Kweku Adams

Biography

Kweku Adams, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Management at the York Business School, York St John University, UK. He obtained his PhD from the University of Wales Swansea in the United Kingdom. A Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK, Dr. Adams is the MSc Pathway Course Leader for International Business, Marketing and Management specialist programmes at the YBS. He is also the module Director for ventures in entrepreneurship, preparing for business and international corporate governance. He currently lectures on the BA, MBA and MSc programmes.

Research Interest

His research interests centers on business strategy and international business, specifically the management of headquarters – subsidiary relations, investigating the wider governance challenges facing multinational corporations. Some of his recent research output incorporates the policies and practices of emerging market multinationals, innovation and international competitiveness, causes of financial foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, economic development and intervention and liberalization policies in Africa. His work has appeared in quality journals such as the Journal of International Management, Thunderbird International Business Review and the African Journal of Applied Research.