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The Impact of Climate Action on the Financial Performance of Food, Grocery, and Supermarket Retailers in the UK (2024)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T., Dani, S., Obeng-Fosu, C., Olarewaju, T., & Jabbar, A. (2024). The Impact of Climate Action on the Financial Performance of Food, Grocery, and Supermarket Retailers in the UK. Sustainability, 16(5), Article 1785. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16051785

We examined the impact of climate action on the financial performance of eleven food, grocery, and supermarket retailers listed on the London Stock Exchange from 2013 to 2022. Our findings reveal a positive association between the climate mitigation... Read More about The Impact of Climate Action on the Financial Performance of Food, Grocery, and Supermarket Retailers in the UK.

Financial Capability and its Effect on Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Case Study of University Students (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Dalziel, N., Olarewaju, T., Mcluskie, P., & Do, H. (2023, November). Financial Capability and its Effect on Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Case Study of University Students. Paper presented at ISBE (Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship), Birmingham, UK

This paper studies the role of financial capability in helping to form entrepreneurial intention by focusing on undergraduate students studying in UK Higher Education (HE). Our research has policy implications about how enterprise and entrepreneurshi... Read More about Financial Capability and its Effect on Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Case Study of University Students.

Entrepreneurship as a Route out of Poverty: A Focus on Women and Minority Ethnic Groups (2023)
Book
Olarewaju, T. (2023). Entrepreneurship as a Route out of Poverty: A Focus on Women and Minority Ethnic Groups. (1). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38359-5

This book examines how entrepreneurship can be used as a tool to escape poverty. With relevance for both SDG 1: ‘No Poverty,’ and SDG 8: ‘Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for... Read More about Entrepreneurship as a Route out of Poverty: A Focus on Women and Minority Ethnic Groups.

How Ethnic Minority SME Owners in the UK Can Create Value Amid Informal Institutional Voids (2023)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T., & Tamvada, P. (2023). How Ethnic Minority SME Owners in the UK Can Create Value Amid Informal Institutional Voids. Journal of Creating Value, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/23949643231168484

This paper shows that the COVID-19 pandemic exposed informal institutional voids that exist for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) business owners in the United Kingdom. Based on a primary database of surveys and semi-structured interviews, the... Read More about How Ethnic Minority SME Owners in the UK Can Create Value Amid Informal Institutional Voids.

A Comprehensive Model for Developing SME Net Zero Capability Incorporating Grey Literature (2023)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T., Dani, S., & Jabbar, A. (2023). A Comprehensive Model for Developing SME Net Zero Capability Incorporating Grey Literature. Sustainability, 15(5), 4459 - 4459. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054459

SMEs collectively account for a significant proportion of greenhouse gas emissions and so there is a need for urgent action to be taken by SMEs in the journey to achieve net zero. In this article, we provide a comprehensive conceptual framework for S... Read More about A Comprehensive Model for Developing SME Net Zero Capability Incorporating Grey Literature.

Autumn statement 2022: experts react (2022)
Digital Artefact
Tomlinson, P., Imsirovic, A., Donaldson, C., Alexiadou, D., Midgley, G., Ingham, H., …Olarewaju, T. (2022). Autumn statement 2022: experts react. [Blog style article and interview]

Generalised Trust and Relation Centrism for Corruption as Perceived by Firms (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Olarewaju, T., Tamvada, J., & McDowall-Emefiele, S. (2022). Generalised Trust and Relation Centrism for Corruption as Perceived by Firms. . https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2022.58

We investigate the role of generalised trust and relation centrism for corruption as perceived by 16,785 firms in 20 lower- and middle-income countries. This quantitative empirical research demonstrates that higher levels of family centrism and gener... Read More about Generalised Trust and Relation Centrism for Corruption as Perceived by Firms.

Perceived Selective Incivility and Relational Trust for BAME SMEs during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T., & Tamvada, J. (2022). Perceived Selective Incivility and Relational Trust for BAME SMEs during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2022(1), https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2022.14346abstract

The purpose of this article is to examine if perceptions of selective incivility reported by BAME SME owners were associated with a different relational trust preference compared to White SME owners, as they all engaged in external bricolage to navig... Read More about Perceived Selective Incivility and Relational Trust for BAME SMEs during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Smart city research: A holistic and state-of-the-art literature review (2021)
Journal Article
Olarewaju. (2021). Smart city research: A holistic and state-of-the-art literature review. Cities, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2021.103406

This literature review provides a systematic review of smart city research between 2000 and 2019. The aim of the review is to provide a comprehensive picture of the state-of-the-art of research in smart cities by addressing major issues and identifyi... Read More about Smart city research: A holistic and state-of-the-art literature review.

How Hybrid Learning Can Enhance Student Experience and Teaching Outcomes in the Wake of Covid-19 - A Case Study of a Business School in the UK (2021)
Book Chapter
Zhao, F., Fashola, O., Olarewaju, T., Moran, F., Dobson, P., Reszka, M., & Mitchell, K. (2021). How Hybrid Learning Can Enhance Student Experience and Teaching Outcomes in the Wake of Covid-19 - A Case Study of a Business School in the UK. In Eurasian Business and Economics Perspectives (69–89). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94672-2_5

COVID-19 is reshaping the delivery of higher education on a global scale. With universities closing their campuses, online and remote learning has become a necessity. This article reports on the research findings on various initiatives taken by a bus... Read More about How Hybrid Learning Can Enhance Student Experience and Teaching Outcomes in the Wake of Covid-19 - A Case Study of a Business School in the UK.

E-transparency and government budgetary corruption: A social marketing and transformation case from Nigeria (2021)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T., Rufai, I., & Gallage, S. (2021). E-transparency and government budgetary corruption: A social marketing and transformation case from Nigeria. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 87(3), https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12167

This article shows how Information and Communication Technology (ICT), incorporating social media, can lead to accountability and transparency in a government's budget. Specifically, it examined how a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) used ICT to f... Read More about E-transparency and government budgetary corruption: A social marketing and transformation case from Nigeria.