NYARKO Samuel Anokye

Samuel Anokye Nyarko is an Associate Professor at the Montpellier Business School. Samuel holds a Ph.D. in International Business from the School of Business and Law of the University of Agder, and a Ph.D. in Economics and Management from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles. He is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana. Samuel's areas of teaching and research encompass sustainable and inclusive finance, entrepreneurial finance, gender diversity, and corporate governance. He is a member of the Centre for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi) in Belgium (https://www.cermi.eu/) and the Center for Research on Social Enterprises and Microfinance (CERSEM) in Norway (https://cersem.uia.no/). His scholarly contributions have been published in journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, International Business Review, Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, The Journal of Development Studies, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Strategic Change, and Technology in Society.

NYARKO, S. A., L. A. BEISLAND, R. MERSLAND, "The Moderating Effects of Size and Experience in Balancing Social and Financial Performance in Social Enterprises: Evidence from Microfinance Institutions", Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, October 2025, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 1227-1266

NYARKO, S. A., L. A. BEISLAND, R. MERSLAND, "Lending to women and credit risk in microfinance institutions: The moderating effects of patriarchy and female leadership", Journal of Development Studies, April 2025, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 614-637

HUDON, M., S. A. NYARKO, A. SZAFARZ, "Ethical Funding and Good Governance: Does the Design of Funding Matter?", Journal of Alternative Finance, July 2025, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 84-110

BAAH-PEPRAH, P., S. A. NYARKO, O. O. AFRAM, B.-T. FLATEN, L. A. BALTADOR, V. GRECU, "Navigating AI integration in higher education: Assessing the impact of assessment formats and motivation types on students' AI usage intentions", Cogent Education, December 2025, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 2559159

BENNOURI, M., A. COZARENCO, S. A. NYARKO, "Women on boards and performance trade-offs in social enterprises: Insights from microfinance.", Journal of Business Ethics, March 2024, vol. 190, no. March 2024, pp. 165-198

SERWAAH, P., R. SHNEOR, S. NYARKO, K. R. NIELSEN , "Explaining gender differences in crowdfunding contribution intentions", Technology in Society, March 2024, vol. 76, no. March 2024, pp. 102425

BAAH-PEPRAH, P., S. A. NYARKO, B.-T. FLATEN, F. NAATU, P. SERWAAH, "Trust in Government, Electronic Taxation, and the Adoption of Fintech", Journal of Alternative Finance, November 2024, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 213-235

DJAN, K. O., S. A. NYARKO, R. MERSLAND, L. A. BEISLAND, L. NAKATO, "Influence of international ownership on the performance of local social enterprises: Evidence from the global microfinance industry.", Strategic Change, December 2023, vol. 32, no. 2-3, pp. 53-71

NYARKO, S. A., "Gender discrimination and lending to women: The moderating effect of an international founder.", International Business Review, August 2022, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 101973

NAATU, F., S. A. NYARKO, Z. H. MUNIM, I. ALON, R. E. HINSON, "Crowd-out effect on consumers attitude towards Corporate Social Responsibility communication.", Technological Forecasting and Social Change, April 2022, vol. 177, no. April 2022, pp. 121544