All Outputs (21)

Neurodiversity, corporate boards, and corporate performance: A systematic review, evidence-based recommendations and future research agenda (2025)
Journal Article
Adu, D. A., Orazalin, N., Elmagrhi, M., & Ntim, C. G. (in press). Neurodiversity, corporate boards, and corporate performance: A systematic review, evidence-based recommendations and future research agenda. Journal of Accounting Literature,

Purpose-Globally, an increasing number of people are not only being medically diagnosed and classified as neurodiverse but also facilitated to participate in economic and social activities, including appointment to corporate boards. The study offers... Read More about Neurodiversity, corporate boards, and corporate performance: A systematic review, evidence-based recommendations and future research agenda.

International Cooperation and Corporate Strategies: Accelerating Corporate Energy Transitions in Emerging Economies (2025)
Journal Article
Morrison, E. A., Chen, X. H., Kimani, D., & Adu, D. (2025). International Cooperation and Corporate Strategies: Accelerating Corporate Energy Transitions in Emerging Economies. Business Strategy and the Environment, https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.4349

Driven by the growing focus on decarbonisation and energy economic dynamics in emerging economies, this study examines the interplay between executive compensation (EC), sustainability-based compensation (SBC), board sustainability committee initiati... Read More about International Cooperation and Corporate Strategies: Accelerating Corporate Energy Transitions in Emerging Economies.

Propelling the Transition to Circular Economy: Exploring the Role of Corporate Circular Economy Performance-Based Incentive Policy (2025)
Journal Article
Morrison, E. A., Adu, D. A., & Kimani, D. (2025). Propelling the Transition to Circular Economy: Exploring the Role of Corporate Circular Economy Performance-Based Incentive Policy. Business Strategy and the Environment, 34(5), 6024-6053. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.4285

This study examines the impact of executive compensation (EC) and corporate circular economy performance incentives (CCEPI) on corporate circular economy initiatives (CCEI) and corporate circular economy performance (CCEP) by integrating legitimacy t... Read More about Propelling the Transition to Circular Economy: Exploring the Role of Corporate Circular Economy Performance-Based Incentive Policy.

The Benefits of Being Greener: Unravelling the Association Between Carbon Performance and Market Value (2025)
Journal Article
Morrison, E. A., Adegbite, E., Mangena, M., Kimani, D., & Adu, D. A. (2025). The Benefits of Being Greener: Unravelling the Association Between Carbon Performance and Market Value. Business Strategy and the Environment, 34(4), 4928-4957. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.4224

This study examines the interrelations among pay incentives, board sustainability committee initiative, carbon performance and market value. Using data from listed firms in emerging economies, we find that pay incentives and board sustainability comm... Read More about The Benefits of Being Greener: Unravelling the Association Between Carbon Performance and Market Value.

Employee Organisational Commitment and Corporate Environmental Sustainability Practices: Mediating Role of Organisation Innovation Culture (2025)
Journal Article
Bhuiyan, F., Adu, D., Ullah, H., Islam, N., & Bhuiyan, F. (2025). Employee Organisational Commitment and Corporate Environmental Sustainability Practices: Mediating Role of Organisation Innovation Culture. Business Strategy and the Environment, 34(4), 4485-4506. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.4200

The growing concerns about climate change have seen global leaders and the international community launch diverse initiatives, deals and reforms in an attempt to combat its negative impact. In response to these initiatives, corporates are increasingl... Read More about Employee Organisational Commitment and Corporate Environmental Sustainability Practices: Mediating Role of Organisation Innovation Culture.

Unravelling the relationship among corporate sustainability initiatives, executive compensation and corporate carbon performance: new insights from African countries (2025)
Journal Article
Saa, V. Y., Morrison, E. A., Adu, D. A., & Joseph, D. (in press). Unravelling the relationship among corporate sustainability initiatives, executive compensation and corporate carbon performance: new insights from African countries. Journal of Accounting Literature, https://doi.org/10.1108/jal-03-2024-0052

Purpose
Although listed firms in Africa are increasingly establishing board sustainability committees, their impact on corporate outcomes in the region remain relatively understudied. This study investigates the effect of executive compensation (EC... Read More about Unravelling the relationship among corporate sustainability initiatives, executive compensation and corporate carbon performance: new insights from African countries.

Assessing the Impact of Board Sustainability Committees on Greenhouse Gas Performance: Evidence From Industrialised European Countries (2024)
Journal Article
Morrison, E. A., Adu, D. A., Yongsheng, G., Kimani, D., & Saa, V. Y. (2025). Assessing the Impact of Board Sustainability Committees on Greenhouse Gas Performance: Evidence From Industrialised European Countries. Business Strategy and the Environment, 34(2), 2529-2555. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.4073

This study examines the impact of executive compensation (EC) and board sustainability integration index (BSII) on both greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) and greenhouse gas management processes (GGMP). Additionally, it investigates the relationship bet... Read More about Assessing the Impact of Board Sustainability Committees on Greenhouse Gas Performance: Evidence From Industrialised European Countries.

Determinants of FinTech Equity Funding Flows: Evidence From a Global Perspective (2024)
Journal Article
Golder, U., Barua, S., Abedin, M. Z., Adu, D. A., & Ren, B. (2024). Determinants of FinTech Equity Funding Flows: Evidence From a Global Perspective. International Journal of Finance and Economics, https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.3086

This study explores the factors affecting FinTech (Financial technology startups) equity financing and deals. Traditional and alternative financing are currently progressing together; however, alternative financing remains underexplored. Using a pane... Read More about Determinants of FinTech Equity Funding Flows: Evidence From a Global Perspective.

Bank sustainability, climate change initiatives and financial performance: The role of corporate governance (2024)
Journal Article
Adu, D. A., Abedin, M. Z., Saa, V. Y., & Boateng, F. (2024). Bank sustainability, climate change initiatives and financial performance: The role of corporate governance. International Review of Financial Analysis, 95(B), Article 103438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103438

This study elucidates the interrelationships among corporate governance disclosure index (CORPGOVDISCIN), bank sustainability characteristics (BSCs), bank-based climate change initiatives (BCCIs) and financial performance (FP) through the lens of mul... Read More about Bank sustainability, climate change initiatives and financial performance: The role of corporate governance.

Small- and medium-sized enterprises' carbon footprint reduction initiatives as a catalyst for green jobs: A systematic review and comprehensive business strategy agenda (2024)
Journal Article
Olekanma, O., Rodrigo, L. S., Adu, D. A., & Gahir, B. (in press). Small- and medium-sized enterprises' carbon footprint reduction initiatives as a catalyst for green jobs: A systematic review and comprehensive business strategy agenda. Business Strategy and the Environment, https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3846

Motivated by the growing attention on climate change, this study provides an up-to-date and comprehensive systematic literature review (SLR) on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) carbon footprint reduction initiatives and green jobs. Based on... Read More about Small- and medium-sized enterprises' carbon footprint reduction initiatives as a catalyst for green jobs: A systematic review and comprehensive business strategy agenda.

Executive compensation, sustainable business practices and firm performance: a systematic literature review and future research agenda (2024)
Journal Article
Morrison, E. A., Adu, D. A., & Guo, Y. (2024). Executive compensation, sustainable business practices and firm performance: a systematic literature review and future research agenda. Journal of Accounting Literature, https://doi.org/10.1108/jal-03-2023-0040

Purpose
This paper provides the latest systematic literature review (SLR) of prevailing studies on the interrelationship among executive compensation, financial performance and sustainable business practices. This SLR is done in three parts: (1) exa... Read More about Executive compensation, sustainable business practices and firm performance: a systematic literature review and future research agenda.

An examination of how executive remuneration and firm performance are influenced by Chair-CEO diversity attributes (2024)
Journal Article
Grey, C., Flynn, A., & Adu, D. A. (2024). An examination of how executive remuneration and firm performance are influenced by Chair-CEO diversity attributes. International Review of Financial Analysis, 94, Article 103290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103290

Advancing prior research, this study investigates the effect of Chair-CEO diversity on the relationship between executive remuneration and firm performance. Employing a unique sample of 262 UK listed firms from 2009 to 2020, our findings are five-fol... Read More about An examination of how executive remuneration and firm performance are influenced by Chair-CEO diversity attributes.

The potential for blockchain to improve small-scale agri-food business’ supply chain resilience: a systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Jellason, N. P., Ambituuni, A., Adu, D. A., Jellason, J. A., Qureshi, M. I., Olarinde, A., & Manning, L. (2024). The potential for blockchain to improve small-scale agri-food business’ supply chain resilience: a systematic review. British Food Journal, 126(5), 2061-2083. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-07-2023-0591

Purpose
We conducted a systematic review to explore the potential for the application of blockchain technologies for supply chain resilience in a small-scale agri-food business context.

Design/methodology/approach
As part of the research methodo... Read More about The potential for blockchain to improve small-scale agri-food business’ supply chain resilience: a systematic review.

ESG disclosure and internal pay gap: Empirical evidence from China (2024)
Journal Article
Khurram, M. U., Chen, L., Abedin, M. Z., Adu, D. A., & Lucey, B. (2024). ESG disclosure and internal pay gap: Empirical evidence from China. International Review of Economics and Finance, 92, 228-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2024.02.023

This study aims to examine how ESG disclosure can modify the internal pay gap between executives and employees, especially green, high-tech, and SOE enterprises in China. We employed Bloomberg's ESG disclosure score from 2015 to 2019 to identify the... Read More about ESG disclosure and internal pay gap: Empirical evidence from China.

Bank climate change initiatives, ownership structures and corporate governance mechanisms: Evidence from emerging economies (2023)
Journal Article
Adu, D. A., & Roni, N. N. (2024). Bank climate change initiatives, ownership structures and corporate governance mechanisms: Evidence from emerging economies. Business Strategy and the Environment, 33(4), 3039-3077. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3640

Motivated by the growing attention on climate change acceleration, we examine the interrelationships among corporate governance disclosure index, bank ownership structures, and bank climate change initiatives through the lens of multi-theoretical fra... Read More about Bank climate change initiatives, ownership structures and corporate governance mechanisms: Evidence from emerging economies.

The relationship between entrepreneurial energy efficiency orientation and carbon footprint reduction: The mediating role of green networking and identification of barriers to green practices (2023)
Journal Article
Adu, D. A., Haviour Chen, X., Hasan, M., Zhu, X., & Jellason, N. (2023). The relationship between entrepreneurial energy efficiency orientation and carbon footprint reduction: The mediating role of green networking and identification of barriers to green practices. Journal of Environmental Management, 347, Article 119256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119256

Motivated by the growing attention to climate change and the crucial role businesses could play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, this study investigates entrepreneurial energy efficiency orientation in the context of carbon footprint reduction i... Read More about The relationship between entrepreneurial energy efficiency orientation and carbon footprint reduction: The mediating role of green networking and identification of barriers to green practices.

How do board and ownership characteristics affect bank risk-taking? New evidence from sub-Saharan Africa (2023)
Journal Article
Adu, D. (2024). How do board and ownership characteristics affect bank risk-taking? New evidence from sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Banking Regulation, 25(3), 209-233. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41261-023-00226-7

The study examines the impact of board attributes, ownership structures and other bank-specific factors on bank risk-taking. Using a sample of 220 banks in 16 sub-Saharan Africa countries for the years 2007–2018, the findings of the study are fourfol... Read More about How do board and ownership characteristics affect bank risk-taking? New evidence from sub-Saharan Africa.

Bank ownership structures and sustainable banking initiatives: The moderating effect of governance mechanism (2023)
Journal Article
Adu, D. A., Abedin, M. Z., & Hasan, M. (2023). Bank ownership structures and sustainable banking initiatives: The moderating effect of governance mechanism. International Review of Financial Analysis, 89, Article 102736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102736

Bank regulators in the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region are increasingly focusing on effective bank ownership structures (BOS) as a key corporate governance (CG) mechanism to drive sustainable banking disclosures (SBD). However, it is unclear whether... Read More about Bank ownership structures and sustainable banking initiatives: The moderating effect of governance mechanism.

Sustainable banking initiatives, environmental disclosure and financial performance: The moderating impact of corporate governance mechanisms (2022)
Journal Article
Adu, D. A. (2022). Sustainable banking initiatives, environmental disclosure and financial performance: The moderating impact of corporate governance mechanisms. Business Strategy and the Environment, 31(5), 2365-2399. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3033

This paper contributes to the sustainable development in business literature by examining the impact of a broad corporate governance disclosure index on sustainable banking initiatives and, subsequently, determines the extent to which the sustainabil... Read More about Sustainable banking initiatives, environmental disclosure and financial performance: The moderating impact of corporate governance mechanisms.

Executive compensation, environmental performance, and sustainable banking: The moderating effect of governance mechanisms (2022)
Journal Article
Adu, D., Al‐Najjar, B., & Sitthipongpanich, T. (2022). Executive compensation, environmental performance, and sustainable banking: The moderating effect of governance mechanisms. Business Strategy and the Environment, 31(4), 1439-1463. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2963

This paper contributes to the extant business strategy and sustainable development literature by investigating the effect of a broad corporate governance disclosure index on executive compensation and, subsequently, determines the extent to which the... Read More about Executive compensation, environmental performance, and sustainable banking: The moderating effect of governance mechanisms.