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Recently Awarded Grants 

Venture Forward | £50150 | August 2021 – November 2021 | (PI) Professor George Saridakis

Global supply chain resilience and traceability in developing economies | £4892 | June 2021 – August 2021 | (PI) Dr Umair Choksy 

Human error in food calorie estimation when choosing food products via a computer interface and the impact of left versus right side dominance | £5250 | October 2021-March 2022| Professor George Chryssochoidis

Joint Research Centre, Sevilla, Spain: The Impact of Dual Food Quality on Consumers Choices Strength in Places | €145380 | January 2019-January 2020 | (PI) Professor George Chryssochoidis

Immigrants’ access and costs of debt financing |2020-2021 | CAD 36,141 | (PI) Dr Anoosheh Rostamkalaei

Economic Geography of Crowdfunding |2020| CAD 30,000 | Dr Anoosheh Rostamkalaei

Financial literacy and access to external finance among Canadian entrepreneurs | 2018-2019| CAD 45,000  | Dr Anoosheh Rostamkalaei

EPSRC: Human error in food calorie estimation when choosing food products via a computer interface and the impact of left versus right side dominance | £5250 | October 2021-March 2022| Professor George Chryssochoidis

Joint Research Centre, Sevilla, Spain: The Impact of Dual Food Quality on Consumers Choices Strength in Places | €14,538 | January 2019-January 2020 | (PI) Professor George Chryssochoidis 

Editorships

Professor Ben Lowe is an Associate Editor of the European Journal of Marketing and a member of the Editorial Board of Psychology & Marketing, International Journal of Bank Marketing and  Recherches et Applications en Marketing.

Professor George Saridakis is a member of various editorial boards, including the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Small Business and Spoudai: Journal of Economics and Business. He is also a Senior Editor of Information, Technology and People.

Example of Recent Publications

Al-Tabbaa, O., Ciulli, F. and Kolk, A. (2021) “Nonprofit Entrepreneurial Orientation in the Context of Cross‐Sector Collaboration”, British Journal of Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12492

Amankwah-Amoah, J., Khan, Z., Ifere, S., Nyuur, Richard B. and Khan, H (2021) “Entrepreneurs’ learning from business failures: an emerging-market perspective”. British Journal of Management, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8551.12557.

Ko, G., Amankwah-Amoah, J., Appiah, G. and Larimo, J. (2021) “Non-market Strategies and Building Digital Trust in Sharing Economy Platforms”, Journal of International Management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2021.100909

Appiah, G., Bonsu, S. K. and Sarpong, D. (2021) “The unpowered customer: Co-creation as tactics of the weak”, Journal of Business Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.04.053

Bian, Xuemei, Tantiprapart, Yanisa, Chryssochoidis, George, Wang, Kai-Yu (2021) “Counterfeit Patronage: Human Values, Counterfeit Experience and Construal Level”. Marketing Letters, . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11002-021-09600-9

Awan, U, Shamim, S., Khan, Z, Ul Zia, N., Shariq, S. M. and Khan, M. N. (2021) “Big data analytics capability and decision-making: The role of data-driven insight on circular economy performance”, Technological Forecasting & Social Change. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120766

Davlembayeva, D., Papagiannidis, S. and Alamanos, E. (2021) “Sharing economy platforms: An equity theory perspective on reciprocity and commitment”, Journal of Business Research, pp. 151-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.01.039

Puthusserry, P. N., Khan, Z., Nair, S. and King, T. (2021) “Mitigating Psychic Distance and Enhancing Internationalization of Fintech SMEs from Emerging Markets: The Role of Board of Directors”, British Journal of Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12502

Awan, U., Hussain Bhatti, S., Shamim, S., Khan, Z., Akhtar, P. and Balta, M. E. (2021) “The role of big data analytics in manufacturing agility and performance: moderation-mediation analysis of organizational creativity and of the involvement of customers as data analysts”, British Journal of Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12549

Laffey, D., Durkin, M., Cummins, D. and Gandy, A. (2021) “A shift in power? Value co-creation through successful crowdfunding”, Technological Forecasting and Social Change. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121035

Bertrandias, L., Lowe, B., Sadik-Rozsnyai, O. and Carricano, M. (2021) “Delegating Decision-making to Autonomous Products: A Value Model Emphasizing the Role of Well-Being”. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120846

Saridakis, G., Frankish, J. and Storey, D. J.  (2021). Unpacking New Firm Exit, British Journal of Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12563

Saridakis, G., Ferreira, P., Mohammed, A.-M., Marlow, S. (2021) “The relationship between gender and promotion over the business cycle: Does firm size matter?” British Journal of Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12458

Mongong Fon, R., Filippaios, F., Stoian, C. R. and Lee, S. H. (2021) “Does foreign direct investment promote institutional development in Africa?”, International Business Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101835

Zeng, J., Tavalaei, M. and Khan, Z. (2021) “Sharing Economy Platform Firms and Their Resource Orchestration Approaches in Emerging Markets”, Journal of Business Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.07.054

Awards and Distinctions 

Professor Joseph Amankwah-Amoah, Professor George Saridakis and Professor Marian Garcia Martinez ranked amongst the top 2% of most influential researchers in the world based on the report updated for 2021 by researchers at Stanford University.

Professor George Saridakis, has been appointed Eminent Visiting Professor at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam School of Business and Economics (UBDSBE), 2021-2022.

Professor George Saridakis, has been appointed Visiting Professor at Aston University School of Business and Social Sciences, 2021-2024.

Professor George Saridakis has been re-appointed as Honorary Professor at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), 2020-2021.

Dr Omar Al-Tabbaa, Dr Maggie (Jing) Zeng and KBS PhD student won a best developmental paper award at the 2020 British Academy of Management Conference.

Professor George Saridakis and KBS PhD student received a Best Paper Award at the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Conference that took place in Newcastle on 14 and 15 of November 2019.

Dr Omar Al-Tabbaa, Professor Joseph Amankwah-Amoahand KBS PhD student won a best developmental paper award at the 2020 British Academy of Management Conference.

Professor Ben Lowe, Outstanding Journal Contribution Award for the European Journal of Marketing, in the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence (2019). This is the highest honour annually for a member of the European Journal of Marketing community.

Dr Carmen Stoian won the 2018 Danny Van Den Bulcke Best Paper Prize at the 44th European International Business Academy conference.

Recent Special Issue Calls

Professor Ben Lowe: Co-editor of special issue on “Psychological Perspectives on Consumer Obesity”, European Journal of Marketing. In progress (with Michael Christofi, Danae Manika, Elias Ηadjielias, Olga Kvasova and Dan Petrovici)

Dr Stephan Gerschewski and Dr Pushyarag Puthusserry: Co-editors of special issue on “Corporate Governance in International New Ventures and Born Global Firms”, International Small Business Journal. More information can be found here: https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/isb/Call%20for%20Papers%20Corporate%20Governance-1625549336.pdf

Professor George Saridakis is leading three special issues related to the Covid-19 pandemic in prestigious academic journals: Information Technology & People, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research and Sustainability. More information can be found here: https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/staff-student-news/2020/07/15/call-for-academic-papers-on-covid-19-themes/