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Dr. Shadrack Asante is a lecturer in Business Management at º£½ÇÉçÇø. Before joining º£½ÇÉçÇø, he held various GTA roles at Brunel University London, where he attained his Ph.D.

Delivering research that draws on the elementary turn to 'Practice' as a meta-theoretical lens, he has developed his expertise at the intersection of Strategic Management and International Business, including areas such as strategic foresight, innovation management and the competitive value capture through business excellence awards. His recent research publication appeared in the European Management Review.

Asante, S., Sarpong, D., Aidoo, E. and Ogunsade, A.I., 2024. Advancing the common good through business excellence awards: A legitimacy‐seeking perspective. Strategic Change, DOI: 10.1111/emre.12512.

Ofosu, G., Sarpong, D., Torbor, M. and Asante, S., 2024. ‘Mining women’and livelihoods: Examining the dominant and emerging issues in the ASM gendered economic space. Economic and Industrial Democracy, p.0143831X231212562.

Asante, S., Sarpong, D., Bi, J. and Mordi, C., 2023. Collecting badges: Understanding the gold rush for business excellence awards. European Management Review, 20(1), pp.18-30.

• Business strategy
• International business
• Qualitative research
• Technology and innovation
• Discursive practice

• Business Strategy
• Technology and Innovation
• International Business

• Ph.D, Brunel University, London, 2023
• MSc Business management, The University of West of England, 2020
• BA Geography with Political Science, University of Ghana, 2014

• Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Business
• Work Based Management Project
• Foundations of Business Management

British Academy of Management

European Academy of Management

• Asante S., Sarpong, D. and Mordi C. (2021) Entering business awards: Means, mentalities, and motivations, Proceedings of the British Academy of Management 35th Annual conference, Lancaster University, 31 August – 3 September
• Boakye S., Sarpong, D. and Asante, S. (2022) Unpacking the dynamics of interacting routines: A discursive practice approach, Proceedings of the British Academy of Management 36th Annual Conference, Manchester University alliance business school manchester, 31 August – 2 September
• Sarpong, D., Asante S. and Boakye S. (2023) The gold rush for business excellence awards: The Asafo perspective, Proceedings of the British Academy of Management 37th Annual Conference, University of Sussex 3 September - 6 September
• Sarpong, D., Asante S. and Boakye S. (2023) How managers make meaning of business excellence awards, Proceedings of the British Academy of Management 37th Annual Conference, University of Sussex, 3 September - 6 September
• Boakye S., Sarpong, D., Torbor M, and Asante S. (2024) Actors, coping actions, and adaptability: Capturing organisational agility as a process innovation.Proceedings of British Academy of management 38th Annual Conference, Nortinham trent University, 2 September -6 September

Asante, S., Sarpong, D., Bi, J. and Mordi, C., 2023. Collecting badges: Understanding the gold rush for business excellence awards. European Management Review, 20(1), pp.18-30.

Ofosu, G., Sarpong, D., Torbor, M. and Asante, S., 2024. ‘Mining women’and livelihoods: Examining the dominant and emerging issues in the ASM gendered economic space. Economic and Industrial Democracy, p.0143831X231212562.

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