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, "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

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

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

BENNOURI, M., A. COZARENCO, S. A. NYARKO - "Women on Boards and Performance Trade-offs in Social Enterprises: Insights from Microfinance" - 2022, European Research Conference on Microfinance (ERCM), Glasgow, Great Britain

HUDON, M., S. A. NYARKO, A. SZAFARZ - "Give and Forget: Grants, Soft Loans, and the Governance of Hybrid Organizations" - 2021, World Finance Conference, Online

MERSLAND, R., S. A. NYARKO, A. B. SIRISENA, "A hybrid approach to international market selection: The case of impact investing organizations.", International Business Review, February 2020, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 101624

MERSLAND, R., S. A. NYARKO, A. SZAFARZ, "Do social enterprises walk the talk? Assessing microfinance performances with mission statements.", Journal of Business Venturing Insights, June 2019, vol. 11, no. June 2019, pp. e00117

NYARKO, S. A. - "Gender Discrimination and Lending to Women: The Moderating Effect of International founder" - 2019, Academy of International Business Central Eastern European , Kaunas, Lithuania

Sustainable and inclusive finance, Social entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial finance, Microfinance - Legal, accounting, management activities

Corporate Finance , Sustainable and Inclusive Finance