepreneurial orientation on new venture performance: Contingency roles of entrepreneurial actions, Journal of Business Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.06.042, AJG Rating: 3
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3. Adeola, O. N Boso, N. Osabutey, E.L.C. & Evans, O. (2020).Foreign Direct Investment and Tourism Development in Africa, Tourism Analysis, 10.3727/108354220X15957702910144, AJG Rating: 2 |
4. Essuman, D., Boso, N., & Annan, J. (2020). Operational resilience, disruption, and efficiency: Conceptual and empirical analyses. International Journal of Production Economics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2020.107762, AJG Rating: 3
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Assadinia, S., Boso, N., Robson, M. & Hultman, M. (2019). Do Export Learning Processes Affect Sales Growth in Exporting Activities? Journal of International Marketing, 27 (3), 1-25, AJG Rating: 3 |
5. Kadić-Maglajlić, S., Micevski, M., Lee, N.J., Boso N., & Vida I. (2019). Synergies and Tensions across Three-level Ethical Influences on Selling Behavior and Performance, Journal of Business Ethics, 156:377–397 Financial Times 50 Elite Journal and AJG Rating: 3
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6. Assadinia, S., Kadile, V., Golgeci, I. & Boso, N. (2019). The Effects of Learning Orientation and Marketing Program Planning on Export Performance: Paradoxical Moderating Role of Psychic Distance, International Small Business Journal, 37 (5), 423-449, AJG Rating: 3 |
7. Hultman, M., Yeboah-Banin, A. & Boso, N. (2019). Linking improvisational behavior to customer satisfaction: The relational dynamics, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, 10.1108/JBIM-11-2017-0298, AJG Rating: 2 |
8. Micevski, M., Dewsnap, B., Cadogan, J. Kadic-Maglajlic, S., & Boso, N. (2019), Sales intra-functional flexibility: its relationship to performance and moderating effects on role stressors, Journal of Business Research, 10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.12.021, AJG Rating: 3 |
9. Boso, N., Adeleye, I., Ibeh, K., & Chizema, A. (2018). The internationalization of African firms: Opportunities, challenges, and risks, Thunderbird International Business Review, 61:5–12, AJG Rating: 2 |
10. Hughes, P., Souchon, A.L., Nemkova, E., Hodgkinson, I.R., Oliveira, J.S., Boso, N., Hultman, M., Yeboah-Banin, A.A. & Sy-Changco, J. (2018). Quadratic effects of dynamic decision-making capability on innovation orientation and performance: evidence from Chinese exporters, Industrial Marketing Management, 10.1016/j.indmarman.2018.11.005, AJG Rating: 3 |
11. Boso, N., Adeleye, I., Donbesuur, F. & Gyensare, M. (2018). Do entrepreneurs always benefit from business failure experience? Journal of Business Research, 10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.01.063, AJG Rating: 3 |
12. Adomako, S., Danso, A., Boso, N., & Narteh, B. (2018). Entrepreneurial alertness and new venture performance: facilitating roles of networking capability, International Small Business Journal, 36(5), 453–472, AJG Rating: 3 |
13. Oliveira. J. S.; Yazdani, N.; Cadogan, J.; Hodgkinson, I., Story, V.M. & Boso, N. (2018). The empirical link between export entry mode diversity and export performance: a contingency- and institutional-based examination, Journal of Business Research, 10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.12.001, AJG Rating: 3 |
14. Kadic-Maglajlic, S., Boso, N. & Micevski, M. (2017). How does Internal Marketing Drive Customer Satisfaction in Matured and Maturing European Markets? Journal of Business Research, 10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.09.024, AJG Rating: 3 |
15. Boso, N., Adeola, O., Danso, A. & S. Assadinia (2017). The Effect of Export Marketing Capabilities on Export Performance: Moderating Role of Dysfunctional Competition, Industrial Marketing Management, 10.1016/j.indmarman.2017.09.006, AJG Rating: 3
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16. Adeola, O., Boso, N. & Evans, O. (2017). Drivers of international tourism demand in Africa, Business Economics, 10.1057/s11369-017-0051-3, AJG Rating: 3
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17. Boso, N., Donbesuur, F., Bendega, T., Annan, J. & Adeola, O. (2017). Does organizational creativity always drive market performance? Psychology & Marketing, 10.1002/mar.21039, AJG Rating: 3 |
18. Boso, N., Danso, A., Leonidou, C., Uddin, M.M., Adeola, O., & Hultman, M. (2017). Does Financial Resource Slack Drive Sustainability Expenditure in Developing Economy Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises? Journal of Business Research, 10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.06.016, AJG Rating: 3
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19. Amankwah-Amoah, J. Boso, N., & Deborah, J. (2017). Africa Rising in an Emerging World: An International Marketing Perspective, International Marketing Review, 10.1108/IMR-02-2017-0030, AJG Rating: 3
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20. Boso, N., Deborah, J. & Amankwah-Amoah, J. (2017). International Marketing Strategies of Emerging Market Firms: Nature, Boundary Conditions, Antecedents, and Outcomes, International Marketing Review, 10.1108/IMR-01-2017-0008, AJG Rating: 3
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21. Boso, N., Oghazi, P. & Hultman, M. (2017). International Entrepreneurial Orientation and Regional Expansion, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 27 (2), 4-26, AJG Rating: 3
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22. Boso, N., Annan, J., Adeleye, D., Iheanachor, N. & Narteh, B. (2016). Examining the paths from export strategic orientations to export performance: the mediating role of export resource transformation capability, Thunderbird International Business Review, 10.1002/tie.21878, AJG Rating: 2 |
23. Banin-Yeboah, A., Boso, N., Magnus Hultman, M., Souchon, A., Hughes, P., & Memkova, E. (2016). Salesperson Improvisation: Conceptualization and Empirical Examination of its Sales Performance Outcomes, Antecedents and Boundary Conditions, Industrial Marketing Management, 59, 120-130, AJG Rating: 3
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24. Cadogan, J., Boso, N., Story, V.M., & Adeola O. (2016). Export strategic orientation-performance relationship: examination of its enabling and disenabling boundary conditions, Journal of Business Research, 69(11), 5046-5052, AJG Rating: 3
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25. Amankwah-Amoah, J., Boso, N. & Antwi-Agyei, I. (2016). Imprinting Effects of Entrepreneurial Business Failure Experiences on Successive Entrepreneurial Engagements, Group & Organization Management, 10.1177/1059601116643447, AJG Rating: 3 |
26. Boso, N., Story, N., Cadogan, J., Annan, J., Kadić-Maglajlić, S. and Micevski, M. (2016). Enhancing sales benefits of radical product innovativeness in internationalizing small and medium-sized enterprises, Journal of Business Research, 69(11), 5040-5045, AJG Rating: 3 |
27. Boso, N., Carter, P. S. & Annan, J. (2016). When is brand orientation a useful strategic posture? Journal of Brand Management, 23(4), 363-382, AJG Rating: 2 |
28. Story, V.M., Boso, N., & Cadogan, J.W. (2015). The Form of Relationship between Firm-level Product Innovativeness and New Product Performance in Developed and Emerging Markets, Journal of Product Innovation Management, 32(1), 45–64, AJG Rating: 4
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29. Boso, N., Story, V.M., & Cadogan, J.W. (2013). Entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation, network ties, and performance: study of entrepreneurial firms in a developing economy, Journal of Business Venturing, 28, 708–727. Financial Times 50 Elite Journal and AJG Rating: 4
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30. Boso, N., Story, V.M., Cadogan, J.W., Micevski, M. & Kadić-Maglajlić, S. (2013). Firm innovativeness and export performance: environmental, networking and structural contingencies, Journal of International Marketing, 21(4), 62–87, AJG Rating: 3
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31. Boso, N., Cadogan, J.W. & Story, V.M. (2012). Complementary Effect of Entrepreneurial and Market Orientations on Export New Product Success under differing levels of Competitive Intensity and Financial Capital, International Business Review, 21 (4), 667–681, AJG Rating: 3
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32. Boso, N., Story, V.M., & Cadogan, J.W. (2012). Entrepreneurial Orientation and Market Orientation as Drivers of Product Innovation Success: A Study of Exporters from a Developing Economy, International Small Business Journal, 31(1), 57–81, AJG Rating: 3
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B. ARTICLES IN OTHER SCHOLARLY JOURNALS AND BOOK CHAPTERS |
33. Addae, H.M. & Boso, N. (2020). Job satisfaction, distributive justice, perceived absence legitimacy and the role of turnover intentions: an exploratory study in Ghana. International Journal of Organizational Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-11-2019-1940 |
34. Adeola, O., Boso, N. & Adeniji, J. (2018). Bridging Institutional Distance: An Emerging Market Entry Strategy for Multinational Enterprises, Emerging Issues in Global Marketing, 205-230. |
35. Adeleye, I., Amankwah-Amoah, J., Boso, N., & Esposito, M. (2018). Africa’s Competitiveness in the Global Economy: Past, Present and Future, Africa’s Competitiveness in the Global Economy, 1-22 |
36. Gyensare, M., Kumedzro, L., Sanda, A., Boso, N. (2017). Linking transformational leadership to turnover intention in the public sector: The influences of engagement, affective commitment and psychological climate, African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, 8: 3, 314-337. |
37. Boso, N., Oghazi, P., Cadogan, J.W. & Story, V.M. (2016). Entrepreneurial and market-oriented activities, financial capital, environment turbulence, and export performance in an emerging economy, Journal of Small Business Strategy, 26 (1), 1-27. |
38. Zulu-Chisanga, S.; Boso, N., Adeola, O. (2016). Investigating the path from firm innovativeness to financial performance: The roles of new product success, market responsiveness, and environment turbulence, Journal of Small Business Strategy, 26 (1), 51-67.
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39. Annan, J., Boso, N., Mensah, J., & Nagbe Sulee, E. (2016). Antecedents and Consequences of Supply Chain Integration: Empirical Evidence from a Developing Economy, International Journal of Supply Chain Management, 5, 10-23.
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40. Annan, J., Boso, N. & Essuman, D. (2016). Investigating the Path from Supply Chain Integration to Business Performance: Evidence from a Sub-Saharan African Economy, International Journal of Business & Management, 11(6), 225–240. |
41. Gyensare, M.A., Boso, N., Anku-Tsede, O., & Okpoti, C.A. (forthcoming). Corporate Social Responsibility Practices and Employee Engagement in Challenging Times: Exploring the mediating Mechanism of Corporate Ethical Values in the Ghanaian Mining Sector. In Idowu S. O. & Vertigans, S., (Eds.), Corporate Social Responsibility in Challenging Times, Springer.
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42. Boso, N., Deleye, I., & White, L. (2016). Africa-to-Africa Internationalization: Emerging Trends and Key Issues. In Deleye, I., White, L. & Boso, N. (Eds), Africa-to-Africa Internationalization: Key Issues and Outcome, Palgrave Macmillan, London.
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43. Deleye, I. & Boso, N. (2016). Africa-to-Africa Internationalization: Future Trends and Research Avenues. In Deleye, I., White, L. & Boso, N. (Eds), Africa-to-Africa Internationalization: Key Issues and Outcome, Palgrave Macmillan, London. |
C. Edited Book |
44. Deleye, I., White, L. & Boso, N. (2016). Africa-to-Africa Internationalization: Key Issues and Outcome, Palgrave Macmillan, London.
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